Providing patients with access to a diversified group of expert physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians committed to supporting rehabilitation and recovery.
Expertise rooted in experience
Leading physicians from VCU Health power Sheltering Arms Institute’s physician services, providing patients recovering from an array of injuries, illnesses, or conditions with comprehensive, individualized care.
My stay at Sheltering Arms Institute was incredible. The staff helped me walk again, regain function, and, ultimately, return home.
Knowledgeable, innovative, compassionate
Developing and monitoring customized treatment plans, Sheltering Arms Institute physician services support physical rehabilitation across a broad range of neurological, musculoskeletal, or other injuries or illnesses that affect an individual’s ability to walk or perform activities of daily living.
Our physicians work to maximize a patient’s medical recovery after a stroke, focusing on overall motor rehabilitation.
Supporting patients recovering from traumatic brain injuries, physicians manage the motor, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of recovery.
Managing medical complications that often follow a spinal cord injury, our physicians help patients with motor recovery, bladder and bowel management, and skin integrity.
Working with physical therapists, our physicians support the medical recovery of patients that have experienced a significant orthopedic injury.
Sheltering Arms Institute is unique in the transdisciplinary model. Your doctor takes in input from all of your therapy teams, rehab psychologists, nursing, care coordination… Everyone comes together to really improve each patient’s quality of life.
Understanding physician services
Physician services at Sheltering Arms Institute provide patients with access to doctors and specialists to support their rehabilitation and recovery from an injury, illness, or condition.
Yes, the physicians at Sheltering Arms Institute are employed by VCU Health.
Each patient’s physician visits them daily and works closely with other members of the care team to develop and monitor each person’s individualized care plan.
Ask your case manager, social worker, or physician to send a referral to the admissions department at Sheltering Arms Institute. A clinical referral liaison will be assigned to you and, upon gathering all necessary information, will review your case with a physician at Sheltering Arms Institute to determine if you meet the criteria for inpatient rehabilitation. Click here to learn more about the process to become a patient.
Start your Journey
Contact a specialist at Sheltering Arms Institute to learn more about how you can gain more freedom in your everyday life.
