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Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury

With the only dedicated post-acute pediatric brain injury unit in New York State - specifically constructed to treat children and adolescents with brain injuries - and our expertly trained clinical team, Blythedale is uniquely positioned to provide the best environment for recovery.

Why Blythedale...

Because of our state-of-the-art facilities, and dedicated TBI core team, we are able to admit your child earlier in the recovery phase, ensuring specialized rehabilitation can begin as soon as possible.

  • Inpatient
  • Day Hospital
  • Long Term Care

Blythedale Children’s Hospital is a longtime leader in the treatment of children recovering from brain injury including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), post-infectious diseases such as meningitis or Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (ANMDAR), brain tumors and stroke.  The extraordinary multidisciplinary Brain Injury Treatment Program addresses every aspect of a child’s recovery.

Brain injury treatment and recovery at Blythedale takes on a special prominence with our dedicated 18-bed TBI Unit – the only dedicated post-acute Pediatric Brain Injury Unit in New York State.  Each patient room is sound and light controlled and designed to provide the low-stimulation environment needed by patients recovering from brain injury.

Blythedale’s unique expertise comes from the knowledge, skill and teamwork of pediatricians, neurologists, physiatrists, neuropsychologists, cognitive rehabilitation therapists, rehabilitation nurses and neuroscientists all working together to customize an evidence-based treatment plan tailored to each child’s specific needs.

NIH-Funded Brain Injury Research
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Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury Team

Blythedale’s unique expertise comes from the knowledge, skill and teamwork of Pediatricians, Neurologists, Physiatrists, Neuropsychologists, Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapists, Rehabilitation Nurses and Neuroscientists all working together to customize an evidence-based treatment plan tailored to each child’s specific needs. This dedicated TBI core team provides individualized care planning for each child.

Translating Hope & Health

Breaking Language Barriers

Elder and his family hoped to see the New York Yankees when they traveled from Dominican Republic to visit family in New York, but plans were derailed when a brain tumor caused devastating medical complications. But, with the help of intensive rehabilitation and nationally certified language translation services at Blythedale Children's Hospital--this patient and family are bouncing back by building bonds, while also breaking down barriers.

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Driven Teen Excels in Recovery from Stroke

"This is an oasis of wellbeing, a place that sick children can have an opportunity to have the best of everything." Learn how Blythedale Children's Hospital helped Theo recover from a life-changing stroke and brain hemorrhage with the help of physical, occupational & speech therapists, our acclaimed Traumatic Brain Injury Unit and innovative Research Department.

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Blythedale Launches New TBI Program

The diagnosis is the #1 cause of disability and death among children in the United States. And, with medical uncertainty surrounding outcomes for many TBI patients, their futures are depend on understanding how the brain reacts to trauma and the subsequent therapies.

With a mission to delve deeper into the unknowns of traumatic brain injuries, the Burke-Blythedale Pediatric Neuroscience Research Collaboration has developed a new system to help those affected children.

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The staffing here is amazing. The work here that they do is amazing. They are making amazing things happen.

- Marcie DeGale, parent