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Welcome to the intersection of orthotics and prosthetics in cyberspace! This Corner features selected highlights from the February Academy meeting in New Orleans from both the scientific sessions and the exhibitors' displays. It concludes with a brief note about a USB stick MP3 player. Next month's Corner will continue the discussion of the Ertl amputation and the transcontinental HD tour.
All chapters from the Spanish language textbooks on Lower Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics have been posted, and remain available for downloading, along with the classic text from UCLA on Upper Limb Prostheses.
Thanks to the generosity of Sr. Alberto Castillo from Mexico City, the articles in this Corner will now be available in Spanish too. A brief biography is posted, listing just a few of Sr. Castillo's many accomplishments. Additional chapters from the texts on lower limb prosthetics and orthotics that have been translated into Spanish are also available for downloading.
Please feel free to leave your comments and suggestions regarding this information in our guest book. If you would like to be notified by e-mail whenever this corner is updated, please become a registered user of oandp.com.
This month's Corner includes the next installment of uploads of chapters from the entire Spanish language texts on Lower Limb Orthoses and Lower Limb Prostheses, for downloading or printing. CPO Services is very pleased to be able to post electronic versions of texts used in the former WHO school in the Dominican Republic, with the kind permission of Sidney Fishman, PhD.
I hope you have enjoyed some of the information posted in this monthly Corner. Please leave your comments and suggestions for improvements or topics in the Guest Book .
Thank you.
--John Michael, CPO
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its ashlee hello, this is ashlee again... i am sorry i got you confused with another man. his name is bob barron. but i am still very curious... do you do the same stuff as bob or do you even know of him??? thanks for yo... read more
- ashlee kingsberry 4/18/2004
i want to go into it in college hi, my name is ashlee... i am turning 14 and in the 8th grade. i recently watched you on tv and was very interested. i know that right now i couldnt go into anything but i was curious as to if there was anyway that you could help me out wi... read more
Re: i want to go into it in college Hi Ashlee- If you are considering becoming an orthotist or prosthetist, the information you are seeking is posted at http://www.opcareers.org. The different positions within the field are explained in more detail at http://www.opcareers.o... read more
- John Michael 4/20/2004
componentry donation Mr. Micheals, I am trying to find a third world country to donate some high end componentry. Halo's and some other stuff. Please contact me at 480-981-7393.
- Ray Fikes 4/1/2004
Re: componentry donation Michael. I have my mom's prostetic leg. This device was made in 2000. It was for her leg from mid thigh down. She was a small 5' 100 lb. medium frame with small legs lady. I would love to find a place to donate this to.. I know in the st... read more
- Anne McCord 4/1/2006
Re: Re: componentry donation As you can see from the other comments on this site, there are a number of places who are willing to accept such donations. Feel free to contact the one of your choice. --John Michael CPO
- John Michael 4/2/2006
Re: componentry donation Hi. I`m Physiatrist en Medellin Colombia, heading an O&P lab that provides O&P for an non-profit NGO called Comite de Rehabilitacion, tdat provides orthpedic devices for low income population. We have people that can bring from the US the d... read more
- Pablo Valderrama 4/20/2004
Re: Re: componentry donation Thank you, Dr. Veldarrama. I hope readers will be able to contact you with useful donations. --John Michael CPO
Re: componentry donation Hi Ray- I'm not familiar with any groups actively pursuing donations of used parts at this time. Based on previous experience, this has not always been productive since without local expertise to properly reconfigure and apply the compone... read more
- John Michael 4/3/2004
Re: Re: componentry donation Dear John, My name is Sandy Kemper and I am the exective director of a nonprofit program in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The mission of my program is to train young homeless women to become dental hygienists (of which there are none in Sou... read more
- Sandy Kemper 4/29/2004
