Conference Participants

Gary M. Berke MS, CP, FAAOP, Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

John H. Bowker, MD, Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.

Michael Dillon, PhD, BPO(Hons), senior lecturer, National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.

Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO(Hons), Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Andrew Hansen, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

John W. Michael, MEd, L/CPO, FISPO, FAAOP, Adjunct Faculty, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

John Rheinstein, CP, FAAOP, Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., New York, New York.

Ronald A. Sage, DPM, Professor and Chief, Section of Podiatry at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois; Staff Podiatrist, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois.

Gerald E. Stark Jr., CP, FAAOP, Fillauer Companies, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Elaine Uellendahl, CP, (co-Chair) Prosthetic Consultant, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jack E. Uellendahl, CPO, (co-Chair) Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The conference on which these proceedings are based, and the printing and distribution of this publication, were funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (H235J060001). The Academy thanks the U.S. Department of Education for its support and acknowledges the efforts of the SSC participants and Prosthetics Research Study for supporting this important activity to help advance the O&P profession.