Qualified Dr. in the Los Angeles area?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

We just moved to the LA area from New York, where we had a wonderful doctor

treating my

son's unilateral clubfoot. He referred me to a doctor out here, but in a

different county and

rather far away. Does anyone see a Ponsetti certified doctor in the immediate

LA area? I

didn't see any listed on Dr. Ponsetti's site. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

, mom to Elliot, 7 months, unilateral right CF.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to Los Angeles. We drive to Long Beach to see Dr. and

Dr. . Dr. studied in Iowa with Dr. Ponseti and is on

Ponseti's list. Dr. is Dr. 's fellow doctor. Dr.

applies our casts, answers all our questions and addresses

any concerns. Dr. oversees our progress and will answer any

questions we have as well. Their offices see 2-3 clubfoot children

per week so these doctors and their staff are quite versed in the

Ponseti method. The drive is actually not that far and is so worth

it. We live in the Culver City area and it takes us 30-45 minutes

to get to Long Beach at the most. You'll be able to ride in the

carpool lane which cuts down the commute time significantly.

When we were searching for a Ponseti doctor, we visited Shriners

Children's Hospital in downtown LA. Dr. Otsuka, who I believe is

also the Chief of Staff, " practices " the Ponseti method. I didn't

feel as comfortable with him as I would have liked. He changes the

casts every two weeks instead of one. When I questioned this

modification he said it was to stretch out the time frame in the

casts so that, in case surgery was needed, the child would be done

with the casting and would be at the right age and weight for the

surgery. In other words, it was, to me, a conservative approach

erring on the side of surgery. In Dr. Otsuka's defense, when I

questioned the two-week cast changes, he said he would change them

weekly if I felt more comfortable with that. Long story short, we

ended up in Long Beach.

What area are you in?

mommy to -J'nee, bcf, born 01.07.06

>

> Hello,

>

> We just moved to the LA area from New York, where we had a

wonderful doctor treating my

> son's unilateral clubfoot. He referred me to a doctor out here,

but in a different county and

> rather far away. Does anyone see a Ponsetti certified doctor in

the immediate LA area? I

> didn't see any listed on Dr. Ponsetti's site. Any help is greatly

appreciated!

>

> Thanks!

>

> , mom to Elliot, 7 months, unilateral right CF.

>