{"id":18,"date":"2012-10-05T01:26:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T01:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leekeenan.com\/postpolio\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2013-08-18T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T15:47:01","slug":"health-care-providers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diagnosis<\/h2>\n

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center<\/a>\u00a0is the best place in Southern California to be\u00a0evaluated for a Post-Polio Syndrome diagnosis<\/strong>. Once you are diagnosed you can get continued care from other physicians and physical therapists trained in polio.\u00a0If you are in an HMO you will probably have to fight hard and long to get the HMO to refer you to Rancho. It is worth the fight!<\/strong> Remember, if the HMO cannot provide you with polio trained physicians and therapists capable of making a PPS diagnosis they have to send you to medical professionals who can. Make the argument that Rancho has proven itself to be up to the task. Why should the HMO send you to physicians and therapists who have no track record in diagnosing PPS? Going to Rancho will save the HMO money in the long run!<\/p>\n

NOTE: If you are with Kaiser you should ask that Dr. Christine Phan make the PPS diagnosis. (see below)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0A list of more than 200 PPS caregivers rated positive by \u00a0Southern California polio survivors:<\/h2>\n

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PDF LIST of Positive Rated PPS Docs and Therapists<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
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Health Care Providers our Members Have\u00a0 Frequently Used:<\/h2>\n

Stewart Shanfiled MD<\/a> – Orthopedist— Trained at Ranch Los Amigos in care of polio survivorsSimpson, Julie Neuro Outpatient Rehab,<\/p>\n

Christopher Lawler MD<\/a> – Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), \u00a0some knowledge of PPS<\/div>\n
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Kenneth Lynn MD<\/a>\u00a0Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) Very knowledgeable in PPS<\/div>\n

Susan Perlman MD<\/a> – UCLA – Neurology, limited PPS clinic- consults on PPS referrals<\/p>\n

Stephen Waldman MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0– Neurology – Very knowlegeable in PPS – works well with Dr. Shanfield<\/p>\n

Theodore Teacher MD<\/a> – Neurology- Has given good care to polio survivors<\/p>\n

Christine Phan<\/a> – Physiatrist-Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Kaiser Permanente -Listed in Post-polio Health Interntional Directory- (562) 657-2418<\/p>\n

Calvin Okey<\/a> – Ostopathic Medicine- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Kaiser Permanente – Good with PPS patients- (714) 748-7622<\/p>\n

Guillermo Fredrickson RRT – Dept Administrator, Neuromuscular Respiratory Program – Neurology – (619) 516-6514, 4405 Vandever Ave, San Diego, CA 93120<\/p>\n

\u00a0Philip Gold\u00a0MD<\/a>\u00a0– Pulmnologist – Excellent PPS care<\/p>\n

Steven Leven MD<\/a> – Pulmnologist- Great PPS patient reviews<\/p>\n

Loren\u00a0Rojek\u00a0<\/a>CPO\u00a0– Orthotist- Experienced with making braces and other orthotics for polio surviovors<\/p>\n

Rod Cuervo CPO<\/a>– Orthotist-\u00a0Experienced with making braces and other orthotics for polio surviovors<\/p>\n

Kevin Carey CPO<\/a>–\u00a0Orthotist-\u00a0Experienced with making braces and other orthotics for polio surviovors<\/p>\n

Julie Simpson-Physical Therapist- Neuro Outpatient Rehab-St.Jude Centers for Rehab and Wellness\u00a0578-8706 ext. 2347<\/p>\n

Laurie Morris-\u00a0Physical Therapist-Neuro Outpatient Rehab- St. Jude Rehab-Centers for Rehab and Wellness-578-8720 ext. 2346<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Diagnosis Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center\u00a0is the best place in Southern California to be\u00a0evaluated for a Post-Polio Syndrome diagnosis. Once you are diagnosed you can get continued care from other physicians and physical therapists trained in polio.\u00a0If you are in an HMO you will probably have to fight hard and long to get the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ppsupportoc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}