New England Rehab Hospital history

1955The Boston Center for Rehabilitative and Sub-acute Care (Spaulding - West Roxbury) introduced a new era in elder care when it opened its doors in 1955.

Since the hospital that would later be known as Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital began treating patients in 1970, the Spaulding commitment to excellence and innovation has remained a constant.

It becomes known over time as Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital and is formally renamed in 1981.

In 1994, The Boston Center proudly became a complete post-acute continuum care center catering to the needs of any age adult in need of interim care, rehabilitation or palliative care.

1999 Gaylord opens a sleep center in West Hartford.

2004 Gaylord opens another site devoted to outpatient services and sleep services in Guilford.

2006 Gaylord partners with Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness to open the Gaylord Wellness Center that houses a state-of-the-art fitness center, Gaylord Outpatient Center and Gaylord Sleep Medicine.

2008 Gaylord partners with Boston Medical Center to become designated by the United States National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a Model System of Care for Spinal Cord Injury.

Spaulding and Berkeley Bionics incorporated this technology into our therapy program in 2012.

2017The Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is honored as the top residency program in the US in the newest 2017/18 Doximity Residency Navigator.