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Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
Discovering the path to independence

Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Restoring the skills to rebuild your life

Stroke Rehabilitation
Recovering ability, mobility and more

Amputee Rehabilitation
Overcoming the challenges of limb loss

Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Regaining function and movement

Neurologic Rehabilitation
Optimizing your individual abilities

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Resuming life with confidence

Cancer Rehabilitation
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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Measuring our patients’ progress

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Maintaining the highest care standards

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Four Focus Areas of Recovery
Helping patients return to life

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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A seamless start to rehabilitation

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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.
Professionals
Outcomes
Meeting goals, exceeding benchmarks

Advocacy
Speaking out for patients and our field

Research & Innovation
Leading through science and technology

Education
Training future leaders

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Helping you help your patients recover

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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.

John Lopez, D.O.

Staff Physiatrist

Dr. Lopez specializes in spinal cord injury medicine and general rehabilitation.

Dr. John Lopez is a staff physiatrist, experienced in the care of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), as well as those with other complex medical rehabilitation needs.

Board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Lopez has presented nationally on a range of SCI-related topics and conducted research into hand function recovery following SCI. He holds a faculty appointment at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School – Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Lopez earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, cum laude, from the Louisiana State University and doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Arizona’s Midwestern University. He completed a spinal cord injury medicine fellowship at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and joined the West Orange hospital’s medical staff in 2021.