Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is a division of the Select Medical Corporation that provides physical medicine and rehabilitation programs and services. There are currently three inpatient rehabilitation facilities located throughout New Jersey. On June 1, 2010, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation was awarded the Gallup Organization Great Workplace Award. The award is presented to the best performing workplaces in the world. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation was one of only 25 recipients of the award. Kessler has also been ranked among the top one percent of rehabilitation hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Mission statement
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation has the following mission statement:
1953 - New building housing large gymnasium, physical therapy department, and prosthetics shop dedicated
1956 - Kessler receives a $90,000 grant from the New Jersey State Rehabilitation Commission to establish a pre-vocational diagnostic unit, the first of its kind in the state
1959 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for a new 48-bed patient wing on the West Orange campus
1961 - New patient wing is dedicated and a swimming pool is constructed
1970 - Urology Services Department added to Kessler-West Orange
1973 - Groundbreaking is held for a new wing that will expand patient rooms, programs, and services
1974 - New wing that includes an additional 28 patient beds; outpatient gyms; speech, vocational, and social services areas; hydrotherapy center; and a new dining room and kitchen
1986 - Kessler opens a 36-bed rehabilitation facility in space leased from the Saddle Brook/Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Saddle Brook, New Jersey
1989 - Kessler acquires the Welkind Rehabilitation Hospital in Chester, New Jersey, which becomes known as Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Chester campus
1990 - Kessler adds a three-story wing to its West Orange campus for physician offices, expanded urology and radiology services, and research and education areas
1993 - Kessler acquires the Saddle Brook/Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Saddle Brook, New Jersey; it becomes Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Saddle Brook campus
2003 - Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation is acquired by Select Medical Corporation
2005 - Groundbreaking ceremonies mark the beginning of construction on a new three-story addition to the Kessler West Orange campus
2007 - East Orange campus is closed; services and staff are transferred to the West Orange and Saddle Brook campuses
