The Neuro Program has its roots in the history of two of the founding organizations of Toronto Rehab - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Toronto Rehabilitation Centre. While The Queen Elizabeth Hospital began as a chronic care facility it added new rehabilitation services for patients and by the end of the 1970s had introduced a new dedicated rehabilitation program. This program, the precursor of the stroke and brain injury services now offered specialized rehabilitation services and quickly grew to become on the largest programs of its kind in Ontario.

Across the city in the Leaside community of the former borough of East York, the Toronto Rehabilitation Centre was founded in 1922 to meet the rehabilitation needs of Canadians wounded in the First World War. Today, it is part of the Neuro Rehab program and continues to provide outpatient based rehabilitation for patients with stroke, brain injury, chronic pain and multiple sclerosis.

Besides excellent patient care, the Neuro Rehabilitation Program is actively involved in research and education. Research allows clinicians to look at patient outcomes and under what conditions a patient makes the most improvement. Our research also investigates what role sleep apnea plays on heart function and stroke among other things. We also collaborate with other organizations such as the Toronto ABI Network, GTA Rehabilitation Network, Canadian Stroke Network, and other like organizations to conduct our research. Today's research will hopefully allow people to recover faster in the future from catastrophic injury and disease.