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There are 25 news items between Jan 1 2008 and Dec 31 2008, shown in pages of 10 below.

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  • December 19, 2008 RIC Awarded Major NIDRR Stroke Grant RIC today announced its fourth designation as the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Stroke Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) developed to advance rehabilitation care for the nearly six million people living with stroke.
  • December 10, 2008 Reyes Elected Chairman of RIC Board of Directors M. Jude Reyes has replaced Michael L. Keiser as chairman of the RIC board of directors. The two-year term began in November, 2008.
  • November 10, 2008 Dr. Smith Profiled by Alma Mater RIC’s CEO, Dr. Joanne C. Smith, holds an MBA from the University of Chicago ’s Graduate School of Business in addition to her medical degree. She graduated in 2000, and her alma mater recently honored her with its 2008 Distinguished Public Service/Public Sector Alumni Award. As part of the recognition, she was featured in the school’s alumni magazine.
  • September 24, 2008 Robotic Innovation Aids Stroke Patients' Recovery |RIC| Robotic advancements help stroke patients recover the ability to walk
  • September 9, 2008 RIC Bionic Arm Featured on ABC as a "Medical Mystery" RIC Bionic Arm featured on ABC's "Medical Mysteries."
  • September 3, 2008 RIC Sends Six to 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the #1 rehabilitation hospital in the country, today announced it has sent three athletes to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games demonstrating RIC’s vision of enhanced human ability through innovative rehabilitation care and scientific discovery.
  • August 27, 2008 RIC Featured in Worldwide Media Story about Vietnamese Boy RIC’s innovative pediatric care was featured in the worldwide media coverage of a two-year-old male patient from Vietnam, Phung Thien Nhan, who was left in the jungle to die and, subsequently, was mauled by wild animals before monks saved him and nursed him back to health.
  • August 27, 2008 VA Secretary Peake Visits RIC The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), ranked the nation’s “#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America”[1], today announced that Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Lt. Gen. James Peake (Ret.), MD, toured RIC to learn about its leading rehabilitation medicine models and innovative research that can continue to benefit service members with severe injuries such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), estimated to affect more than 320,000 service members who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
  • August 19, 2008 RIC Brain Injury Program Receives Two Federal Grants for Innovative Research The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the #1 rehabilitation hospital in the country[1], today announced two significant research grants awarded to the Brain Injury Medicine and Rehabilitation Program to fuel cutting-edge research awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
  • July 22, 2008 Dr. Steven Stanos and RIC’s Center for Pain Management Featured on ReachMD XM Radio Show

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