History
- 1948 - Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation founded in West Orange, NJ by Dr. Henry H. Kessler.
- 1949 - First patients admitted on January 3.
- 1953 - New building housing large gymnasium, physical therapy department and prosthetics shop dedicated
- 1956 - Kessler receives a $90,000 grant from the New Jersey State Rehabilitation Commission to establish a pre-vocational diagnostic unit, the first of its kind in the state.
- 1959 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for a new 48-bed patient wing on the West Orange campus.
- 1961 - New patient wing is dedicated and a swimming pool is constructed.
- 1970 - Urology Services Department added to Kessler-West Orange.
- 1973 - Groundbreaking is held for a new wing that will expand patient rooms, programs and services.
- 1974 - New wing that includes an additional 28 patient beds; outpatient gyms; speech, vocational and social services areas; hydrotherapy center; and a new dining room and kitchen.
- 1982 - Kessler purchases the New Jersey Rehabilitation Hospital in East Orange, NJ; the facility becomes known as Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – East Orange campus.
- 1986 - Kessler opens a 36-bed rehabilitation facility in space leased from the Saddle Brook/Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Saddle Brook, NJ.
- 1989 - Kessler acquires the Welkind Rehabilitation Hospital in Chester, NJ, which becomes known as Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Chester campus.
- 1990 - Kessler adds a three-story wing to its West Orange campus for physician offices, expanded urology and radiology services, and research and education areas.
- 1993 - Kessler acquires the Saddle Brook/Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Saddle Brook, NJ; it becomes Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Saddle Brook campus.
- 2003 - Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation is acquired by Select Medical Corporation.
- 2005 - Groundbreaking ceremonies mark the beginning of construction on a new three-story addition to Kessler's West Orange campus.
- 2007 - Kessler's East Orange campus is closed; services and staff are transferred to the West Orange and Saddle Brook campuses.
- 2008 - Kessler celebrates its 60th anniversary.
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