RE: waiting for Dr. Mont to call

[Guest guest]

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When you call over at the hospital, ask to talk with the nurse that is in

charge of the C+ study. Her first name is Kathy (I'm sorry I went to look

up her last name and can't find it). Be assertive. Tell them you sent

the x-rays to be part of the C+ study and that you will be coming a very

long distance and NEED A CALL BACK (or be connected to Kathy). Otherwise

you may just be getting some operator who has no clue why you want Dr. Mont.

Hope this helps.

Lois

C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

waiting for Dr. Mont to call

Hello, All:

I have participated to some small degree in this group for the few months.

I have an appointment to see Dr. Mont in Baltimore in late May, but I sent

him my xrays at the beginning of April. I've been calling his office every

week to see if he's looked at them; I'm told by various people that they

will put me on his " call " list, but so far I have not had any phone calls

to say that I look like a candidate for resurfacing or a reject. I live

far from Baltimore, so I really don't want to go down there at great

expense only to find out that I'm not a candidate; more than that, I worry

about how easy it will be to make contact with him after surgery, if I go

to him. I've also had the impression that his office staff is not the most

organized. These may be false worries and misimpressions, but I would

welcome hearing from anyone in the group on these matters if they've used

Dr. Mont. Feel free to respond to my email address rather than the

group's.

Thanks so much.

, who needs a new left hip.

[Guest guest]

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Hi . I tried to get hold of Dr. Mont a few months ago to check

things out and they talked to me like I knew nothing about what I

was talking about. I had heard nothing but good about Dr. Mont. Also

at the same time was getting hold of Dr. Gross in South Carolina and

what a difference. I live in Michigan and Carolina was a bit

further. I had my right hip resurfaced on April 14th and can say

nothing but spectacular things about Dr. Gross and Lee Webb and the

entire staff. Something to think about.

Kurt

- In surfacehippy , " Lois G. " wrote:

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> :

>

> When you call over at the hospital, ask to talk with the nurse

that is in

> charge of the C+ study. Her first name is Kathy (I'm sorry I

went to look

> up her last name and can't find it). Be assertive. Tell them

you sent

> the x-rays to be part of the C+ study and that you will be coming

a very

> long distance and NEED A CALL BACK (or be connected to Kathy).

Otherwise

> you may just be getting some operator who has no clue why you want

Dr. Mont.

>

> Hope this helps.

> Lois

> C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

>

>

>

>

> waiting for Dr. Mont to call

>

>

> Hello, All:

>

> I have participated to some small degree in this group for the few

months.

> I have an appointment to see Dr. Mont in Baltimore in late May,

but I sent

> him my xrays at the beginning of April. I've been calling his

office every

> week to see if he's looked at them; I'm told by various people

that they

> will put me on his " call " list, but so far I have not had any

phone calls

> to say that I look like a candidate for resurfacing or a reject. I

live

> far from Baltimore, so I really don't want to go down there at

great

> expense only to find out that I'm not a candidate; more than that,

I worry

> about how easy it will be to make contact with him after surgery,

if I go

> to him. I've also had the impression that his office staff is not

the most

> organized. These may be false worries and misimpressions, but I

would

> welcome hearing from anyone in the group on these matters if

they've used

> Dr. Mont. Feel free to respond to my email address rather than the

> group's.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> , who needs a new left hip.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lois:

Thanks so much for your response. So far, I've talked to several people,

including Terry, his secretary. I think your suggestion is a good one, and

I'll try it. I think I'll also contact Dr. Gross in S.C. But what has your

experience been post-op with Dr. Mont and his staff? Are they responsive

when you have a question or problem? This really concerns me, despite all

the excellent things I hear about Dr. Mont, including two recommendations

for him from surgeons here in Ann ARbor, where I live, who went to him for

resurfacing.

Thanks for your help.

>

> :

>

> When you call over at the hospital, ask to talk with the nurse that is in

> charge of the C+ study. Her first name is Kathy (I'm sorry I went to look

> up her last name and can't find it). Be assertive. Tell them you sent

> the x-rays to be part of the C+ study and that you will be coming a very

> long distance and NEED A CALL BACK (or be connected to Kathy). Otherwise

> you may just be getting some operator who has no clue why you want Dr. Mont.

>

> Hope this helps.

> Lois

> C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

>

>

>

>

> waiting for Dr. Mont to call

>

>

> Hello, All:

>

> I have participated to some small degree in this group for the few months.

> I have an appointment to see Dr. Mont in Baltimore in late May, but I sent

> him my xrays at the beginning of April. I've been calling his office every

> week to see if he's looked at them; I'm told by various people that they

> will put me on his " call " list, but so far I have not had any phone calls

> to say that I look like a candidate for resurfacing or a reject. I live

> far from Baltimore, so I really don't want to go down there at great

> expense only to find out that I'm not a candidate; more than that, I worry

> about how easy it will be to make contact with him after surgery, if I go

> to him. I've also had the impression that his office staff is not the most

> organized. These may be false worries and misimpressions, but I would

> welcome hearing from anyone in the group on these matters if they've used

> Dr. Mont. Feel free to respond to my email address rather than the

> group's.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> , who needs a new left hip.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

If you want to stay in the Baltimore area, here was my choice there; I don't

know if he's still participating in the Corin trial, but it's really worth a

call:

I had a great experience with him, the hospital and the rehab center in

Baltimore (world renowned, operated in conjunction with s Hopkins). If/when

I

have to convert to THR or have my other hip resurfaced, I would not hesitate

to repeat my choice. Please contact me at maureen@... if you have

questions along the way. Good luck!

