BPI DOC.
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jennyb
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
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Do you mean Dr Shenaq? I've heard of him as an experienced paediatric bpi specialist and he has a good reputation in that field, don't think he specialises in adults but most of them do a few. I'm still trying to find out which of the US specialists has a main interest in adult tbpi, rather than paediatric/obpi, no luck as yet! Ask him what is his main area of expertise/interest in bpi, adults or children, and whether he's published any papers about tbpi treatment/surgery.
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Jenny,
I think that Drs. Bishop, Spinner & Shin at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN qualify. They work as a team and have done 3 surgeries in the past 9 days, all on adults. They average about 1 a week over the course of a year.
I think that Drs. Bishop, Spinner & Shin at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN qualify. They work as a team and have done 3 surgeries in the past 9 days, all on adults. They average about 1 a week over the course of a year.
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My son has had two surgeries with Dr. Shenaq at Texas Children's. We feel he's a great surgeon.
Cindy
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Dr. Shenaq is a very highly rated brachial plexus specialist. He and Dr. Laurent started the clinic in Texas with the guidance of Dr. Gilbert from Paris. He is the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Baylor. Here is his resume: http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/R ... son_id=341
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Dr. Shenaq did my daughter's primary surgery and has seen her a number of times. I think he is fabulous. He is easy to talk to, will answer any question, does not make you feel stupid because you don't have a medical degree and is a first rate surgeon. I highly recommend him.
I think you will like him.
claudia
I think you will like him.
claudia
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Dr. Shenaq did my son's secondary surgery when he was 10.....I was really impressed with him as a surgeon....He's very quiet and I had to really concentrate on hearing his voice(O.K. I'm a little deaf!!!) I think he is a good choice!!
T.
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jennyb
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- Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2001 5:24 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
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Any tbpi adults going to reply? It's great that these people have had good experiences with Dr Shenaq but they all look like obpi cases to me (maybe I'm wrong tho!) and I can't find any papers he has published about tbpi. As the TCH website itself makes clear, ideally, if you can, get a specialist whose main interest is tbpi. Thanks for your suggestion Gene and also those who have mailed me about this, the names of Tiel & Kline have come up plus I'm told the clinic at either Yale or Harvard (if anyone knows which that would help!) specialises in tbpi. I'll keep looking into it. There must be thousands of tbpi every year in the US, if the 'big' specialist units aren't seeing many of them-where ARE they going?
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Dr. Scott Wolfe at the Hospital for Special Surgeries works with adult BPI. Right now he is my first choice. He's highly reputable & is located in the same state which is convenient. You can add him to the list Jenny!
