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Minnesota BPI Specialists/Clinics
Ann Van Heest, MD
When was your Brachial Plexus Injury Clinic established? Clinic established June, 1999. Identify what specialties related to brachial plexus injuries are represented by practitioners working in your clinic including physical/occupational therapists, if any. Gillette Children’s offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary program for evaluating and treating brachial plexus injuries. Our pediatric specialists include an: orthopaedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, rehabilitation medicine specialist, neurologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurse and orthotist. Patients can also be evaluated in our motion analysis laboratory. . What do you/your clinic specialize in treating? Our program treats young adults with brachial plexus injuries, obstetrical brachial plexus injuries and trauma and other brachial plexus injuries. State your philosophy regarding evaluation, referral and treatment of brachial plexus injuries. Each infant, child and young adult is evaluated by team members and an individual plan of treatment and follow-up is determined. State your philosophy regarding pain management and brachial plexus injuries. Gillette has an aggressive pain management program and follows the clinical practice guidelines as developed under the sponsorship of the Agency for Health Care Policy, Research, Public Health Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. . Indicate research efforts (include dates please) conducted by you specific to brachial plexus injuries. All children are followed on a prospective basis for future research studies. Do you accept any national/governmental payment for services or are you enrolled in any state medicaid plans? Please provide information on these plans and include which states you are enrolled in for medicaid services. No answer provided. |
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