Established in July 2005, STEPS South Africa has made a commitment to promote the Ponseti method to benefit all Southern African babies born with congenital clubfoot.

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SOUTH AFRICAN PONSETI SEMINARS

STEPS South Africa organised and hosted the 1st Ponseti Seminar in South Africa on 27&28 July 2006. 56 Delegates, mostly Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons (some from neighbouring country Lesotho) came to learn the method. 98% said they would change their practice after attending the seminar. As they provide case studies to the University of Iowa's clubfoot clinic for evaluation, they will be added to the Ponseti International Association website list of qualified doctors, and also to this website.

The 2nd STEPS Ponseti Seminar South Africa was held in Johannesburg on 2&3 November.

SOUTH AFRICAN PONSETI DOCTORS

Dr Mark Eltringham

(Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Sunninghill Clinic
Sandton (Johannesburg)

Tel: (011) 806-1863
Fax: (011) 806-1864
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Dr Eltringham trained initially with Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore USA in September 2003 (Dr Herzenberg is a very experienced Ponseti Method doctor). Since his return, he has only used the Ponseti Method as his first choice to treat congenital clubfoot. He achieves close to 100% success rate with the only clubfoot surgeries being done on babies with complicated clubfoot due to syndromes.

(Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital
Johannesburg

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Dr Robertson trained with Dr Ponseti in Iowa, attended the South African 2006 and 2007 seminars and the 2007 Ponseti international symposium. He runs the paediatric orthopaedic clinic at Johannesburg Hospital, a training hospital. He is on the UI list of qualified Ponseti doctors.

(Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Room 539, Louis Leipold Medi Clinic
Broadway, Bellville

Tel: (021) 949-5437
Fax: (021) 945-2131
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Dr du Plessis attended STEPS seminars in 2006 and 2007. He uses only the Ponseti method to treat congenital clubfoot and achieves close to 100% success rate.

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Dr Jacques du Toit

(Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dept. of Orthpaedics
Tygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg, Cape Town

Tel: (021) 938-4911
Fax: (021) 913-1921
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Dr du Toit attended STEPS seminars in 2006 and 2007.  He runs the Tygerberg clubfoot clinic according to Ponseti protocol.