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REHABILITATION INSIGHT

John Whyte, MD, PhD, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute,
Philadelphia; Wayne Gordon, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai, New York; John Povlishock, PhD, Commonwealth

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SRC 50th Anniversary Celebration. Spain Rehabilitation Center,
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REHABILITATION
Spain Rehabilitation Center
Through the Years

REHABILITATION INSIGHT
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UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center
Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2014

Spain Rehabilitation Center c.1964
(inset) and today.

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The UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center’s story begins in

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Spain Rehabilitation Center Celebrates 50th
Anniversary in 2014
SRC—A Place Where Independence is
Encouraged
The Pace of Discovery Accelerates
Women’s Committee Vital to SRC

all-private rooms, SRC is a 49-bed rehabilitation hospital

the early 1960s with a local family’s frustration at the lack of

M D L e a r nin g C h ann e l

featuring advanced care for adolescent and adult patients
recovering from a broad variety of health problems.

Publications of Note

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help for a relative with a long-term physical function problem.

Featured Clinical Trial

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Fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spain were philanthropists,

Amie McLain, MD, chair of the Department of Physical

and the couple’s $510,000 gift, matched with $1.6 million in

Medicine and Rehabilitation, says, “Spain Rehab Center has

UAB Medicine News

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Hill-Burton funds and augmented further by the Foundation

been a source of hope and support for thousands of individuals

for Hearing and Speech, led to SRC’s 1964 grand opening in

over the years. We emphasize a rigorous, evidence-based, and

Noteworthy Events

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the UAB Medical Center.

patient-centered rehabilitative experience that includes family

The first inpatient was admitted on November 1 to the
63,000 square foot, 3-story building, which opened with 58

participation as vital to recovery.”
Since 1964 SRC has become an integral part of the UAB

inpatient beds. In its first 4 years, more than 1600 inpatient
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MIST provides 24-hour consultation and referral services to physicians
Contact MIST by calling 800.822.MIST (6478).

Health System and the hub of activities for PM&R. The

admissions and 12,000 outpatient visits were recorded. Two

center’s patient care program has been enhanced by protocols

floors and 20 inpatient beds were added in 1969. Now with

developed through large, federally designated research
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