Re: Van Bosse in NYC and Kasser in Boston

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If you log into this group's home page and type Van Bosse (and then

Kasser separately) in the search box, it will pull up all the previous

posts about these two doctors. There are good reports on both. Also

FYI, there is a patient/physician database in the database section

where families can enter their personal referrals for doctors.

About your question on Dr. Ponseti. Yes, he sees patients on Monday,

Wednesday and Friday. He still applies the casts himself, however, he

does not perform any tenotomies.

We've been seeing him for 6 years now and my daughter, , loves to

go see her " Papa Ponseti " . He is an amazing man; words really can't

adequately describe him.

His passion is helping children. That's why he still works- even

though he deserves a nice relaxing retirement! He gets 50-60 email

messages per day, the majority are probably not from his own

patients...and also takes/makes many phone calls.

His dedication to the children is apparent.

Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and keep us posted!

Regards,

& (3-16-00, lcf)

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil

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> Hi there!

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> again....these are the only other two certified docs in my

> area that accept my insurance. Any experience with them? Anyone?

Thank

> you!

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[Guest guest]

Hi

My son, , is almost 4 months old and was born with BCF. We

have been seeing Dr Van Bosse for his treatment. He was in 8 casts

and is now in his FAB 23/7. He did not need to have a tenotomy

done. He's been wearing the FAB for about 8 weeks now and seems to

be ok with it. Dr. Van Bosse is very pleased with his progress.

I had similar insurance issues and Dr. Van Bosse was the only doctor

in the area that accepted our insurance. I came on here asking for

information about him and no one responded. I made some more phone

calls and found that there were very few doctors who were willing to

work with us financially and even that would have been a financial

hardship. So, off we went to see Dr. Van Bosse, very nervous and

with our fingers crossed.

On to Dr. V; I absolutely love him. He is a wonderful physician and

has a kind and gentle way with the baby. He takes all the time I

need to explain things to me and thoroughly answers all of my

questions. Another thing I really like about him is that he is kind

of young - mid 40's, I would guess - and he will be able to care for

for his entire course of treatment.

The first time we saw Dr. V., we went to his actual office and all

of the other visits have been at the Clubfoot Clinic at the Hospital

for Joint Diseases, which is part of NYU. There is parking right

down the block, so it is very convenient. The clinic is every

Tuesday afternoon at HJD and it is run by Dr. Van Bosse and Dr.

Lehman. Dr. Lehman is the doctor we were initially refered to by

the pediatric orthopaedist where we live, but he does not take any

insurance at all. One of the great things about being seen at the

clinic (which is in the Wallace Lehman wing of the hospital) is that

the 2 doctors consult with each other, so it is like getting 2

doctors for the price of 1 (a $15 copay, I might add). The one

drawback to the clinic is that sometimes the wait is a bit long, so

it is usually an all afternoon affair.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me here

or by email (annold_f at yahoo.com) and we can speak further. Good

luck!

Anne

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> Hi there!

>

> again....these are the only other two certified docs in

my

> area that accept my insurance. Any experience with them? Anyone?

Thank

> you!

>