Please help me find a doctor in Utah...

[Guest guest]

I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie

[Guest guest]

I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie

[Guest guest]

There are no Ponseti Doctors in Utah on Dr. Ponseti's

list. There are some in surrounding states but I

didn't know which ones were closest to you.

Here is the link to Dr. Ponseti's list:

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/physicians.html

Good luck with your search.

Jenni

--- jordybirdmum wrote:

> I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake

> City or surrounding

> areas that use Ponseti's method.

> If anyone could help that would be great!

> Thanks, Stacie

>

>

>

Jenni-

Mom to (10/31/01) and Kelsey (11/7/03)happy girl in DBB nights only for

left clubfoot.

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[Guest guest]

There are no Ponseti Doctors in Utah on Dr. Ponseti's

list. There are some in surrounding states but I

didn't know which ones were closest to you.

Here is the link to Dr. Ponseti's list:

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/physicians.html

Good luck with your search.

Jenni

--- jordybirdmum wrote:

> I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake

> City or surrounding

> areas that use Ponseti's method.

> If anyone could help that would be great!

> Thanks, Stacie

>

>

>

Jenni-

Mom to (10/31/01) and Kelsey (11/7/03)happy girl in DBB nights only for

left clubfoot.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

> I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or

surrounding

> areas that use Ponseti's method.

> If anyone could help that would be great!

> Thanks, Stacie

Stacie,

One who comes to mind is Dr. Steve Santora, who is, or used to be, at

the Shriners in Salt Lake City. I have heard of him, but I don't have

any direct info or experience. I heard of him several years ago, and

that he uses the Ponseti method, but I don't know why he's not on the

qualified doctors list. Here's info from the POSNA locator:

Santora

Shriners Hospital Intermoutain

Fairfax Rd at Virginia Street

Salt Lake City, UT. 84103-4399

Here's the aritlce I remembered about him:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,405028574,00.html

And there is also a letter, written by him, posted at our site in the

Files section, about his conversion to and use of the method. If the

link doesn't work, go to Files and scroll way down for " Santora

letter " :

http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MKgCQytFM9T1lGQJGQHlYxdxXn0gVsr3AeER4yyt5

jhNoVafmyX_vny5yTBUsDYbw4VtBXRgBcYUFnzwJugAnl3zmeKC_WSi6eZKgQ/Santora%

20Letter.jpg

He might be a good resource for you for followup, since your child's

feet are corrected, and he seems to appreciate the method. Hope this

helps. Perhaps someone else can give you more info.

[Guest guest]

> I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or

surrounding

> areas that use Ponseti's method.

> If anyone could help that would be great!

> Thanks, Stacie

Stacie,

One who comes to mind is Dr. Steve Santora, who is, or used to be, at

the Shriners in Salt Lake City. I have heard of him, but I don't have

any direct info or experience. I heard of him several years ago, and

that he uses the Ponseti method, but I don't know why he's not on the

qualified doctors list. Here's info from the POSNA locator:

Santora

Shriners Hospital Intermoutain

Fairfax Rd at Virginia Street

Salt Lake City, UT. 84103-4399

Here's the aritlce I remembered about him:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,405028574,00.html

And there is also a letter, written by him, posted at our site in the

Files section, about his conversion to and use of the method. If the

link doesn't work, go to Files and scroll way down for " Santora

letter " :

http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MKgCQytFM9T1lGQJGQHlYxdxXn0gVsr3AeER4yyt5

jhNoVafmyX_vny5yTBUsDYbw4VtBXRgBcYUFnzwJugAnl3zmeKC_WSi6eZKgQ/Santora%

20Letter.jpg

He might be a good resource for you for followup, since your child's

feet are corrected, and he seems to appreciate the method. Hope this

helps. Perhaps someone else can give you more info.

[Guest guest]

Stacie,

Obviously I am a little slow.... Been away from the computer for a day or

two and just saw both of your posts this morning. There aren't too many

Utahites on this site, we are actually southern Idaho. There is another gal who

recently moved to Ogden and was trying to find a doctor. She e-mailed Dr.

Santora, but I don't know what result she received. (Faith, if your are out

there, what did you find out?)

