Dr. James Salerno is chief of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a driving force behind the growth of Memorial’s rehab program. Both inpatient and outpatient care now include multi-disciplinary collaborations between neurosurgeons and oncologists, to name just two of the additional specialists that may be part of a patient’s care team.

“We’re becoming a destination for rehabilitation services, with more individuals aware of our reputation and seeking the expertise we provide,” said Dr. Salerno, a clinician whose practice focuses on the medically-complex transplant population. “The expansion of services extends our geographic footprint, both inside Memorial Healthcare System and in collaboration with other healthcare providers in the community.”

Dr. Salerno believes the sophisticated level of service Memorial offers enables it to be an option for patients wherever they may be. He cites the success Dr. Jeremy Jacobs has had using telemedicine to provide orders to amputees throughout Florida for necessary procedures or a replacement prosthesis.