Other U.S. Physicians offering the method

Website links concerning the Ponseti method of clubfoot (talipes equinovarus) treatment

Other U.S. Physicians offering the method

This page lists websites with details about physicians in the United States using the Ponseti method. The physicians are not necessarily endorsed as "qualified" or experienced in the method; please research the details of the method and interview the doctor about their techniques and experience if you intend to take your child to him/her for treatment.

Dr. Michael Colburn, of Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, CA

http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/doctor/colburn/

Article on Dr. Stuart Weinstein, Department Chair at the University of Iowa

Website for Dr. Steven Lund- Dallas/Fort Worth area, Texas:

www.metrofootankle.com

Biography on Dr. Kent Vincent, who practices in Tucson, Arizona:

http://www.orthoforkids.com/kent.htm

Minneapolis: Twin Cities Shriners - "Ponseti method casting for Clubfoot" - updated March 2003
http://www.shrinershq.org/patientedu/clubfootponseti.html

Twin Cities Shriners - "SURGERY-FREE Old clubfoot treatment method getting positive reviews" (Ponseti) - Published 4-01 http://www.shrinershq.org/whatsnewarch/archives01/clubfoot4-01.html

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, MN (lower extremity clinic within orthopaedics group):

http://www.gillettechildrens.org/default.cfm?PID=1.3.15#specialty

Profile on Dr. Matthew Dobbs using the Ponseti Method at Children's Hospital and the Shriner's Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

http://www.stlouischildrens.org/articles/professional.asp?ID=719

additional article for parents from St. Louis Childrens:

http://www.stlouischildrens.org/articles/kids_parents.asp?ID=4164

information on clubfoot treatment from Washington University Medical Center (Dr. Dobbs):

http://emedcenter.wustl.edu/pages/default.asp?NavID=309

Information on Dr. Dobbs' genetic research on clubfoot:

http://home.earthlink.net/~mattdobbs/id2.html

"Surgeon revives successful clubfoot treatment"

Science Blog article on Dr. Dobbs' use of method, Dec. 27, 2004:

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/6540

Information on Ponseti method and Dr. Dobbs from the National Association of Children's Hospitals:

http://www.childrenshospitals.net/Content/ContentGroups/Parents_community/Resources/Conditions_and_Diseases/Correcting_Clubfoot.htm

A May 1998 press release from Dr. John E. Herzenberg (when he was with the University of Maryland)
http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/club.html

Press release from 2002 on Dr. Herzenberg and Ponseti method:

http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/sitemaker/websitefiles/lifebridge/body.cfm?id=1099&action=detail&ref=27

Dr. Herzenberg's website at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, with FAQs about clubfoot, patient testimonials, history of the method and more:

http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/sinaibody.cfm?id=2360

Before and after pictures of patients treated at Sinai:

http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/sinaibody.cfm?id=1530

An article about Dr. Herzenberg:

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/501694/

December 2002 television feature about one of Dr. Herzenberg's patients:

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/health/1851804/detail.html

http://www.wnbc.com/health/1851804/detail.html

Dr. David Sher's website, NYU Medical Center and Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY:

http://orthodoc.aaos.org/scher/

Dr. Sher's article about clubfoot treatment using the Ponseti method:

http://www.hss.edu/Conditions/Pediatric-Orthopaedics/Ponseti-Method-For-Clubfoot-Correct

Dr. Wallace Lehman's site, Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY:

http://www.clubfoothjd.com/

An article about Ponseti method treatement at Dr. Lehman and Dr. Sher's clinic on the NYU website.

http://www.hjd.org/hso/hso_frame.jsp?trial=0&dc=Clubfoot&nav=dacb20&hosp=hjd&url=/interwoven/clubfoot_hjd.html&spID=-1&dcID=702&intCount=0

An April 2001 article on Lubbock Online, from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal about Dr. David Godfried, Children's Orthopaedic Center at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center:

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/040401/upd_0404010001.shtml

Links with contact information concerning Dr. Steven Frick of Charlotte, North Carolina (Dr. Frick's own son was born with clubfoot):

http://www.aoassn.org/Fellowships/Traveling/Bioview.asp?ID=25

http://www.carolinas.org/services/surgery/locations.cfm

Information about Dr. Vincent Mosca in Washington state:

http://www.orthop.washington.edu/faculty/Mosca

Dr. Kenneth Noonan, University of Wisconsin Dept. of Orthopaedics, Madison, WI

http://www.orthorehab.wisc.edu/Ortho/faculty/noonan.shtml

Dr. Richard Schwend, Albuquerque, NM:

http://hscapp.unm.edu/upa/pd/detail.cfm?DocKey=1508

Website for Dr. Ronald W. Smith of Long Beach, California:

http://www.balanceorthofoot.com/

Website for Dr. Robert Durkin, Honolulu, Hawaii:

http://www.childrensorthohawaii.com/

Biography for Dr. Buzz Showalter, practicing in Boise, Idaho:

http://www.intermountainortho.com/clients/io/showalter.html

Dr. Raymond Emerson and Dr. Sterling Laaveg, Mason City, Iowa:

http://www.mcc.medem.com

Dr. Walid Yassir, Boston, MA

http://www.nemc.org/orthopaedics/yassir.htm

Dr. James Kasser, Boston, MA

http://www.drkasser.yourmd.com/

Dr. Dennis Grogan, Tampa, Florida:

http://www.drgrogan.yourmd.com/

Dr. Susan K. Bonar, Kansas City, MO

http://www.spa-ortho.com/ro/rofoot.htm

Dr. David P. Roye Jr., Children's Hospital of New York, NY, NY:

http://www.columbiaortho.org/cv/roye.asp

Dr. Diane VonStein, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH:

http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/staff/v/diane-vonstein.htm

Biography of Dr. Harold Van Bosse, Hospital of Joint Diseases in New York City, found at the site of A Leg to Stand On organization (also features bio of Dr. Dinesh Patel, Massachusetts General Hospital):

http://www.altso.org/bios.html

Article abstract from the Journal of the Southern Orthopedic Association (date unknown), by Dr. J. Scott Doyle of Alabama, reporting on his success in initial use of the Ponseti method:

http://www.datatrace.com/medical/jsoa/JSOA_alabama-03.htm

Doctor info:

http://www.health.uab.edu/hospital/show.asp?durki=19451

Shriners Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, information about Dr. Vishwas Talwalkar who offers the Ponseti method:

http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/lexington/team.html#talwalkar

Website for Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian:

http://www.childrensorthopaedics.com/clubfoottalipesequinovarus.asp