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When our family went to Iowa City for treatment by Dr Ponseti in April 2003, there were no Ponseti trained South African doctors. 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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Visit STEPS South Africa Website
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. Read more about the 2006 Ponseti Seminar South Africa: |
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The 2nd STEPS Ponseti Seminar South Africa was held in Johannesburg on 2&3 November. Read more about the 2007 Ponseti Seminar South Africa at: |
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SOUTH AFRICAN PONSETI DOCTORS |
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| Dr Mark Eltringham (Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon) Sunninghill Clinic Sandton (Johannesburg) |
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| Tel: | (011) 806-1863 | |||||||||
| Fax: | (011) 806-1864 | |||||||||
| Email: | marke@doctors.netcare.co.za | |||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||
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| Dr Anthony Robertson (Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon) Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital Johannesburg |
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| Email: | lesant@iafrica.com | |||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||
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| Dr Ryno du Plessis (Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon) Room 539, Louis Leipold Medi Clinic Broadway, Bellville |
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| Tel: | (021) 949-5437 | |||||||||
| Fax: | (021) 945-2131 | |||||||||
| Email: | ryno.duplessis@adept.co.za | |||||||||
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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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