Santa doctors/CMT

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Wow, another Santa n! Don't know if you wanted private docs or to go to an

MDA clinic, so will try to give you some of each. I only went to one MDA

clinic at UCLA once upon a time. Then, my private neurologists were Dr. Carl

Vonhagen and Dr. Shaw - in downtown L.A. - near USC. But I think they are

retired now.

I had a consult in 1998 with Dr. Olmos (see below) when I had back problems -

he's trained in both neurology and internal medicine. For that matter, so is Dr.

Connor. A friend of mine thinks very highly of Dr. Connor, but I have not

personally seen him.

If you want a general internist - but a da** good one to start you off, look up

Dr. Terry Schaack, at St. 's Medical Plaza at 9675 Brighton Way, Suite 290,

B.H. Ca. 90210 PHONE: 310-550-8543 He is a great guy, exceptionally

well-trained, very methodical, great personality - listens, responds, can also

recommend some of the best neurologists for you, orthopedists, etc., should you

need them. I have seen Dr. Shaack for about 10 years - now that I live in SB

County, I still check in with him when I need another opinion. I totally respect

and TRUST Dr. Schaack. He was the one who turned me on to Stefan Moser, my

orthotist at Swiss Balance too. Good place for you to start. Dr. Schaack was the

one who ordered my adult baseline EMG - right across the street at Dr. Campion's

office and even though that test is pretty bad, Dr. Campion was very caring,

compassionate, and sensitive to my needs. His bedside manner is superb. If I

ever need another EMG, I'd go back to him.

I can relate to your " absence " from the medical establishment. I stayed away

from doctors for about 8 years myself. It was only a horrible case of altitude

sickness in Wyoming that got me to drag myself into a neurologist's office (of

course I thought it was my CMT going drastic on me) That was Dr. Shafer in

Wyoming and he turned out to be young and bright and knowledgeable and knew his

stuff and at once knew what the problem was. He was the original Dr. who

prescribed Elavil for me, and that changed my life!

I hope some of this helps. Let me know if you need some more names or anything

else. Oh, watch out for those killer parking lots - I swear it is more expensive

to pay for parking than to pay the Dr. bill! ~ Gretchen

MDA clinic

2800 28th Street #153

Santa , CA 90405

Phone: (310) 450-9032

Fax: (310) 450-8063

E-mail: losangelesmetrodistrict@...

Dr. Tom and Dr. Graves

Univ. of California Los Angeles

300 UCLA Medical Plaza

Los Angeles, CA (Westwood)

Dr. Engel at Good Samaritan Hospital at USC Neuromuscular Center

616 S. Winter St.

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Harvey B. Sarnat , Dr. Cameron , Dr. Stefan M. Pulst at

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

8631 W. Third Street

Los Angeles, CA

FOR Private neurologists:

Edwin C Amos III MD

STE 525E

2021 SANTA MONICA BLVD

Santa , CA 90404 (310-829-5968 - I think)

Jos Connor MD

2811 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 800

Santa , CA 90403 (310-829-2126 - I think)