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Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan | |
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Detroit Medical Center | |
Geography | |
Location | 261 Mack Avenue Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Coordinates | 42°20′59″N 83°03′20″W / 42.34962°N 83.05569°W |
Organization | |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Beds | 94 |
Speciality | Rehabilitation |
History | |
Opened | 1951 |
Links | |
Website | www.rimrehab.org |
Lists | Hospitals in Michigan |
DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) is one of the eight hospitals affiliated with the Detroit Medical Center. RIM is one of the largest, academic, rehabilitation hospitals in the United States specializing in rehabilitation medicine and research. RIM offers clinical treatment in spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, complex trauma and orthopedics and catastrophic injury care. The institute is home to the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, a facility designed to implement and study innovative treatments in spinal cord injury recovery.
RIM also houses the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS) which conducts groundbreaking research in the field of rehabilitation medicine, sharing the resulting innovations with brain injury providers worldwide. Clinical researchers study issues such as medication effects, course of recovery, psychological factors and treatment outcomes.
RIM also operates over 30 outpatient therapy clinics throughout southeast Michigan, specializing in physical therapy, sports medicine and orthopedics.