THE BURKEREHABILITATIONHOSPITAL

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Richard Sgaglio, Ph.D.

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

(914) 597-2491

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“BurkeRehabilitationCenter Launches New State-of-the-Art Website”

WHITE PLAINS, NY –November 16, 2011 –BurkeRehabilitationCenter has announced the launching of its new website After a year-long period of information gathering and re-designing its former site, the new face of Burke will launch this week. This is the first new website to be launched by the hospital in more than eight years. Long known for its progressive inpatient rehabilitation programs, outpatient services, community education programs, and rehabilitation research, the new face of Burke will be a better representation of the technology employed there every day through its many programs. The new website will marry the technology available at Burke and the way it is seen by the general public, patients and healthcare providers.

Designed by Piszko, an Atlanta based design company, the new burke.org features four distinctive sections. One for its inpatient programs; one for its comprehensive outpatient services; one for its community programs; and one for its Medical ResearchInstitutewhere cutting edge basic, translational and clinical research studies are being conducted to improve patient recovery from disabling injuries and illness. It is the hope that this new website that features expanded information about the scientists at the Institutewill shed new light on the important work they are doing for the future of rehabilitation medicine.

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The new site also features a more in-depth portrayal of its acute inpatient rehabilitation programs widely regarded as some of the best in the Country. The new inpatient programs section features extensive information about each program, its services, team members and importantly its patient outcomes. It also outlines the hospital’s ever expanding outpatient services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy available at the main hospital campus as well as through its satellite centers in Purchase, Mamaroneck and Bronx, New York. The website also has an expanded Community Programs section that highlights news and information about educational events, support groups and Burke’s adult fitness programs.

For more information about Burke’s new website, please contact Richard Sgaglio, Director of Marketing and Chairman of the Burke Website Committee at (914) 597-2491 or via email at . Please visit the new Burke website at

The BurkeRehabilitationHospital is a private, not-for-profit, acute rehabilitation hospital. Founded in 1915, it is the only hospital in WestchesterCounty dedicated solely to rehabilitation medicine. Burke offers both inpatient and outpatient programs for those who have experienced a disabling illness, traumatic injury or joint replacement surgery. Burke is bothan acute rehabilitation hospital and medical research center. Burke’s world renowned doctors and therapists provide state-of-the-art treatment, while its research scientists explore the frontiers of neurological and pulmonary medicine. All share the Burke mission to ensure that every patient makes the fullest possible recovery from illness or injury.

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