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Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation Across the System

Mary Free Bed manages inpatient rehabilitation units at multiple partner hospitals, combining advanced expertise with local access. In many cases, these partnerships have evolved into joint operating agreements (JOAs)*, strengthening our ability to deliver specialized care. In some locations, these agreements extend beyond inpatient services to include:

  • General outpatient therapy services
  • Pain rehabilitation programs
  • Orthotics & Prosthetics + Bionics
Mary Free Bed physiatry residents leave training well-prepared for success at the next level, whether that’s fellowship training or entering practice. 

Our program maintains an excellent track record for fellowship match and job placement. A large portion of our residents have pursued fellowship training in a number of disciplines successfully, and the majority of our graduates have pursued academic positions either after graduation or after fellowship training.
Resident-led research projects
Delayed-onset streptococcus intermedius brain abscess after dental procedure: A case report
Ralph Wang, MD; Stuart Yablon, MD; Mackenzie Sacks, DO
Delayed-onset streptococcus intermedius brain abscess after dental procedure: A case report
Jon VandenBerg, MD; Mackenzie Sacks, DO
Transfer error rates
Adam Lamm, MD; John Rizik, DO; Gregory White, DO 
Paraspinal mapping
Richard Ball, MD; John Rizik, DO
Resident-led quality improvement projects
Acute left shoulder pain & weakness in a collegiate lacrosse athlete
Jacob Reisner, DO; David Weinfeld, MD
Electrodiagnostic findings in a young male with acute onset weakness: a case report
Chris Rizik, DO; Salina Halliday, DO
Currently untitled Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Paper
Stuart Yablon, MD; Salina Halliday, DO; David Weinfeld, MD
Electrodiagnostic findings in a young male with acute onset weakness: a case report
Chris Rizik, DO; Salina Halliday, DO
Atraumatic medial thigh pain in a male cross country athlete: a case study
Jacob Reisner, DO; Salina Halliday, DO
The effects of engagement in adaptive sports on anxiety and depression outcome scales in wheelchair users
Kelly Armstrong, MD; Salina Halliday, DO
Conference presentation highlights
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting 2023 (April 28 – May 3, 2023, Phoenix, Arizona)
Acute left shoulder pain & weakness in a collegiate lacrosse athlete
Jacob Reisner, DO; David Weinfeld, MD
Atraumatic medial thigh pain in a male cross country athlete: a case study
Jacob Reisner, DO; Salina Halliday,DO
Association for Academic Physiatry Annual Meeting 2023 (February 21-24, 2023, Anaheim, California)
Aphasia due to hemorrhage involving cerebellar hemisphere contralateral to dominant language cortex: a case report
David Weinfeld MD, Stuart A Yablon MD
Errors & omissions: Incomplete or incorrect documentation on admission to inpatient rehabilitation
Gregory White DO, JP Rizik DO, Bichal Getz BSN RN CRRN, Adam Lamm MD MA
It’s not a tumor – an atypical knee ganglion cyst causing peroneal neuropathy
Jina Libby DO, Jacob Reisner DO
Lymphedema management in a patient with breast cancer, anxiety, and dermatomyositis: a review of safety considerations when initiating complete decongestive therapy
Kyle Sproull MD, Cynthia Tan DPT, Naomi Kaplan MBBS
Oral feeding as sole evidence of clinical responsiveness in a patient otherwise meeting criteria for vegetative state
Kyle Sproull MD, Stuart Yablon MD)
Trends in older adults admitted to inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury
Kyle Sproull MD, Nathan Carlton MD, Valerie McIlvaine BS, Jennifer Dowsett BA, Adam Lamm MD MA
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Annual Assembly 2022 (October 20-23, 2022, Baltimore, Maryland)
Autonomic dysreflexia from bladder calculi
Callie Hoelscher, DO; Jon VandenBerg, MD
Complications from elective lipoabdominoplasty and baclofen pump translocation in a spinal cord injury patient
David Weinfeld, MD; Jon VandenBerg, MD
Academy of Spinal Cord Professionals Annual Conference 2022 (September 7-10, 2022, Kansas City, Missouri)
Acetazolamide: adjunctive role for symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure after treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and post-subarachnoid hemorrhage hydrocephalus Complications from elective lipoabdominoplasty and baclofen pump translocation in a spinal cord injury patient
Jina Libby, DO; Stuart Yablon, MD
The potential influence of cannabis withdrawal in persistent symptoms of headache after intraparenchymal hemorrhage: role for dronabinol
Subha Hanif, MD; Tod Win, MD; Alexander Rose (Medical student)

Additional research projects are being conducted through Mary Free Bed’s John F. Butzer Center for Research and Innovation. 

If you are a medical student interested in potentially collaborating with our residents and faculty on a research project, please email pmr.residency@maryfreebed.com.