If you have questions about our admissions process, please review the list below. Answers to questions that returning patients may have can be found here.
New Patients
- Children & adults of all ages
- Traumatic spinal cord injury
- Complications of spinal surgery
- Falls
- Accidents
- Non-traumatic spinal injury
- Vascular events, such as arteriovenous malformation, spinal cord strokes or aortic aneurysm
- Spinal tumors
- Development disorders resulting in paralysis
- Rare demyelinating diseases, such as transverse myelitis, acute flaccid myelitis, multiple sclerosis or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- In addition, people with other rare neurologic conditions causing paralysis—such as myelopathy, neurofibromatosis, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), stroke, Parkinson’s and Friedrich’s ataxia—may also be well-suited to this program.
There are many factors:
- Diagnosis
- Age
- Severity of symptoms
- Date of injury
- Medical complications
- Availability of appointments
Therapeutic duration and frequency will be determined based on your individual evaluation results and your progress towards functional and measurable goals. This will be discussed with your primary therapist and medical provider at regular, scheduled intervals.
To begin the intake process:
- New patient questionnaire
- Authorization for prior medical records access
- Insurance authorization
Additional paperwork will be sent to you during the scheduling process, such as consent forms and billing estimates.
- Inpatient – Call 888-554-2080
- Outpatient – Call 888-923-9222 or 443-923-9222 or email Info.Sci@SpinalCordRecovery.org
Please discuss this with your intake care manager. We accept a wide variety of insurances and will often work with your insurer to get services approved.
Yes, you will receive an estimate from our Care Center schedulers prior to your initial appointment.
Yes, you will receive health insurance benefit details once your new patient questionnaire and other required documents are received. One of our financial staff will call or email the coverage information. If you have additional questions, please email ICSCIInsurance@kennedykrieger.org or call 443-923-7970.
You may call the Patient Accounting department at 443-923-1870 or send an email to Patient_Accounting@KennedyKrieger.org.
Kennedy Krieger Institute offers financial assistance for medically necessary care to eligible patients on a sliding scale based on financial need. The application may be obtained as detailed below.
- Call our Patient Accounting department at 443-923-1870
- Online at our Financial Assistance Policy page
Baltimore
- Inpatient 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Outpatient 801 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:00AM – 5:00PM; Saturday morning hours as requested
Maple Lawn
- 11830 West Market Place, Suite P, Fulton, MD 20759
- Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5:00PM
White Marsh/Middle River
- 425 Williams Court, Suite 116, Middle River, MD 21220
- Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5:00PM
All three locations include convenient accommodations close to the facilities
Baltimore, please be sure to ask for the Kennedy Krieger rate.
Residence Inn Baltimore at The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
800 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 21205
Ph: 443-524-8400
Book your corporate rate for Kennedy Krieger Institute here
Maple Lawn, please be sure to ask for the Kennedy Krieger rate
Residence Inn Fulton at Maple Lawn
11800 West Market Place, Fulton, Maryland, USA, 20759
Ph: 301-776-7460
Book your corporate rate for Kennedy Krieger Institute here
White Marsh, please be sure to ask for the Kennedy Krieger rate
Spring Hill Suites Baltimore White Marsh/Middle River
6110 Greenleigh Avenue, Middle River, Maryland, USA, 21220
Ph: 410-335-2112
Book your corporate rate for Kennedy Krieger Institute here
For more options, you can review a list of other local hotels, please be sure to ask for the Kennedy Krieger or Johns Hopkins rate.
Prescription:
- Please call 443-923-9195
- To fax paperwork that requires physician signature: 443-923-9208
Speak to a nurse:
Baltimore 443-923-9195
Maple Lawn 607-205-4294 or 607-205-4362
White Marsh 607-205-4477
- Dr. Sadowsky 443-923-9211 (admin)
- Dr. Cabahug 443-923-9227 (admin)
- Dr. Recio, Janet Dean 667-205-4262 (admin)
- Dr. Edmiston 667-205-4294 or 667-205-4362 (nursing)
- Baltimore therapy staff office 443-923-9468
- Maple Lawn main line 667-205-4290
- White Marsh main line 667-205-4470
- Baltimore – 443-923-9230 – choose option for scheduling
- Maple Lawn – 443-923-2622
- White Marsh – 443-923-7994
- Seating clinic & Orthotics clinic – 443-923-7959
If this is a last-minute cancelation:
- Baltimore therapy office – 443-923-9468
- Baltimore medical – 443-923-9230 or 443-923-2621
- Maple Lawn front desk – 667-205-4290
- White Marsh front desk – 667-205-4470
Or, utilize MyChart to cancel your appointment or message your provider
Baltimore:
- Wellness: 443-923-7950 or DeGrossD@KennedyKrieger.org
- Personal Training: 443-923-4321 or ICSCI_Personal_Training@KennedyKrieger.org or Mullerju@KennedyKrieger.org
- Independent Aquatics: 443-923-9474 or Cichowicz@KennedyKrieger.org or ICSCI_Aquatics_Staff@kennedykrieger.org
Maple Lawn:
- Wellness and Personal Training: 667-205-4293 or Hentz@KennedyKrieger.org or ICSCI_Personal_Training@kennedykrieger.org
White Marsh:
- Wellness and Personal Training 667-205-4479 Hentz@KennedyKrieger.org Or ICSCI_Personal_Training@KennedyKrieger.org
- Aquatics- 667-204-4476 or Cichowicz@KennedyKrieger.org or ICSCI_Aquatics_Staff@kennedykrieger.org
Utilize MyChart for instant access. For more information, our Medical Records department can help.