Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia Authorized to Treat Wounded Veterans
As Magee Rehabilitation Hospital—one of the nation’s top ranked rehab hospitals—gets ready to Celebrate 50 years of Caring
in 2008, it also embarks on a new mission; treating our country’s military wounded returning from war.
Local Golf Tournament Allows Magee Rehabilitation Hospital to be on Cutting Edge
ReoTherapy is new, state of the art, robotic technology that is used for improving upper extremity function in patients that
have experienced ceverbrovascular accidents and other neurological conditions. The patient's arm is attached to a robot that
helps provide manually intensive repetitive shoulder and elbow movements to increase motor function– as well as cognitive
and perceptual function.
Buoniconti Fund and Magee Rehab to Host Fundraiser at Citizens Bank Park
The fundraiser will support spinal cord injury research at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and the Miami Project based at the
University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital to Sponsor Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
It may be the season of good will, but make no mistake about it, the teams competing in the 6th Annual Dan Sullivan Wheelchair
Basketball Tournament are coming to town to win.
Gun Violence Survivors Walk to Get Guns Off Streets
Survivors of gunfire violence who were treated at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital—some of which are now wheelchair users—will
make their way from the Hospital to the State Office Building to rally against illegal handguns being on the streets.
Former Magee Patient Who Walks Again to be Honored at Jerry Segal Classic Dinner
Even though a diving accident last summer left her with a broken neck, and put her ability to walk again in question, Heather
Shultz never stopped smiling during her months of rehabilitation at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.
Magee Sixers Host NWBA Eastern Sectional Championships
The Magee Sixers Spokesmen will host the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s Eastern Sectional Championships at Riverwinds
Community Center in Thorofare, N.J., March 16-17.
Mark Chilutti played five games of championship level tennis and hardly broke a sweat.
One of four members of the Magee Freedoms—a wheelchair tennis team sponsored by the Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia—played
at the 15th Annual Philadelphia Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.
$6 million for charity Jerry Segal’s ‘labor of love’ raises millions to benefit patients following spinal cord injuries and
strokes
One man with quadriplegia. One group of friends. One dream. One day. $1 million raised for charity.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital to Host Custom Motorcycle Competition and Barbecue
When Diane Teofilak needed physical therapy after suffering a spinal cord injury last March, she arrived at Magee Rehabilitation
Hospital in the back of an ambulance.
Segal Golf Outing to Raise More than $1 Million for Magee Patients
18th Annual Jerry Segal Classic, scheduled for September 28, benefits Magee Rehabilitation Hospital patients
Wheelchair Tennis
In the course of seventy two hours, Mark Chilutti played five games of championship level tennis and hardly broke a sweat.
He credits his physical condition.
Top athletes with disabilities to play in Philly Wheelchair tennis tourney, Aug. 10-12
The Mid-Atlantic Region’s top wheelchair athletes will compete in the 2007 Philadelphia Wheelchair Tennis Tournament on Aug.
10-12 at the Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club. The club has donated use of its facility for the tournament and practice
wheelchair tennis sessions each Sunday for more than 15 years.
Magee ranked Number 14 among nation’s top rehabilitation hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital continues its progression in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s leading hospitals ranking.
Magee Publications Recognized in National Competition
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital recently received a pair of APEX 2007 Awards of Excellence for its Can Do Summer 2006 magazine
and its 2006 Annual Report.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Names State Senator Christine M. Tartaglione to its Board of Trustees
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital recently announced that State Senator Christine M. Tartaglione is a new member of its Board
of Trustees.
Magee Launches Patient Education TV System
Magee Rehabilitation hospital recently launched its Patient Education Television Network. It is now accessible to all patients.
Patient TVs and large-screen TVs in patient lounges are networked to receive this programming.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Holds Second Annual Dr. Guy Fried Educational Seminar
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital will host its Second-Annual Dr. Guy Fried Educational Seminar on Friday, June 8, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Magee’s Riverfront Outpatient Center in South Philadelphia Holds Free Health Fair & Open House on June 14
A free health fair and open house will be offered to the general public at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital’s Riverfront Outpatient
Center on June 14, 3-7 p.m., at 1500 S. Columbus Boulevard.
