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Dr. Sangeeta Driver Quoted in ‘Daily Herald’ for TBI Awareness Month
The Daily Herald recently published a story to coincide with Brain Injury Awareness Month. The article includes perspectives from Sangeeta Driver, MD, MPH, section chief, Brain Injury Medicine, Shirley Ryan 外网天堂.
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Dr. Leora Cherney Honored with Inaugural Mentoring Award from Aphasia Access
At a recent ceremony in Boston, Leora Cherney, PhD, scientific chair, Robert R. McCormick Foundation Think + Speak Lab, became the very first recipient of the Sandra O. Glista Excellence in Mentoring Award. The honor was given by Aphasia Access, an organization that supports academics and healthcare professionals who work with patients with aphasia.
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Dr. Allison Kessler Profiled in Chicago Medicine Magazine
Allison Kessler, MD, section chief, Renée Crown Center for Spinal Cord Innovation, Shirley Ryan 外网天堂, was profiled in the cover story of Chicago Medicine magazine’s February 2024 issue.
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Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 Team Member Receives National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award
Long-time Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 team member Dinh To recently received The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year (NCCY) Award — an award celebrating caregivers who display extraordinary devotion and compassion in caring for patients and families.
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Outpatient Neuropsychology
We provide outpatient neuropsychological evaluations as part of our psychology services at Shirley Ryan 外网天堂. Our neuropsychology team specializes in the evaluation and treatment of a broad range of disorders and neurotrauma that affect cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning in adolescents and adults. We collaborate with our Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician colleagues at Shirley Ryan 外网天堂.
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Center for Bionic Medicine Wheelchair Featured at NIDILRR Celebration
A revolutionary wheelchair developed by SRAlab researchers was prominently featured at a celebration for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research’s (NIDILRR) 40th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 18.
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Dr. Cherney Honored by Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
Leora Cherney received the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences’ (ANCDS) top award, Honors of the Academy.
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Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 Introduces the Patient and Family Advisory Council
The Patient and Family Advisory Council offers a forum for patients and families to give input identifying opportunities to optimize the patient experience.
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7 Shocking Ways Stress Can Physically Change Your Brain
In small doses, stress can motivate you or keep you safe. Chronic stress can cause all sorts of side effects. It can even cause physical changes in your brain.
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Paralyzed Chicago Gunshot Victims Get GEDs
Leo Leyva was shot when he was 18, and sustained a SCI that left him paralyzed. Thanks to 外网天堂, he has a new lease on life and his GED.
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Inside Look: Go Baby Go Program
Go Baby Go enables toddlers with paralysis to enjoy physical and social benefits of mobility, empowering them to be part of the action at home and playground.
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Placebo Sweet Spot for Pain Identified in Brain
Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the “placebo effect” in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results in substantial reduction of pain, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). ?
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