About the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute
A Center of Excellence
As part of the largest rehabilitation network in western Pennsylvania — and one of the largest in the United States — the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute is a nationally recognized center of excellence for physical rehabilitation.
A leader in inpatient care, we offer:
The Gold Standard in Rehabilitation
The UPMC Rehabilitation Institute is consistently recognized for providing advanced rehabilitative care, and has received:
Leading Experts
Our experts at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute combine extensive clinical experience with advanced technology and research to offer our patients cutting-edge treatments.
Board-certified physiatrists — physicians trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation — lead the institute's integrated patient care team.
Many of our physiatrists have specialty training and certifications in:
Tops in Research Funding
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine receives more funds from the National Institutes of Health for rehabilitation-research funding than any other rehabilitation program in the country.
The department is advancing the practice and science of rehabilitation in both clinical and research environments, and consists of:
- 21 physiatrists
- six rehabilitation psychologists
- six research scientists
Nationally recognized for pioneering research, our patients have access to technology and clinical trials unavailable anywhere else.