Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Rusk Rehabilitation
NYU Langone Health System
File:Rusk logo.jpg
Geography
Location	550 First Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Coordinates
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	NYU School of Medicine
Network	NYU Langone Health System
Services
Beds	174
Speciality	Rehabilitation medicine
History
Opened	1948 (1948)
Links
Website	rusk.med.nyu.edu nyulangone.org/rusk
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

Rusk Rehabilitation is the world's first and among the largest university-affiliated academic centers devoted entirely to inpatient/outpatient care, research, and training in rehabilitation medicine for both adults and pediatric patients. The system is part of the NYU Langone Medical Center and operated under the auspices of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the New York University School of Medicine. The Rusk Institute is named in honor of its founder, Howard A. Rusk.

The Rusk Institute has been voted the best rehabilitation hospital in New York and among the top ten in the country since 1989, when U.S. News & World Report introduced its annual "Best Hospitals" rankings.

As of 2008

Steven Flanagan is the chairman of rehabilitation medicine and medical director of the Rusk Institute.

History

Dr. Howard A. Rusk founded the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine in 1948. His experience treating wounded soldiers during World War II led him to develop the institute around the philosophy that the patients are to be cared for as an entire person, not only the physical disability or illness. In 1984, the institute was renamed so in his honor.

Facilities

Rusk is based out of its wing of the NYU Langone Main Campus, but additionally provides rehabilitation services at three other main locations and nearly a dozen other satellite locations:

• Langone Orthopedic Hospital at 301 East 17th Street (inpatient adult rehab and inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehab)
• Ambulatory Care Center at 240 East 38th Street (outpatient adult rehab)
• Langone Orthopedic Center at 333 East 38th Street (outpatient adult orthopedic rehab)