Bill Craggs, CPO, a certified prosthetist and Jeffrey Ackman, M.D., a pediatric orthopedic surgeon talk about what to expect when children need braces, prosthetics and prosthetic devices. And the services offered on-site at Shriners Children's.

Bracing Prosthetics and POPS

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About the Speakers

Jeffrey Ackman, M.D., Bill Craggs, CPO

Jeffrey Ackman, M.D., is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and co-medical director of the motion analysis center at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago. He runs the largest prosthetics clinic in the Chicagoland area with a multidisciplinary team, including a prosthetist, nurses, therapists and a psychologist. Dr. Ackman believes it’s all about fitting the prosthesis to the child, not the child to the prosthesis.

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William Craggs is a board certified prosthetist/orthotist and manager at POPS “Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services” at Shriners Children's Chicago. He has 30 plus years of pediatric orthotic and prosthetic experience servicing patients at Shriners.

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