Grand Opening of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center a Unique Event

On Wednesday, May 8, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital president Donna Phillips and members of the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Foundation hosted a grand opening event for the Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center. Guests were presented with boarding passes and an appointment for a mock therapy session where they could experience the Neurorehabilitation Center from a patient’s perspective. Certified clinicians were on hand to demonstrate the leading edge technology used for treatment in the Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center. In addition to demonstrations, Dick Vermeil, former NFL head coach, spoke of the treatment his grandson received as a patient at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Jack Vermeil and Jonathan Kane, both former patients, offered insight into the unique care that was provided to them in the Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center.

Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center is a state-of-the-art facility, designed with patient input and consideration. Treatment in the Neurorehabilitation Center addresses sensory, motor, cognitive and behavioral processing which impact functional performance in persons with central nervous system disorders. This includes patients with vestibular dysfunction and balance disorders, stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, concussion, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. For more information about Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center, visit us on the web at mainlinehealth.org/Neurorehabilitation-Center

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About Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Main Line Health
Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, a member of Main Line Health, is a leader in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. The 148-bed, non-profit hospital, offers a continuum of rehabilitation services, including acute inpatient care, as well as outpatient services for adults and adolescents. The range of illnesses and injuries treated at BMRH includes traumatic and mild traumatic brain injury, stroke and other neurological disorders, spinal cord, amputee and orthopedic injuries and illnesses. In addition, Main Line Health Outpatient Rehab Network provides rehabilitation services at convenient locations in Philadelphia’s western suburbs for patients of all ages.

Photo (pictured left to right): Brian MacDonald, DO; Troy Norton PT, OCS, ATC, CEAS; Dana Rigg;
Dick Vermeil, former NFL head coach; Jean Sloan RN, BS,CCM; Judy A. Turner, OTR/L; Jeannine H. Schaefer, OTR/L; David F. Long, MD, Robert Cullen, Administrative Director of Therapy Services