ACUTE REHAB ONCOLOGY TEAM AWARDED THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE (PORI) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION

Methodist Hospital’s Acute Rehab Services has been awarded the Physiological Oncology Rehabilitation Institute (PORi) Center of Excellence designation. This designation confirms the commitment and expertise of the physical, occupational, and speech therapists to helping patients undergoing cancer treatment. There are 35 PORi Centers of Excellence in the country and Methodist Hospital is the only program in Texas to receive this recognition.

The effort to become a PORi Center of Excellence was led by Kurtis Graves, PT & Katie Springer, OTR who along with a core development team consisting of PT, OT, and ST took on the challenge of developing and defining the Oncology

Rehabilitation program for Methodist Hospital. Oncology Rehabilitation is a medical intervention in conjunction with a patient’s cancer treatment. It is critically important to develop a comprehensive oncology treatment plan that addresses all of the patient’s body systems that have been or may be affected by their cancer or its treatment. PORi’s goal is to elevate Oncology Rehabilitation to be a norm for a cancer patient’s journey through treatment in an effort to improve a patient’s quality of life.

To qualify as a PORi Center of Excellence, the therapy team worked to have at least one PORI Oncology Rehabilitation therapist in each core discipline. The core disciplines include

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