RE: Referral in San Francisco

[Guest guest]

Who do you have for insurance? We have Kaiser and saw a great specialist at

the Kaiser in Santa Clara - Dr. Menard.

If you are looking for a local band provider there are two locations in the

Bay Area:

PALO ALTO:

Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.

Bob Paterson, CO

Amy , CPO

3260 Ash Street

Palo Alto, CA 94306

650-462-0102, FAX 650-462-0107

Email: amynfoster@...

Email: bobco1238@...

OAKLAND:

Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.

Trish , CO

430 40th Street

Oakland, CA 94609

510-653-9834

Email: tcollins22@...

They can also do an evaluation for you. Perhaps if you get an evaluation

done and it shows how severe your child's head is then you can show the

report to your ped to convince him to write the prescription now. You can

also call either office and they might be able to give you the names of some

band-friendly doctors in San Francisco.

Molly

Novato, California

Nicolas, 2.5, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland) 4/24/06-9/12/06,

Graduate!

, 5

, 8.5

Referral in San Francisco

Help! My son is 11 weeks old and I believe he has positional

plagiocephaly. A good friend had this experience with her son last

year, so I am pretty familiar with the signs and symptoms. My

pediatrician, however, is rather conservative and doesn't even want to

broach the subject of treatment until my son is at least 6 months old.

I disagree and would like a second opinion, but before I begin combing

the city for another doctor, can anyone recommend a pediatrician who

is less conservative and might be more willing to write us a

perscription? I have a consultation appointment at Cranial

Technologies in San Diego in August and would love to be able to begin

the process while we're there. Thank you!

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For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all of the info. We have Health Net - Brown and Toland Medical Group. So far I've discovered (even without a refererral yet) that CIRS does not accept our insurance and they won't suggest any doctors for us either. It may not matter because we may have to pay out pocket anyway.

CT in San Diego will be doing a free consultation for us and I plan to take that info to our 4 month Pediatrician appt.

Does anyone have any experience with UCSF Orthotic & Prosthetic Center on Parnassus? They also provide the STARBand. I have yet to see if they will accept our insurance.

Cecily

San Francisco, CA

Diego 11 weeks, so far just a flat head

Thanks!

Plagiocephaly From: mafoley@...Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:04:01 -0700Subject: RE: Referral in San Francisco

Who do you have for insurance? We have Kaiser and saw a great specialist atthe Kaiser in Santa Clara - Dr. Menard.If you are looking for a local band provider there are two locations in theBay Area:PALO ALTO:Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.Bob Paterson, COAmy , CPO 3260 Ash Street Palo Alto, CA 94306650-462-0102, FAX 650-462-0107Email: amynfostergmailEmail: bobco1238aol OAKLAND:Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.Trish , CO430 40th Street Oakland, CA 94609510-653-9834Email: tcollins22gmailThey can also do an evaluation for you. Perhaps if you get an evaluationdone and it shows how severe your child's head is then you can show thereport to your ped to convince him to write the prescription now. You canalso call either office and they might be able to give you the names of someband-friendly doctors in San Francisco.MollyNovato, CaliforniaNicolas, 2.5, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland) 4/24/06-9/12/06,Graduate!, 5, 8.5-----Original Message-----From: Plagiocephaly [mailto:Plagiocephaly ]On Behalf Of cchudacoffSent: 24 July 2008 02:38Plagiocephaly Subject: Referral in San FranciscoHelp! My son is 11 weeks old and I believe he has positional plagiocephaly. A good friend had this experience with her son last year, so I am pretty familiar with the signs and symptoms. My pediatrician, however, is rather conservative and doesn't even want to broach the subject of treatment until my son is at least 6 months old. I disagree and would like a second opinion, but before I begin combing the city for another doctor, can anyone recommend a pediatrician who is less conservative and might be more willing to write us a perscription? I have a consultation appointment at Cranial Technologies in San Diego in August and would love to be able to begin the process while we're there. Thank you!------------------------------------For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

I haven't heard of anyone getting a starband at UCSF. I have heard of

someone at UC getting one.

-christine

sydney 2.5yrs starband grad

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> Thanks for all of the info. We have Health Net - Brown and Toland

Medical Group. So far I've discovered (even without a refererral yet)

that CIRS does not accept our insurance and they won't suggest any

doctors for us either. It may not matter because we may have to pay

out pocket anyway.

>

> CT in San Diego will be doing a free consultation for us and I plan

to take that info to our 4 month Pediatrician appt.

>

> Does anyone have any experience with UCSF Orthotic & Prosthetic

Center on Parnassus? They also provide the STARBand. I have yet to see

if they will accept our insurance.

>

> Cecily

> San Francisco, CA

> Diego 11 weeks, so far just a flat head

>

> Thanks!

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> Plagiocephaly@...: mafoley@...: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:04:01

-0700Subject: RE: Referral in San Francisco

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> Who do you have for insurance? We have Kaiser and saw a great

specialist atthe Kaiser in Santa Clara - Dr. Menard.If you are looking

for a local band provider there are two locations in theBay Area:PALO

ALTO:Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.Bob Paterson,

COAmy , CPO 3260 Ash Street Palo Alto, CA 94306650-462-0102, FAX

650-462-0107Email: amynfoster@...: bobco1238@... OAKLAND:Center for

Independent Rehabilitative Services, Inc.Trish , CO430 40th

Street Oakland, CA 94609510-653-9834Email: tcollins22@... can also do

an evaluation for you. Perhaps if you get an evaluationdone and it

shows how severe your child's head is then you can show thereport to

your ped to convince him to write the prescription now. You canalso

call either office and they might be able to give you the names of

someband-friendly doctors in San Francisco.MollyNovato,

CaliforniaNicolas, 2.5, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland)

4/24/06-9/12/06,Graduate!, 5, 8.5-----Original

Message-----From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ]On Behalf Of cchudacoffSent: 24

July 2008 02:38Plagiocephaly@...: Referral in San

FranciscoHelp! My son is 11 weeks old and I believe he has positional

plagiocephaly. A good friend had this experience with her son last

year, so I am pretty familiar with the signs and symptoms. My

pediatrician, however, is rather conservative and doesn't even want to

broach the subject of treatment until my son is at least 6 months old.

I disagree and would like a second opinion, but before I begin combing

the city for another doctor, can anyone recommend a pediatrician who

is less conservative and might be more willing to write us a

perscription? I have a consultation appointment at Cranial

Technologies in San Diego in August and would love to be able to begin

the process while we're there. Thank

you!------------------------------------For more plagio info, go to

www.plagiocephaly.org/support