Our Services at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

The UPMC Rehabilitation Institute offers a long list of inpatient services and programs for brain and spinal cord injuries, stroke, and many other conditions. We also offer transitional rehabilitation to help patients recover and return home more quickly.

Clinical Services

• Assistive technology
• Bowel/bladder training
• Neuropsychology
• Occupational therapy
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Physical therapy
• Program for Spine Health
• Recreational therapy
• Rehabilitation engineering
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Robotics and gaming
• Speech and language therapy
• Transitional rehabilitation units

Management Services

• Case management
• Discharge planning
• Medical management

Support Services

• Community re-entry activities
• Nutritional services
• Patient and family education
• Psychology
• Sexual counseling
• Social services
• Substance abuse counseling
• Vocational and career services

Nationally Recognized Physician Services

Physician services at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute are led by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

• Our psychiatrists — or specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation — are consistently listed as Top Doctors in
• UPMC is proud to have two hospitals rated High Performing in Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report, with both among the top 2 hospitals rated.