UT Southwestern Rehabilitation Unit
The multidisciplinary team at UT Southwestern Medical Center provides a comprehensive rehabilitation program tailored specifically for patients who sustained traumatic or nontraumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Team members include physicians with specialized SCI training; rehabilitation nurses; physical, occupational, speech, recreational and respiratory therapists; psychologists; clinical dietitians; and social workers.
The SCI Program includes:
Inpatient rehabilitation
Outpatient rehabilitation
Education for families and patients
Wheelchair seating clinic
Spasticity management
Additional services for SCI patients:
Mineral metabolism clinic
Neuromuscular disorders clinic
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Pulmonology
Urology
New Beginnings BackPack Partner