Maureen

R hip, s, 10.31.02

Dr. s, M.D.

Chief of Orthopedic Surgery - Team Orthopedist- Baltimore Orioles

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery- s Hopkins University

Good Samaritan Hospital

Bldg. - Room 405

5601 Loch Raven Blvd.

Baltimore, MD 21239

[Guest guest]

If you want to stay in the Baltimore area, here was my choice there; I don't

know if he's still participating in the Corin trial, but it's really worth a

call:

I had a great experience with him, the hospital and the rehab center in

Baltimore (world renowned, operated in conjunction with s Hopkins). If/when

I

have to convert to THR or have my other hip resurfaced, I would not hesitate

to repeat my choice. Please contact me at maureen@... if you have

questions along the way. Good luck!

Maureen

R hip, s, 10.31.02

Dr. s, M.D.

Chief of Orthopedic Surgery - Team Orthopedist- Baltimore Orioles

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery- s Hopkins University

Good Samaritan Hospital

Bldg. - Room 405

5601 Loch Raven Blvd.

Baltimore, MD 21239

[Guest guest]

,

I was in same boat. Approx 2 years ago I was diagnosed locally (5+

hours from Balt) with AVN and told to get a THR. By purest chance I

found out about resurfacing. I sent my X-rays asking if I was resurf

candidate to Dr. Mont and sweated. Called his office several times.

Subsequently learned that he looks at these " Am I a candidate " X-rays

about once a month in his free time (usually Sunday). Dr. Mont called

me after about three weeks on a Sunday evening and we discussed the X-

rays and procedure for about 20 minutes. I set up and appointment and

saw him. He and his assistant talked to me for about 40 minutes. I

learned that I did not have AVN. I had severe Osteoarthris (OA)in

left hip and right was moderate OA. As I was dealing with life and

pain ok - he suggested I wait and see how right went (Sometimes OA

doesn't progress - it was a question of one resurf versus bilateral).

In course of year my right got jealous of left and I went back to see

him to schedule a bilateral.

I had the bilat 2/23 and 3/1/04 at Sinai. I had absolutely no

problems getting to see Dr. Mont or his staff in hospital. Sinai is

an excellent hospital, excellent doctors, nurses and PT/OT staff.

After six weeks of walking with crutches I now using canes with zero

pain. Dr. Mont is more conservative re weight bearing then some other

doctors. I am doing rehab now on treadmill and horizontal bike which

I couldn't do before ops due to pain and range of motion issues.

I had no problems with his office after my surgeries. They set up

rehab and visiting nurse service with my local hospital. When I was

back home and I had post op questions they were answered promptly.

Dr. Mont is an excellent surgeon. The two recommendations by your

local surgeons are well earned. He does lots of leading edge surgery.

If you surf the net you will see many research articles by him. The

week after my second surgery he was on the West Coast addressing the

American Congress of Orthopedics on the topic of resurfacing.

He is very caring, a perfectionist and an extremely hard worker. I

don't think his office can keep up with his pace at times. And if

you get accepted as a resurf candidate and see the paperwork required

to meet FDA requirements you will wonder how his office gets anything

done at all. The suggestion to get in touch with Kathy was good.

Colleen in his office his another good contact.

Finally, remember that most of the people here love their own resurf

surgeon. We were in pain and faced with the limitations of THR

(gardening, doubles tennis, gentle walks, etc..) After the resurf

surgery we are pain free and free to do whatever (hockey, running,

karate, rock climbing, ballet dancing, etc..) We will naturally

praise the surgeon who performed our own resurf(s).

You can email me directly if you have any other questions.

Ed

> Hello, All:

>

> I have participated to some small degree in this group for the few

months.

> I have an appointment to see Dr. Mont in Baltimore in late May, but

I sent

> him my xrays at the beginning of April. I've been calling his

office every

> week to see if he's looked at them; I'm told by various people that

they

> will put me on his " call " list, but so far I have not had any phone

calls

> to say that I look like a candidate for resurfacing or a reject. I

live

> far from Baltimore, so I really don't want to go down there at great

> expense only to find out that I'm not a candidate; more than that,

I worry

> about how easy it will be to make contact with him after surgery,

if I go

> to him. I've also had the impression that his office staff is not

the most

> organized. These may be false worries and misimpressions, but I

would

> welcome hearing from anyone in the group on these matters if

they've used

> Dr. Mont. Feel free to respond to my email address rather than the

> group's.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> , who needs a new left hip.