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    • Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
      Discovering the path to independence
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      Restoring the skills to rebuild your life
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      Recovering ability, mobility and more
    • Amputee Rehabilitation
      Overcoming the challenges of limb loss
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      Regaining function and movement
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      Optimizing your individual abilities
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      Resuming life with confidence
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      Charting the course to life ahead
    • General Rehabilitation
      Finding solutions to complex needs
    • Outpatient Rehabilitation
    Kessler meets your individual rehabilitation needs and goals through its unparalleled scope of programs and services. Our expert care, treatment and technologies help patients overcome medical, physical, cognitive, vocational and social challenges. Our patients regain strength, skills and the strategies to move forward in life.
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    • Outcomes
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      Maintaining the highest care standards
    Medical expertise, clinical experience, care excellence and an unwavering commitment to advancing individual progress. This is what sets Kessler Institute apart. It is also why more than 7,000 patients and their families worldwide entrust us with their care each year.
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    Our goal is to help you reach yours. To do that, we provide an exceptional rehabilitation experience – one that provides individualized care, advanced treatment, training and support to help you move forward. We champion your progress, celebrate your success and work together to rebuild your life with confidence.
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    Kessler offers the resources, education and training to help advance our field. We provide important academic and continuing education programming, share our research initiatives and work together to advocate on behalf of all patients and ensure access to the most appropriate level of care.
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Meet our leadership

Experience. Understanding. Commitment.
Kessler's senior leadership team defines, develops and implements the strategic plans supporting quality patient care and outcomes, program and service growth and employee engagement. With a collective 300-plus years of experience, this dynamic team is committed to the daily management and long-term success of Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation for the benefit of our patients.
Select Medical award to Kessler

  • Sue Kida - Kessler Leadership
    Sue Kida, P.T., MHA
    President
    Sam Bayoumy
    Sam Bayoumy, P.T., MBA
    VP, Operations and interim CEO, West Orange
    Steven Kirshblum - Kessler Leadership
    Steven Kirshblum, M.D.
    Chief Medical Officer
    Monifa Brooks - Kessler Leadership
    Monifa Brooks, M.D.
    Senior Medical Officer
    Philip Driscoll - Kessler Leadership
    Philip J. Driscoll, Jr., FACHE, MBA
    CEO, Saddle Brook
    Neel Patel - Kessler Leadership
    Neel C. Patel, Pharm.D, MBA
    CEO, Chester
    Ken Turley
    Ken Turley, MPT, MBA
    CEO, Marlton
    Kenneth Wu - Kessler Leadership
    Kenneth Wu, M.D.
    Medical Director, Marlton
    Maeve Lopreiato - Kessler Leadership
    Maeve Lopreiato, MPH, BSN, R.N.
    Market Director, Quality Management
    Deb Zayas
    Deborah Zayas, MPA, R.N., NE-BC
    Market Chief Nursing Officer
    Ken Caldera
    Ken Caldera, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP
    VP, Human Resources
    Gail Soloman - Kessler Leadership
    Gail M. Solomon, B.S, MBA[c]
    VP, Communications & Brand Management
    Michelle OKeefe - Kessler Leadership
    Michelle O'Keefe, P.T., MPT, MHA
    Chief Operating Officer,  West Orange
    Patricia Judd - Kessler Leadership
    Patricia Judd, P.T., MHA

    VP, Clinical Operations, Kessler Outpatient Services

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