{"70244":{"#nid":"70244","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students to Develop and Provide Prostheses to Underserved Patients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta\u2019s Good Samaritan Health Center (GSHC)\nand Prosthetic Hope International, in cooperation with the Georgia Institute of\nTechnology\u2019s Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics (MSPO) program,\nare opening the Prosthetic and Orthotic (P\u0026amp;O) Community Clinic at Good Samaritan. Second-year\nMSPO students will primarily operate the new P\u0026amp;O lab and will be supervised\nby Georgia Tech research scientist Rob Kistenberg and licensed prosthetists and\northotists. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe P\u0026amp;O Clinic at the Good Samaritan Health\nCenter is an extraordinary opportunity for the students in the MSPO program, as\nit will provide a real-world clinical experience in a comprehensive and holistic\nhealth care environment,\u201d says Kistenberg. \u201cThe students will be able to\ncombine their didactic education with their clinical and technical skills in a\nsupervised setting to provide prostheses and orthoses to the underserved\npeople in Atlanta. It\u2019s a win-win-win for everyone.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe clinic is being equipped and stocked through\na grant from the St. Luke\u2019s Episcopal Outreach Program. Students will start\nseeing patients in October. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bill Warren founded the GSHC in 1998 in\ndowntown Atlanta with the mission of providing quality healthcare to those unable\nto afford it. The center is a full-time healthcare home that provides care to\nuninsured and underserved individuals and families in metro Atlanta with\nmedical, dental, mental health and health education services. Now in its 13\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\nyear of operation, GSHC has affiliate locations in Cobb and Gwinnett counties. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, more than 500 volunteers donated 10,000\nhours of service and, together with the center\u2019s full-time staff, provided more\nthan 23,700 patient visits. Roughly 65 percent of those treated were uninsured\nworking poor. Patients pay for services based on a greatly reduced sliding fee\nscale. Those who are unable to pay receive care at no charge. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKistenberg is Georgia Tech\u2019s coordinator of\nprosthetics and the co-director of the MSPO program. His research focus areas include the development\nof novel upper extremity prostheses and controls, functional aesthetic\nrestoration, and evaluation and enhancement of prosthetic and orthotic\nrehabilitation services in developing nations. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"MPSO Students to Work With Atlanta\u0027s Good Samaritan Center"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students in the prosthetics and orthotics master\u0027s program are working with Atlanta\u0027s Good Samaritan Center."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2011-09-26 11:54:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"31043":{"id":"31043","type":"image","title":"Prosthetic and Orthotic Component Clearinghouse","body":null,"created":"1449172536","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 19:55:36","changed":"1475894339","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:38:59","alt":"Prosthetic and Orthotic Component Clearinghouse","file":{"fid":"189988","name":"tkf09147.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkf09147.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkf09147.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":171686,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tkf09147.jpg?itok=WGs6X_Cj"}}},"media_ids":["31043"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/mspo\/","title":"Master"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.goodsamatlanta.org\/","title":"Good Samaritan Health Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer, Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jason.maderer@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}