The Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network Health & Technology Center, 850 S. Fifth St., Allentown, has been renamed The Hyland Center for Health & Technology.

An outdoor retirement celebration for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network Health & Technology Center Executive Director Frank Hyland, MSPT, who retired Oct. 15, was held.

At the celebration, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network President & CEO Michael Spigel, PT, MHA, surprised Hyland and staff members in attendance by announcing the naming of the building.

“Frank has been a force, not just for Good Shepherd, but a force nationally, in the use of creative and innovative therapies to find solutions for our patients,” said Spigel.

“We know the power that he had in creating the essence of what the Health & Technology Center is. And so, we are renaming the Health & Technology Center to be The Hyland Center for Health & Technology,” Spigel said at the Oct. 12 event.

“And we pledge, Frank, to continue your legacy in providing leading-edge innovation, expertise and, of course, compassionate care, not just in the halls of The Hyland Center, but really throughout all of Good Shepherd. That building and that name and whatever that building may be in 40 years or 100 years, it is going to be The Hyland Center for Health & Technology.”

“You have no idea how much this means to me,” said Hyland. “I know it was 40 years ago, but I still remember my first day at Good Shepherd. Our rehab department back then, we had 12 staff. Four of the 12 are still working stronger than ever.”

“For the past 40 years, I have been blessed with the greatest job in the world,” Hyland said. “I have had a job that I absolutely loved. I worked for an organization that I loved. I will always be connected to Good Shepherd. I’m absolutely positive that our future is great. Our future is golden.”

In addition to naming the building in his honor, Good Shepherd commissioned a painting of The Hyland Center by area artist Ann Elizabeth Schlegel for Hyland’s retirement home in Maine.

The Hyland Center for Health & Technology is one of the region’s premier outpatient rehabilitation facilities, offering a fusion of comprehensive rehabilitation services and technology.

Patients and families access multiple services, including physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatry), neurorehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, adult rehabilitation and other outpatient services, all under one roof.

The building also is home to Optimal Fitness, an adaptive fitness center that supports the fitness and training goals of community members living with disabilities.