Re: Re: componentry donation Dear John, et al, I am a CPO with 29 years of experience in patient care. Most of my work has been in the private sector, but over the years I have done humanitarian work in Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Armenia, and Lithuania. The debate contin... read more
- Jon Batzdorff 4/15/2004
Re: Re: Re: componentry donation Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jon. It confirms my assumption that David Werner's group is one that is currently providing not just short-term care but also long term follow-up. My volunteer work has primarily been under the auspice... read more
Re: Re: componentry donation Dear John et al., I am the director of HealthWrights and author of the books "Where There Is No Doctor" and "Disabled Village Children," used widely throughout the Third World. For many years we have been taking used prostetic and orthoti... read more
- David Werner 4/14/2004
Re: Re: Re: componentry donation Thanks for this very thoughtful response, Mr. Warner. I have long been impressed with your work to empower people with disabilities and, although I read your original book many years ago with appreciation, I did not realize that you have d... read more
- John Michael 4/15/2004
Re: Re: componentry donation John Michaels -please send me your mailing address and Ill send you yet another PR video to help make you formally aware of what the Barr Foundation does with their used and new prosthetic component donations. In the meantime please revie... read more
- Anthony T. Barr / Barr Foundation 4/13/2004
Re: Re: componentry donation John, I am looking for a third world O&P practioner to send these parts to. I thought you said that you were partial to one in Brazil or in South America. You had explained to me the issue with regard to the impact of donated items an... read more
- Ray Fikes 4/5/2004
Re: componentry donation Hi Ray, The Barr Foundation would be glad to help in your effort.BTW, thank you for your recent donations.Youll soon be posted as a Hope Donor on our web site. We have provided components , both new and used to third world efforts as well... read more
Re: Re: Re: componentry donation Thanks for the clarification, Ray. At one time, I provided a number of refurbished lower limb endoskeletal components to a colleague in Bolivia at his request. But, we've lost touch since then, so I don't really have anyone else I can rec... read more
- John Michael 4/5/2004
Re: componentry donation The Barr Foundation, a non profit 501 (c) 3 organization since 1978, recieves donations of used and new prosthetic components and recycles their use for amputees in Mexico , South and Central America, Haiti,and several other third world and... read more
Re: Re: componentry donation Hi Tony- I recognize your heartfelt passion about many amputee-related issues and respect your sincere and ongoing efforts trying to make things better. Please don't assume that everyone whose opinion differs from yours must be a fool or ... read more
- John Michael 4/13/2004
Re: Re: Re: Re: componentry donation Iam interesting in componentry donation, we are in caracas Venezuela centro nacional de rehabilitacion for help poor people
- Rafael Rojas 4/5/2004
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: componentry donation congratulations for this page is very useful,thanks
Unificacion de la ABC y la BOC. Ciudad de Mexico 17 de Abril, 2004. Estimado John Michael CPO, FAAOP, FISPO; En estos momentos existe un proyecto para la unificacion de las dos Barras de Certificacion en Ortesis y Protesis, dentro de los Estados Unidos de America. Sin... read more
- Alberto E. Castillo Moreno O. P. 4/17/2004
Re: Unificacion de la ABC y la BOC. Dear Sr. Castillo- This is a very complicated and controversial question, and one where many cherished friends and colleagues have heartfelt disagreements. I suspect that only history will establish what is the best way to proceed. I pos... read more
Re: Re: Unificacion de la ABC y la BOC. Ciudad de Mexico 23 de Abril, 2004. Estimado John Michael, CPO,FAAOP,FISPO: hemos leido detenidamente su articulo "US Certification Skirmish: ABC and BOC" y nos parece un interesante documento acerca de los esfuerzos que se han realizado p... read more
- Alberto E. Castillo Moreno O. P. 4/23/2004
Re: Re: Re: Unificacion de la ABC y la BOC. Thank you for disseminating this information for the consideration of our colleagues. These are difficult questions that are worthy of thoughtful discussion an debate. --John Michael CPO
- John Michael 4/23/2004
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