The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, or TIRR, is a 116-bed rehabilitation hospital located in the Texas Medical Center, with associated outpatient services in the community. Ranked as one of the top five rehabilitation facilities in the country, TIRR focuses on providing care to individuals who have experienced catastrophic injuries or illnesses. Patient programs include:
- Brain Injury and Stroke Program
- Spinal Cord Injury Program
- Specialty Rehabilitation Program
- Amputee Program
- TIRR Day Rehabilitation Program
- TIRR Day Rehabilitation for Children and Adolescents
- TIRR Challenge Program (Community Re-entry)
- TIRR Outpatient Clinic
- TIRR Outpatient Therapy Services
TIRR Systems also includes TIRR Rehabilitation Centers, comprised of multiple outpatient therapy facilities located throughout Southeast Texas. These facilities provide physical, orthopaedic, manual, hand, upper extremity, and sports-specific rehabilitation therapies.
TIRR is home to the Baylor College of Medicine/University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance. PM&R residents, fellows, and medical students from both schools rotate through TIRR, and there are also opportunities within TIRR Rehabilitation Centers facilities. The BCM/UTHSC-H PM&R Alliance now provides the largest physical medicine and rehabilitation residency training program in the nation, with 41 residents and seven postgraduate fellows. In addition, BCM radiology residents as well as urology residents from both schools have assigned rotations at TIRR. Physicians in many other specialties come to TIRR to provide consultations. Education is available to medical professionals through courses and lectureships sponsored by TIRR.
TIRR has been a Model System for Spinal Cord Injury since 1972, and is involved in many significant research efforts. The BCM/UTHSC-H PM&R Alliance has also resulted in increased research collaboration. Among these is Mission Connect, a unique collaboration of five medical institutions, in which TIRR is the leading partner and BCM is an important participant. Mission Connect provides investigators with the resources to conduct basic research focused on reversing the consequences of spinal cord injury, brain injury, and neurological disorders.
www.tirr.org