Organizations that Host Model System Centers Ranked by U.S. News

 U.S. News evaluated 1,083 hospitals for rehabilitation and ranked the best-performing ones based on their care for patients recovering from many illnesses including spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury. We present the ranking of rehabilitation facilities that house the currently funded Model System centers below.

Ranking 1: Shirley Ryan Abilitylab

• Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System

Ranking 2: TIRR Memorial Hermann

• Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System
• Texas TBI Model System of TIRR

Ranking 3: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

• Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
• Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System

 Ranking 4: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

• Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System
• Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System

 Ranking 5: University of Washington Medical Center

• University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• Northwest Regional Burn Model System

Ranking 6: Mayo Clinic

• Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 7: Shepherd Center

• Southeastern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System 

Ranking 8: Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Hospitals

• Rusk Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 9: MossRehab

• Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 10: Craig Hospital

• Rocky Mountain regional Spinal Injury System
• Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System

Ranking 11: UPMC Mercy
 
Ranking 12: New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
 
Ranking 13: Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation-Dallas

• North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 14: Mount Sinai Hospital

• Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System
• New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System 

Ranking 15: Carolinas Rehabilitation

• Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System

Ranking 16: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

• Northern California Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 17: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 17: UT Southwestern Medical Center

• North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System
• Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System

Ranking 19: WakeMed Health and Hospitals-Raleigh Campus
 
Ranking 20: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 21: Magee Rehabilitation Hospital-Jefferson Health

• Regional SCI Center of the Delaware Valley

Ranking 22: University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

• UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System

Ranking 23: Johns Hopkins Hospital
 
Ranking 24: MetroHealth Medical Center

• Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System 

Ranking 25: University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine

• University of Michigan SCI Model System 

Ranking 26: Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center
 
Ranking 26: Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 26: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
 
Ranking 29: Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center
 
Ranking 30: JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health

• JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 31: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

• Ohio Regional SCI Model System (ORSCIMS)
• Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Ranking 32: UW Medicine-Harborview Medical Center

• University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• Northwest Regional Burn Model System
• Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System 

Ranking 33: St. David’s Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: Banner Boswell Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Tampa General Hospital
 
Ranking 38: WellStar Kennestone Hospital
 
Ranking 39: Sarasota Memorial Hospital
 
Ranking 40: Providence St. Jude Medical Center
 
Ranking 41: Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill
 
Ranking 41: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
 
Ranking 43: Atrium Medical Center-Middletown
 
Ranking 44: Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Ranking 44: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
 
Ranking 46: Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 47: St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
 
Ranking 48: CarolinaEast Medical Center                    
 
Ranking 48: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
 
Ranking 48: University of North Carolina Hospitals

Burn Model System Researchers to Present at the American Burn Association (ABA) 53rd Annual Meeting

A host of Burn Model System researchers will present at the 53rd Annual American Burn Association Meeting (ABA2021), April 7-9. For more information click here.

Model System researchers from the Northwest Regional Burn Model System will lead the following correlative sessions: 

• Gretchen Carrougher presents, “Defining Numerical Cutoff Values for Mild, Moderate, and Severe Pain in Adult Burn Survivors,” authored with Alyssa Bamer, Claudia Baker, Barclay Stewart, and Nicole Gibran.

• Jamie Oh presents, “Temperature Sensitivity is Associated with Lower Satisfaction with Life After Burns,” authored with Carolina Seek, Stephen Sibbett, Gretchen Carrougher, Colleen Ryan, Jonathan Friedstat, Karen Kowalske, Nicole Gibran, and Barclay Stewart.

• Stephen Sibbett presents, “Variations in COMT are Not Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Multicenter Collaborative Proof of Concept Study,” authored with Jamie Oh, Audrey Wolfe, Jeffrey Schneider, Karen Kowalske, Barclay Stewart, and Nicole Gibran.

• Clifford Sheckter presents, “Examining 'Return to Productivity' among People Living with Burn Injury: A Burn Model System National Database Study,” authored with Sabina Brych, Gretchen Carrougher, Mallory Smith, Steven Wolf, Jeffrey Schneider, Nicole Gibran, and Barclay Stewart.

• Clifford Sheckter presents, “The Impact of Burn Survivor Pre-Injury Income and Payer Status on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes,” authored with Gretchen Carrougher, Mallory Smith, Steven Wolf, Jeffrey Schneider, Nicole Gibran, and Barclay Stewart.

