The Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at The Mount Sinai Hospital is dedicated to advancing human performance and solving barriers for those with disabilities. From sprains and strains to severe injuries affecting the spinal cord and brain, our specialists provide the highest level of evidence-based care.
The Rehabilitation department at The Mount Sinai hospital was ranked No. 1 in New York State in Newsweek’s “America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2022.” The Mount Sinai Hospital's Rehabilitation department was ranked No. 13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We offer comprehensive and coordinated services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our outpatient physician services are focused on rehabilitation medicine and interventional spine and sports medicine, with therapies offered by an interdisciplinary team, including neuropsychology, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and vocational counseling.
Mount Sinai’s Abilities Research Center (ARC) offers innovative and individualized therapy designed to achieve the highest possible level of function. The ARC draws on the work of our research program to offer the newest available technologies to our patients. With the introduction of new technologies, innovation, and policy reform, the landscape of health care is always changing. What is constant is our desire to improve the human condition.
The Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at The Mount Sinai Hospital is dedicated to advancing human performance and solving barriers for those with disabilities. From sprains and strains to severe injuries affecting the spinal cord and brain, our specialists provide the highest level of evidence-based care.
The Rehabilitation department at The Mount Sinai hospital was ranked No. 1 in New York State in Newsweek’s “America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2022.” The Mount Sinai Hospital's Rehabilitation department was ranked No. 13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We offer comprehensive and coordinated services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our outpatient physician services are focused on rehabilitation medicine and interventional spine and sports medicine, with therapies offered by an interdisciplinary team, including neuropsychology, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and vocational counseling.
Mount Sinai’s Abilities Research Center (ARC) offers innovative and individualized therapy designed to achieve the highest possible level of function. The ARC draws on the work of our research program to offer the newest available technologies to our patients. With the introduction of new technologies, innovation, and policy reform, the landscape of health care is always changing. What is constant is our desire to improve the human condition.
Welcome from the Chair: This has been a great year for the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance. The Department has experienced growth in clinical programs, research, education, and innovation.
A patient struggling to adjust to his quadriplegia gains the idea to form a competitive e-sports team with other similar patients from Mount Sinai, and the team has gone on to win tournaments, even against other players without disabilities.
The mission of the Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ambitious: To provide children who have disabilities with every tool, resource, and opportunity possible to achieve their full potential.
Members of the Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center got together to participate in a hackathon to reimagine ride-on toy cars for children with disabilities, turning physical therapy into a fun and memorable experience.
For the first time in the United States, people with severe paralysis are receiving minimally invasive implants that allow them to communicate and perform computer-based tasks at home.
Mariam Zakhary, DO, wears many hats at Mount Sinai, including sports medicine physician and medical director of Downtown Rehabilitation and Human Performance.
Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD, as Director of the Brain Injury Research Center, is pushing the frontiers of traumatic brain injury research with innovative studies and programs, with the help of national grants.
Building on decades of progress of emotional dysregulation intervention research, Mount Sinai scientists launched a randomized controlled trial using online video conferencing to deliver a therapy that targets emotional dysregulation post-traumatic ...
A new faculty member joins Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and will explore head trauma and brain injury among cisgender women and the transgender population, especially at the intersection with intimate partner violence.
Dr. Margetis gives rehabilitation professionals a current overview of Cervical Myelopathy. Review of the condition, case study example, and current surgical options overview.
