Re: Ponseti training in the South Pacific on March 8th

[Guest guest]

,

So jealous you get to go to this meeting. What a fantastic

opportunity. Looking forward to your report!

Mom to Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF, Dobbs brace 14hrs/day)

>

> For some unknown genetic reason, clubfoot affects the children of

the

> South Pacific Islands for about 1 in 150 births, a rate 6 times

higher

> than that of Caucasians and the highest rate of occurrence in the

> world. This rate of incidence means that there are about 500

> Polynesian children born per year with clubfoot and 200-400 plus

> children in Papua New Guinea, but they are scattered among many

island

> groups in the South Pacific.

>

> On Wednesday, March 8th, 2006; a Ponseti method training program

will

> be presented at the Pacific Islands Surgeons Association Conference

in

> association with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. The

> meeting will be held at the Fiji Medical Center in Suva, Fiji as a

> part of a week long medical conference. Doctors will be there from

> Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and other

major

> island groups.

>

> The Ponseti method in the South Pacific is currently available in

> Auckland, New Zealand from Dr. Haemish Crawford of the Starship

> Children's Hospital and at the Honolulu Shriners Children's

Hospital

> in Hawaii from Dr. Nemechek and others. Dr. Haemish

Crawford

> and Dr. Shafique Pirani will be providing most of the training at

the

> meeting. Dr. Crawford was at the U of Iowa for a year fellowship in

> 1999 and Dr. Pirani is one of the founders of the Uganda Clubfoot

> Project.

>

> We are hopeful that Ponseti method trained doctors and clinicians

can

> be available in each of the major island groups.

>

> Haemish Crawford, M.D.

> Starship Children's Hospital

> Private Bag 92024

> Auckland, New Zealand

> Tel: 09-379-7440

> Email: hacrawford@... or

> hcrawford@...

>

> Shafique Pirani, M.D.

> 205-245 East Columbia Street

> New Westminster

> British Columbia, Canada V3L 3W4

> Tel:

> Fax:

> piras@...

>

> I will be attending the meeting and will report back to you in a

> couple of weeks.

>

> and (3-17-99)

>

http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartments/orthopaedics/clu

b

> feet/egbert.html

>

>

> The following are the estimated number of children affected with

> clubfoot each year by island.

>

> Australia 241

> New Zealand 129 – approx. 80 who are Polynesian children

> Papua New Guinea 200-400 plus

> Solomon Islands 88

> Fiji 49

> Samoa 31

> American Samoa 14

> Tonga 15

> French Polynesia 29

> Vanatua 43

> Guam 27

> New Caledonia 28

> Federated States 11

> Marshall Islands 5

> Palua 2

> Siapan, Tinan, N.Marina 3

> Balance of Islands 86

>

[Guest guest]

Dr. Pirani is such a great teacher! There are often students at Hayden's

appointments and he has explained it so many times in front of me that I feel

like I could probably do it in an emergency! He puts it in the simplest

possible terms and always stresses the comfort of the baby, therefore the

comfort of the parent and doctor. Thanks for the info !

Egbert wrote: For some unknown

genetic reason, clubfoot affects the children of the

South Pacific Islands for about 1 in 150 births, a rate 6 times higher

than that of Caucasians and the highest rate of occurrence in the

world. This rate of incidence means that there are about 500

Polynesian children born per year with clubfoot and 200-400 plus

children in Papua New Guinea, but they are scattered among many island

groups in the South Pacific.

On Wednesday, March 8th, 2006; a Ponseti method training program will

be presented at the Pacific Islands Surgeons Association Conference in

association with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. The

meeting will be held at the Fiji Medical Center in Suva, Fiji as a

part of a week long medical conference. Doctors will be there from

Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and other major

island groups.

The Ponseti method in the South Pacific is currently available in

Auckland, New Zealand from Dr. Haemish Crawford of the Starship

Children's Hospital and at the Honolulu Shriners Children's Hospital

in Hawaii from Dr. Nemechek and others. Dr. Haemish Crawford

and Dr. Shafique Pirani will be providing most of the training at the

meeting. Dr. Crawford was at the U of Iowa for a year fellowship in

1999 and Dr. Pirani is one of the founders of the Uganda Clubfoot

Project.

We are hopeful that Ponseti method trained doctors and clinicians can

be available in each of the major island groups.

Haemish Crawford, M.D.

Starship Children's Hospital

Private Bag 92024

Auckland, New Zealand

Tel: 09-379-7440

Email: hacrawford@... or

hcrawford@...

Shafique Pirani, M.D.

205-245 East Columbia Street

New Westminster

British Columbia, Canada V3L 3W4

Tel:

Fax:

piras@...

I will be attending the meeting and will report back to you in a

couple of weeks.

and (3-17-99)

http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartments/orthopaedics/club

feet/egbert.html

The following are the estimated number of children affected with

clubfoot each year by island.

Australia 241

New Zealand 129 – approx. 80 who are Polynesian children

Papua New Guinea 200-400 plus

Solomon Islands 88

Fiji 49

Samoa 31

American Samoa 14

Tonga 15

French Polynesia 29

Vanatua 43

Guam 27

New Caledonia 28

Federated States 11

Marshall Islands 5

Palua 2

Siapan, Tinan, N.Marina 3

Balance of Islands 86