The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary team-based rehabilitation to improve the health, function and well-being of our patients. Our 18-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit offers an individualized treatment plan from our team comprised of Johns Hopkins physiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, rehabilitation nurses, psychologists, recreational therapists and social workers/case managers for patients, and includes rehabilitation care for amputation, spinal cord injury and dysfunction, complex medical conditions, orthopedics and brain injury stroke.

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Specialized Programs

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit has several specialty programs available to patients throughout their stay:

High-Intensity Upper Limb Training

A combination of exercise and cutting-edge technology to improve strength, function and range of motion in the arms and shoulders.

Stroke Rehabilitation

Our stroke rehabilitation program, as part of the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, offers customized rehabilitation plans for stroke recovery.

Rehabilitation Leadership

Annette Lavezza, OTR/L

Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
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Brian Lupus, PT

Rehabilitation Program Manager, CIIRP(s)
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Stacey Friedel, OTR/L

Rehabilitation Therapy Manager
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Maggie Pruitt, PT, DPT

Team Coordinator
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Medical Director

Ning Cao, MD

  • Rehabilitation Medicine Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Nursing Leadership

Sharon Owens ACNP-BC, NEA-BC, PhD

Director of Nursing, Department of Surgery and PM&R

Erin Hanson, BSN, RN, CRRN

Interim Nurse Manager

Care Management

Terry Ziegler LCSW-C

Director of Social Work

Contact Us

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St.
Meyer-7
Baltimore, MD 21287

Admissions and Consultations: 410-502-7156
Office of Acute Care Therapies: 410-955-6214