Question RE: scope of practice

[UseUrHeadFred]

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Are there PM&R docs who 'specialize' in artificial limbs? Is this considered within their scope of practice? To me, seeing an accident victim walk again is amazing. That would be an awesome career.

Funny, most of my specialty interests deal with restoring lost abilities to patients, i.e. ophthalmology to restore vision, ENT to do cochlear implants, etc...

 

[axm397]

There are PM&R docs who specialize in P&Os (Prosthetics and Orthotics). The one I know of is Dr. Uustal (sp) at JFK -> he usually talks at the Kessler review course about P&Os.

Also, many PM&R programs have assistive technology labs associated with them - Pitt, RIC, Kessler, to name a few. Dr. Strax at JFK is a strong advocate for assistive technology.

 

[drvlad2004]

Correction: Dr. Uustal at JFK is the P&O specialist at JFK. NYU also has a very good P&O specialist at Bellevue Hospital. Also San Antonio has an excellent P&O shop and technology lab. It would be awesome to work with atheletes that use artifical limbs. I love to have that niche in sports medicine.

 

[saiyagirl]

Correction: Dr. Uustal at JFK is the P&O specialist at JFK. NYU also has a very good P&O specialist at Bellevue Hospital. Also San Antonio has an excellent P&O shop and technology lab. It would be awesome to work with atheletes that use artifical limbs. I love to have that niche in sports medicine.

Dr. Kuiken at RIC...he deals primarily with amputee patients, and has also developed a prosthetic limb that moves at the will of the patient. i forgot what it's called. the thing is freakin amazing. the chicago tribune did a pretty lengthy article about it over the summer in it's magazine section.