We don't go to Utah for treatment, but to Boise. It is sixes for us direction

wise and we were referred Boise way and like the doc. I don't know anything

about Dr. Santora that you haven't been told already, so I can't help there. I

can suggest you call both Shriners and Primary Children's Hospital, apparently

they have been using Ponseti for a few years, they would have a doctor's name.

Since your son has already been treated with the method, you know the questions

to ask and what to look for; you could probably decide whether they are good or

not pretty quick (that sentence is a grammatical nightmare, sorry).

If you wouldn't mind, let me know what you find out. We will still go to Boise

since we like the doc and started there, but I would like to know more about the

Utah docs also.

Sorry, I can't offer more help. If you don't find a SLC doc, our doc. in Boise

is good (Dr. Buzz Showalter). It's a bit of a drive though.

Mom to Tenny 7/15/04 rt. cf. FAB 16/7

Please help me find a doctor in Utah...

I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie

[Guest guest]

Stacie,

Obviously I am a little slow.... Been away from the computer for a day or

two and just saw both of your posts this morning. There aren't too many

Utahites on this site, we are actually southern Idaho. There is another gal who

recently moved to Ogden and was trying to find a doctor. She e-mailed Dr.

Santora, but I don't know what result she received. (Faith, if your are out

there, what did you find out?)

We don't go to Utah for treatment, but to Boise. It is sixes for us direction

wise and we were referred Boise way and like the doc. I don't know anything

about Dr. Santora that you haven't been told already, so I can't help there. I

can suggest you call both Shriners and Primary Children's Hospital, apparently

they have been using Ponseti for a few years, they would have a doctor's name.

Since your son has already been treated with the method, you know the questions

to ask and what to look for; you could probably decide whether they are good or

not pretty quick (that sentence is a grammatical nightmare, sorry).

If you wouldn't mind, let me know what you find out. We will still go to Boise

since we like the doc and started there, but I would like to know more about the

Utah docs also.

Sorry, I can't offer more help. If you don't find a SLC doc, our doc. in Boise

is good (Dr. Buzz Showalter). It's a bit of a drive though.

Mom to Tenny 7/15/04 rt. cf. FAB 16/7

Please help me find a doctor in Utah...

I really need and referals for Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie

[Guest guest]

You could visit the Salt Lake Shriner's, there's a Doctor there who claims to

practice the Ponseti method. however, when I spoke to ponseti about him he told

me that he had indeed visited a clinic given by him but in 2001 he published an

article in the desseret news which contained , he said, some descrepancies with

the method. he then wrote him a letter stating his concerns, but got no reply.

The drs name is stephen santora. we met him last week. he seemed very nice,

however, he went out of his way to tell us how close...and " in contact " he is

with dr ponseti, when it is not true. there is as far as I can tell an excelent

dr in boise, id. a dr buzz showalter. we saw him over a month ago briefly. he

seems to follow the method pretty closely, although he encouraged us to let our

son have more time out of his brace, which i believe has caused a bit of a

relapse. of the two, i would recommend going to boise. besides, he's on

ponseti's approved list, not that that means what it

should...

jordybirdmum wrote: I really need and referals for

Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie

[Guest guest]

You could visit the Salt Lake Shriner's, there's a Doctor there who claims to

practice the Ponseti method. however, when I spoke to ponseti about him he told

me that he had indeed visited a clinic given by him but in 2001 he published an

article in the desseret news which contained , he said, some descrepancies with

the method. he then wrote him a letter stating his concerns, but got no reply.

The drs name is stephen santora. we met him last week. he seemed very nice,

however, he went out of his way to tell us how close...and " in contact " he is

with dr ponseti, when it is not true. there is as far as I can tell an excelent

dr in boise, id. a dr buzz showalter. we saw him over a month ago briefly. he

seems to follow the method pretty closely, although he encouraged us to let our

son have more time out of his brace, which i believe has caused a bit of a

relapse. of the two, i would recommend going to boise. besides, he's on

ponseti's approved list, not that that means what it

should...

jordybirdmum wrote: I really need and referals for

Dr.'s in Salt lake City or surrounding

areas that use Ponseti's method.

If anyone could help that would be great!

Thanks, Stacie