Model System researchers from the Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center will lead the following correlative sessions: 

• Kara McMullen presents, “Validation of PROMIS-29 among Adult Burn Survivors,” authored with Alyssa Bamer, Colleen Ryan, Jeffrey Schneider, Nicole Gibran, Barclay Stewart, Radha Holavanahalli, Tracy Mroz, Steven Wolf, and Dagmar Amtmann.

• Alyssa Bamer presents, “Agreement Between Proxy- and Self-Report PROMIS Scores in Pediatric Burn Survivors,” authored with Kara McMullen, Barclay Stewart, Lewis Kazis, Camerin Rencken, Steven Wolf, and Dagmar Amtmann.

Model System researchers from the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System will lead the following correlative sessions and poster presentation: 

• Cailin Abouzeid presents, “Are Burns a Chronic Condition: Examining Physical and Mental Functioning up to 20 Years after Injury,” authored with Audrey Wolfe, Gretchen Carrougher, Nicole Gibran, Radha Holavanahalli, Pengsheng Ni, Kimberly Roaten, Colleen Ryan, Oscar Suman, Barclay Stewart, Steven Wolf, Lewis Kazis, and Jeffrey Schneider.

• Cailin Abouzeid presents, “Satisfaction with Life and Community Integration Outcomes up to 20 years after Burn Injury,” authored with Audrey Wolfe, Gretchen Carrougher, Nicole Gibran, Radha Holavanahalli, Pengsheng Ni, Kimberly Roaten, Colleen Ryan, Oscar Suman, Barclay Stewart, Steven Wolf, Lewis Kazis, and Jeffrey Schneider.

• Brian Kelter presents, “Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Participants in a Longitudinal Study of Burn Outcomes,” authored with Audrey Wolfe, Cailin Abouzeid, Nicole Gibran, Radha Holavanahalli, Pengsheng Ni, Lewis Kazis, Colleen Ryan, and Jeffrey Schneider.

• Brian Kelter presents, “Social Participation Recovery Trajectories: Preliminary Results from the LIBRE Journey Study,” authored with Audrey Wolfe, Amy Acton, Mary Slavin, Pengsheng Ni, Colleen Ryan, Lewis Kazis, and Jeffrey Schneider.

• Martin Buta presents, “Long-Term Reconstructive Surgery of the Burned Hand: 16-Year Experience at a Major Burn Center,” authored with Audrey Wolfe, Olivia Stockly, Callie Abouzeid, Khushbu Patel, Jeremy Goverman, Jonathan Friedstat,Liang Chen, Branko Bojovic, Ryan Cauley, Jeffrey Schneider, and Colleen Ryan.

• Silvanys Rodriguez-Mercedes presents, “Development of School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE 5-12) Profile: Item Pool Development,” authored with Cami Rencken, Khushbu Patel, Erin Kinney, Gabrielle Grant, Frederick Stoddard, Jeffrey Schneider, Lewis Kazis, and Colleen Ryan.

• Cami Rencken presents, “Development of School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE 5-12) Profile: A Conceptual Model,” authored with Khushbu Patel, Erin Kinney, Gabrielle Grant, Frederick Stoddard, Jeffrey Schneider, Lewis Kazis, and Colleen Ryan.

• Khushbu Patel presents, “Measuring Health Outcomes in Pediatric Burn Survivors: A Systematic Review,” authored with Cami Rencken, Silvanys Rodriguez-Mercedes, Erin Kinney, Gabrielle Grant, Amelia Austen, Carina Hou, Keri Brady, Jeffrey Schneider, Lewis Kazis, and Colleen Ryan.

Model System researchers from the Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System will lead the following presentation: 

• Chiamaka Ukoha presents, “The Clinical and Demographic Predictors Associated with Physical Function in Pediatric Burn Survivors: A Burn Model System National Database Study,” authored with Steven Wolf, Jeffery Schneider, Kimberly Roaten, Colleen Ryan, Karen Kowalske, Chizorbam Diribe, Nicole Gibran, Barclay Stewart, and Oscar Suman.

Model System researchers from the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System, North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System, others outside of the BMS collaborated on the following educational forums:

• Karen Kowalske and Jeffrey Schneider (Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System) and Diana Tenney and Radha Holavanahalli (North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System) present, “Chronic Disease After Burn Injury: Developing a Collaborative Approach to an Underrecognized Aspect of Aftercare.”