Howard A. Rusk was a prominent physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 and founder of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine is the world's first and largest university-affiliated center devoted entirely to inpatient/outpatient care, research and training in rehabilitation medicine. It is part of the NYU Langone Medical Center and operated under the auspices of the...

. He was considered to be the founder of rehabilitation medicine.
Rusk was active in the Health for Peace movement in the 1950s and supported US efforts to participate more in rehabilitation medicine in international affairs. He was the first recipient of the Pacem in Terris award of the Pope John Paul II Center of Prayer and Study for Peace.

Education

Dr. Rusk graduated from University of Missouri in 1923 and received his medical degree at Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1925.

Legacy

• In 1950, Dr. Rusk founded the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University Medical Center. The Institute was later renamed Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and in 1984, NYU honored Rusk and renamed it Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
• In 1954, Dr. Rusk was elected as the President of the American-Korean Foundation.
• In 1955, Dr. Rusk founded the World Rehabilitation Fund.
• In 1964, Soong May-ling
  Soong May-ling
  Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang was a First Lady of the Republic of China , the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek. She was a politician and painter...
  
  , also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, sent private airplane for Dr. Rusk and 4 other rehabilitation experts to visit Taiwan. Three years later, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, specialized in Poliomyelitis
  Poliomyelitis
  Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route...
  
   (often called polio or infantile paralysis), was established in 1967.

External links

• Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center (Taiwan) 財團法人振興復健醫學中心醫院 :zh:財團法人振興復健醫學中心醫院