Post-Polio Health International

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Explanation of Medical Specialties

Key to Abbreviations

NOTE: In general, health professionals will not give medical recommendations without an in-office evaluation and/or consultation.

KEY to Health Professionals, USA

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ALABAMA

BIRMINGHAM

Anne Marie Oberheu, MD

Spain Rehabilitation Ctr, University of Alabama/Birmingham

205-934-2747, 205-975-5952 fax

ARIZONA

SCOTTSDALE

Mark Ross, MD

Neurology, Mayo Clinic

480-301-7628, 480-301-8451 fax , ross.mark@mayo.edu 

TUCSON

Jon M. Larson, MD

Physiatry Associates

520-795-8371, 520-320-3808 fax

CALIFORNIA

DANVILLE

Mary Ellen Brown, PT (semi-retired)

Ygnacio Valley Physical Therapy

925-820-0518, 925-820-7247 fax

DOWNEY

Bryan J. Kemp, PhD

RRTC on Aging with a Disability, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr

562-401-7402, 562-401-7011 fax , 562-803-5569 TDD

bkemp@uci.edu, www.agingwithdisability.org

DUARTE

Morris Baumgarten, MD

Morris Baumgarten Orthopedics, Inc.

626-357-9931, 626-359-0739 fax

FRESNO

Grace R. Young, MA, OTR/L (retired)

559-275-4014, 559-275-3233 fax, graceryoung@worldnet.att.net 

www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4713 

FULLERTON

Stewart Shanfield, MD

Fullerton Orthopedic (and St. Judea Hospital)

714-879-0050

LOS ANGELES

Susan L. Perlman, MD

University of California Los Angeles

310-794-1195, 310-794-7491 fax, sperlman@ucla.edu 

E.A. (Tony) Oppenheimer, MD, FACP, FCCP (retired, consultation only)

Pulmonary Medicine

eaopp@ucla.edu 

SACRAMENTO

Margaret Portwood, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

916-453-0292, 916-453-8675 fax

Michael S. Felix, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

916-688-2036, 916-688-6280 fax

Marian E. TeSelle, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Kaiser Foundation

916-973-6729

SAN FRANCISCO

Robert G. Miller, MD

Chairman, Neurology, California Pacific Medical Ctr

415-600-3604, 415-923-6567 fax

Mark Wakasa, MD, Medical Director

Paul Ware, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Saint Mary’s Medical Center

415-750-5762, 415-750-4856 fax

SYLMAR

Selma H. Calmes, MD (Anesthesia problems only)

Chairman & Professor, Anesthesiology Dept, Olive View/UCLA Medical Ctr

818-364-4350, 818-364-4775 fax, shcmd@ucla.edu 

TARZANA

Jeffrey E. Galpin, MD

Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease

818-344-6111, 818-344-5056 fax

VALLEJO

Elizabeth Sandel, MD

Medical Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Ctr

707-651-1044 clinic, 707-651-3936, 707-651-2315 fax

VISTA

Helen A. Kent, RRT

Progressive Medical

760-727-2222, 760-727-3713 fax, helen@progresmed.com 

WALNUT CREEK

Helen O'Keefe, MD

Anesthesiology, Kaiser Permanente

925-295-4000

COLORADO

COLORADO SPRINGS

Terry H. Struck, MD, MA, MS

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Union Medical Campus

719-577-9090, 719-577-4549 fax

DENVER

Ann E. Hueter, RPT

Post-Polio Clinic, Saint Anthony’s Family Medical Ctr West

303-899-5369, 303-595-2662 fax, pibird1@earthlink.net 

CONNECTICUT

STORRS

Carl A. Coelho, PhD

Communication Sciences Dept, University of Connecticut

860-486-4482, 860-486-5422 fax, coelho@uconn.edu 

WALLINGFORD

Mike Collins, MD

Gaylord Hospital

203-284-2888, 203-284-2865 fax

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