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Readers Respond:
Orthopedic Surgeons
In response to the request accompanying the cover article, “To Have Surgery or Not to Have Surgery – That is the Question!” by Debbie Hardy, in the last issue of Post-Polio Health, PHI Members (Nancy Dubois, Barbara Goldstein, Gladys Kiplinger, Rita McGovern, Stuart G. McLennan, Jr., Rick Paris and Marilyn Spera) recommend the following orthopedic surgeons.
Listed in alphabetical order of states; updated continually.
Elise Smith-Hoefer, MD
(arm and hand)
Davis, California
530-771-4000
Aaron Rosenberg, MD
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
Chicago, Illinois
312-243-4244
Michael Pinzur, MD
Adult Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation (foot and ankle)
Loyola University Health System
Maywood, Illinois
708-216-4993
Paul Sponseller, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Baltimore, Maryland
443-923-2703
Jeff Jacobson, MD
Washington Brain and Spine Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
301-718-9611
Paul Paterson, MD
Excelsior Orthopedics (upper extremity, wrists and arms)
Buffalo, New York
716-250-9999
Phil Stegeman, MD
University Orthopedics (shoulders)
Buffalo, New York
716-898-3323
Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, FACS
Federico P. Girardi, MD
Andrew A. Sama, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York
212-606-1946
Bernard N. Stulberg, MD
Arthritis and Joint Replacement Surgery
Cleveland Center for Joint Reconstruction
Cleveland, Ohio
800-837-3315 or 216-363-3300
Jeffrey Dulik, DO
(knees, hips, carpel tunnel)
Massillon, Ohio
330-832-2662
Mary Ann Keenan, MD
Helen Horstmann, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
215-349-8695, 215-662-3340 appts
C. Stuart Pipkin, MD
(spine)
San Antonio, Texas
210-495-9047
Latest publication about surgery:
Orthopedic surgery considerations in post-polio syndrome by Sheth, NP, and Keenan, MA, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in The American Journal of Orthopedics, 2007 Jul;36(7):348-53.