Re: Progress on getting Ponseti method coverage? A Gal From ABC Called Me Today...

[Guest guest]

,

No, still nothing on any of the major television networks. A story

by Couric would be a *major* breakthrough for promotion of Dr.

P's method here in the U.S. I have never understood why the story

didn't appeal to the media because it has all the " warm-fuzzy "

appeal that you can get! There are some really nice biographies

about Dr. Ponseti on the http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-

ivil site under " media articles " section if you wanted to grab some

info to forward to your contact. One of my favorites is this one:

http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/feb03/exclusive/ponseti.html (you

have to click on the footnotes articles too- on the right)

and this one too:

An article in the April 2001 issue of Orthopedics Today, " Ponseti's

advances span 60 years of orthopedic history, Pioneers in

Orthopedics, the People who made the Specialty " , from the site you

will create a user i.d. and password to access the story

http://www.slackinc.com/bone/ortoday/200104/pioneer.asp

Please keep us posted!

Thanks,

('s mom)

> > > >> Hi Everyone,

> > > >> Today I received a call from a gal from the Medical Unit of

> ABC - she

> > > >> said she got my name and telephone number from Dr.

Ponseti.

> She

> > asked

> > > >> me lots of questions about clubfoot, our treatment

> experiences, etc.

> > > >> She said that she's not exactly sure where they'll head

with

> the

> > story

> > > >> (if anywhere). When I asked why she was prompted to do

this,

> she

> > said

> > > >> a parent had approached ABC (not sure if via email, letter,

> phone?)

> > > >> about their clubfoot story. She said this parent didn't

know

> of the

> > > >> Ponseti method and wished she had. She wants to get the

word

> out

> > > >> there.

> > > >>

> > > >> I'm curious if anybody else received a phone call and what

> you might

> > > >> make of it?

> > > >>

> > > >> I'm going to call Dr. Ponseti later this week to verify

that

> they

> > > >> indeed did give my name/number to this person -

> > > >>

> > > >> Curious,

> > > >> Holly

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >