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MetroHealth 2025 Research Highlights: Breakthroughs in Rehabilitation and Recovery

Discover MetroHealth’s 2025 research highlights, advancing spinal cord injury diagnosis, treatment, and recovery through innovative…

Kristen Jirecek1:55 pm

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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Patient Insight Drives New Breakthroughs in Spinal Cord Injury Research

Patient‑driven insights help MetroHealth researchers advance spinal cord stimulation to restore cough and bowel function…

Kristen Jirecek1:51 pm

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Everyday Ethics: A Conversation with Clinical Neuropsychologist Cindy Kubu, PhD

Clinical neuropsychologist Cindy Kubu, PhD, explores how ethics shapes clinical decision-making and helps people flourish.…

Kristen Jirecek11:27 am

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MetroHealth Occupational Therapists First to Use Novel Stroke Therapy

MetroHealth brings innovative stroke rehabilitation to Northeast Ohio, offering Synchrony®, an FDA‑cleared therapy that improves…

Kristen Jirecek11:25 am

Sideline ultrasound helps MetroHealth clinicians diagnose sports injuries right on the field,

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Sideline Ultrasound Means Better Care for High School Athletes

When a high school or college athlete goes down mid-game, sports medicine physicians don’t have…

Kristen Jirecek10:38 am

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Medication Made Easier: Pharmacy Services Improve Access for People with Disabilities

Filling a prescription can be a chore for anyone. But for people with disabilities, the…

Kristen Jirecek10:38 am

MetroHealth’s Tetraplegia Management Clinic is helping people regain hand and arm function

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Tetraplegia Management Clinic Helps People Regain Independence, Upper Extremity Function

Every patient who comes to MetroHealth’s Tetraplegia Management Clinic has one goal: to regain function…

Kristen Jirecek10:34 am

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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

New MetroHealth Treatment Helps Burn Survivors Regain Swallowing and Facial Function

The MetroHealth Comprehensive Burn Care Center treats more than 1,700 burn injuries a year. It’s…

Kristen Jirecek10:39 am

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A New Chapter in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

On June 12, 2025, a powerful moment unfolded at the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute as the…

Theresa Owens10:35 am

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Movement is Medicine: Collaboration in Cleveland Metroparks

As a physical therapist in orthopaedics and sports medicine at the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, Matthew…

Theresa Owens11:51 am

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Seeing Collaboration Clearly: Working Together For Better Diagnostic Imaging

At the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, we actively seek ways for our clinical teams to collaborate,…

Theresa Owens10:39 am

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Caring For The Whole Person: SCIs and Sex

As an occupational therapist with the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, Gillian Gulan, MS, OTR/L, helps people…

Theresa Owens10:40 am

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

From Setback to Comeback: A Journey of Recovery and Renewal After Stroke

After devoting her career to the Internal Revenue Service, Sharon McManamon retired at 75. She…

Theresa Owens11:51 am

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Up For The Challenge: PM&R Residents Connect With Youth

Promoting health and wellness should extend beyond the hospital walls. This idea inspired Juliet Zakel,…

Theresa Owens10:35 am

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Three Decades, One Technology: Networked Neuroprosthesis

As a PhD student at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Kevin Kilgore, PhD, was intrigued…

Theresa Owens10:40 am

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Real Food, Real Feedback, Real Research: The Metro Café

As a rehabilitation engineer, James Sulzer, PhD, Staff Scientist at MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute and Associate…

Theresa Owens10:40 am

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Rehabilitation Technology That Works

First appeared in Crain's Cleveland Business In an instant, Blake Perkins’ life changed. One moment,…

Theresa Owens10:35 am

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Helping Patients Find Their Voice

Emily Hornack, MA, CCC-SLP, estimates that when she became a speech-language pathologist at MetroHealth fourteen…

Theresa Owens10:36 am

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Pressing All The Right Buttons for Stroke Rehabilitation

Contributed by Nathan Makowski, PhD | MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute After a stroke, rehabilitation focuses on…

Theresa Owens10:41 am

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MetroHealth Named One of 15 National Rehabilitation Innovation Centers

The MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute has been named a Rehabilitation Innovation Center by the Centers for…

Theresa Owens10:41 am

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From Trauma to Treatment: Why Rapid Response Is Key to Spinal Cord Healing

Contributed by Michael L. Kelly, MD | NeuroSurgery and James Wilson, DO, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute…

Theresa Owens10:36 am

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A Human Touch: Innovation That Starts with Humanity

When we think of innovation, we often think about technology. And, while the MetroHealth Rehabilitation…

Theresa Owens10:36 am

Inpatient Rehab Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery

Pilates: No Resistance to Helping Patients

Once Pilates was a part of her own health journey, Andrea Gonzalez knew it would…

Theresa Owens10:42 am

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Stimulating Recovery Women's Health

CARF: What It Is & Why It Matters for Rehabilitation Care

If you or a loved one has suffered a stroke, brain injury or other major…

Emily McEwen11:52 am

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