The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for infants, children and adults with acute, sub-acute or chronic illnesses of the nervous, muscular or skeletal systems. The rehabilitation team, includes physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatrist), rehabilitation psychologists, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses, and other appropriate specialists.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation services include consultation, evaluation, electrodiagnostic testing, follow-up care and referral services for individuals with rehabilitative needs. The Department operates a twelve-bed inpatient rehabilitation service at the University of Colorado Hospital and a twenty-five-bed unit at The Children's Hospital. The Department also provides outpatient medical services, at both sites.