Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital delivers rehabilitative physical medicine care that is second to…read morenone. As exceptional as the hospital is, its staff are equally outstanding--true leaders in their respective professional disciplines.
In the world of rehabilitation, I consider the MGH Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP) to be among the very best graduate medical education institutions in the nation, with world-renowned faculty and some of the brightest students anywhere. In my experience, many MGH IHP faculty members also practice full-time at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and many members of Spaulding's professional staff are MGH IHP alumni. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions are a confluence of academic excellence.
That said, I go to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown for the best salad croutons in the world--and the absolute best corn muffins in the world! All kidding aside, I recall hearing the directors of Nutrition Services at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital explain that they consider high-quality, great-tasting food to be an integral part of their patient's healing process. Those women certainly practice what they preach! I say that from personal experience, having had lengthy inpatient admissions at both Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital over the years.
The physicians and clinical staff at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital are among the very best. I can think of several Spaulding physicians and clinicians who stand out, in my opinion, as among the best in the world.
I wouldn't wish the need for physical medicine rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on anyone. However, should the need arise, there is tremendous comfort in knowing that such exemplary, World Class care is available at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and here in Boston. I would also be remiss if I didn't mention how impressively well integrated my care at Spaulding is with my care at Massachusetts General Hospital. That coordination is yet another testament to the outstanding quality of care these two institutions provide.
I don't know who it was, who many years ago, "accepted me" as an inpatient at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, while I was "pending disposition" to a Rehab Hospital at Massachusetts General Hospital. I remain especially grateful to that person, at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, for accepting me as an in-patient at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Lastly, I have many great physicians at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, but, I will never forget the physical medicine physician, who cared for me, during my inpatient admission at Spaulding, Dr. David Crandell. Similarly, Dr. Leonid Shinchuk, has taken exceptional care of me, over many years, as an outpatient.
