For Immediate Release
Contact: Derek Berry
Media Relations Manager
Washington, DC – August 12, 2009 – Six physicians from National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) were recently selected for the 2009-2010 “Best Doctors in America” Database for the District of Columbia.
The “Best Doctors in America” database is compiled of profiles of approximately 45,000 of the best doctors in the United States. In order to be nominated for this exclusive listing, doctors must fulfill stringent criteria and undergo an extensive peer review process. The following NRH physicians were selected for the 2009-2010 “Best Doctors in America” Database for the District of Columbia:
"There has never been a question in my mind that the key to an institution’s success is its medical staff,” said Ed Eckenhoff, National Rehabilitation Hospital Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. “NRH has been blessed by having gathered, over the years, one of the finest rehabilitation medical staffs in the country. We are therefore humbled, proud and ecstatic that six NRH attending physicians have received this recognition. It is well-deserved.”
National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) is a private, not-for-profit facility located in Northwest Washington, D.C. NRH’s services are designed specifically for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabling injuries and illnesses such as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and disease, arthritis, amputations, post-polio syndrome, chronic pain, back and neck pain, occupational injuries, cancer and cardiac disease that require medical rehabilitation, and other neurological and orthopedic conditions. NRH admits approximately 2,200 inpatients annually, has appeared on the “Best Hospitals” list in U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years and is currently ranked among the top hospitals in medical rehabilitation in America. NRH has the only CARF accredited specialty program for both Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke in the region. In addition, NRH’s Spinal Cord Injury Program has been designated one of only 14 Model SCI Systems of care in the country by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a part of the Department of Education. NRH is a proud member of MedStar Health