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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 33rd Consecutive Year
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab again has been recognized as the national leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 33rd consecutive year. It remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction.
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![Parent Holding Child](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-08/parent%20and%20baby.png?itok=y98k02Bu)
The 2 Most Common Myths of Childhood Speech Development
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![Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 33rd Consecutive Year](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-07/header_xl_usnwr_2023-2024_graphic.jpg?itok=wLiomX4j)
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 33rd Consecutive Year
Press Release
![New Class Graduates from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab-Funded CNA Training Program at Oak Point University](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-07/oak-point-grads2-banner_1.jpg?itok=jarn_7_Y)
New Class Graduates from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab-Funded CNA Training Program at Oak Point University
News
![Jeff and Physical Therapist](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-07/jeff-and-physical-therapist_1.png?itok=O8MUHF_-)
Jeff’s Journey of Healing & Hope After a Rare Diagnosis
Patient Story
![Shirley Ryan AbilityLab](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/LIPCH_ShirleyRyanAbilityLab_PP5002_lg_Dave%20Burk__lip_0.jpg?itok=8SHYdHdu)
Pablo Celnik, MD, Appointed to Lead Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as Next CEO
Press Release
![Marathon Runners](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/cover%20photo.jpg?itok=cqs1Xeko)
Ways to Train for a Marathon, Besides Running
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![John and Joan Wories](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/Tim%20Cavanagh-1.jpg?itok=VrLclP-V)
John Finds the Words Again After Stroke
Patient Story
![Maya Yuen](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2024-05/RCW_8838.jpg?itok=14VGDrWi)
New Robert R. McCormick Foundation Center for Hope and Equity to Be Led by Maya Yuen
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![Patient Who Sustained SCI in Diving Accident](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/pato.jpg?itok=V3WSfrOu)
WGN Profiles Patient Who Sustained Spinal Cord Injury in Diving Accident
Patient Story
![Woman Exercising](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/exercise-post-covid.jpg?itok=BqE0CMV7)
Returning to Exercise After COVID
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![Jessica Curran on WGN](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/wgn-oliver-jessica_0.jpg?itok=GnulVak_)
In the News: Jessica Curran & Oliver Rivera on WGN Demonstrating Injury Prevention Tips & Golf Performance Assessment
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![Levi Hargrove, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_160x90_/public/2023-06/My%20project-1.jpg?itok=0XXAC_FN)
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Receives $8.7 Million NIH Grant for First-of-its-Kind Bionic Arm Osseointegration Study
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