Seventh Annual Night of Champions Raises More Than $182,000 to Help Benefit Magee’s Community Program Fund
Nearly 400 guests gathered for an incredible event on May 11, 2007, to help support Magee Rehabilitation Hospital’s Community
Program Fund.
Magee's Can Do Magazine Receives National Award
The 2007 Aster Awards for Excellence in Medical Marketing were announced recently, and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital’s 2006
Summer Can Do won a bronze award in the category of “External Publications for Hospitals Under 150 beds.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, sports celebrities to support Magee Community Program Fund at 7th Annual Night of Champions
Magee Rehabilitation will celebrate its Seventh Annual Night of Champions on Friday, May 11, 6-10 p.m.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital is One of First in Nation to Offer Breakthrough Technology Device for Patients with Stroke
Imagine technology so advanced that it may help stroke and other neurological patients regain lost mobility and achieve greater
independence than they believed to be possible.
Two Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Physical Therapists from Philadelphia Receive Prestigious Certifications
Christine Malecka and Angela Meyers, a pair of physical therapists from Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, recently received the
Neurological Clinical Specialist Certification at the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA).
Two Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Stroke Patients Benefit from Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
JAMA Article Supports CIMT’s Success in Improving Movement and Function in Stroke Survivors
In the November 1, 2006, issue of the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), a seven-center national study led by
Emory University researchers found that an innovative rehabilitative technique that entails restraining a stroke survivor’s
paralyzed arm is effective.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Names Haddonfield Resident to its Board of Trustees
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation recently announced that Thomas J. Duffy of Haddonfield, N.J., is a new member of
its Board of Trustees.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Promotes Northeast Resident to Assistant Vice President of Development
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital promoted Mark J. Chilutti of Philadelphia to Vice President of Development.
Physical Therapists particpate in Bioness NESS L300 Training
Magee physical therapists participated in a one-and-a-half day training session for a new functional electrical stimulation
(FES) device that will be used for both inpatients and for outpatients at the Riverfront.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Names Renowned Physiatrist from National Rehab as its New Brain Injury M edical Director Magee Rehabilitation Hospital recently named S. Todd Bernstein, M.D., as its new Brain Injury Medical Director. He will be
responsible for directing and enhancing Magee’s inpatient and outpatient brain injury programs.
Magee Sixers Host NWBA Eastern Sectional Championships
The Magee Sixers Spokesmen will host the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s Eastern Sectional Championships at Riverwinds
Community Center in Thorofare, N.J., March 16-17.
Magee Enters Partnership to Help Warn People About Symptoms of Stroke
Magee has partnered with the Delaware Valley Stroke Alert Organization to participate in a massive media blitz planned for
May 8 during Stroke Awareness Month.
Magee Rehab Nurse Trains for Triathlon
Bill McAndrew, 3-11 General Rehab Nurse on the third floor at Magee, is spending his free time training for the triathlon
in April 2007. Inspired by his cousin Nick, who is now in remission from leukemia, Bill volunteered for the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society last year and ran his first marathon with Team in Training.
TJUH and USP Present CE Program at Magee
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) will present a continuing
education program at Magee focusing on “Combating Resistant Gram Negative Pathogens.”
Springsteen Named to Board of Trustees
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital announced that Susan L. Springsteen of Downingtown, Pa. is a new member of its Board of Trustees.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Names New Vice President of Clinical Operations
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital recently named Robert W. Kautzman as Vice President of Clinical Operations.
Magee Sixers Spokesmen Wheelchair Basketball Team Ranked Ninth in the Nation
The Magee Sixers Spokesmen wheelchair basketball squad is currently ranked ninth in the nation among teams in the National
Wheelchair Basketball Association Division II.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Joins Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital has recently become a new member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (GPCC).
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