Kora Sands - Summer 2017
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KORA SANDS SPRING <strong>2017</strong><br />
treatment for children with conditions that affect vision and<br />
hearing and other debilitating disorders of the eyes, ears, nose,<br />
throat, head and neck.”<br />
Esterlina’s hearing aids opened up the world of sound<br />
to her. She was able to receive speech and language therapy<br />
at Massachusetts General Hospital while she also received<br />
rehabilitation services at Shriners Hospital for her burn<br />
injuries. One day while waiting for her during one of her final<br />
appointments with the doctor at Shriners Hospitals for Children<br />
— Boston, there was a small string quartet playing for patients<br />
in the waiting room. This was the first time Esterlina had heard<br />
live music with her new hearing aids. Esterlina was ecstatic and<br />
had a smile from ear to ear. One of the players allowed her to<br />
play his cello. The crowd surrounding her all had tears in their<br />
eyes. A whole new world had opened up for this beautiful girl<br />
with the infectious smile.<br />
Esterlina returned home to the Dominican Republic with<br />
her wounds healed and with a new way to experience and<br />
interact with the world. She will be returning to Boston in a few<br />
months and the whole team looks forward to hearing what she<br />
has to say.<br />
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL HAPPENINGS<br />
Springfield Shriners Hospital Initiates New Sports Health and Medicine Program<br />
Shriners Hospitals for<br />
Children® — Springfield<br />
recently launched a monthly<br />
Sports Health and Medicine<br />
clinic focusing on training,<br />
injury prevention and the care<br />
of children and adolescents<br />
with sports injuries. As the only<br />
pediatric orthopaedic experts<br />
in western Massachusetts, the<br />
medical staff is excited about<br />
expanding services to the<br />
Dr. Martinez- Silvestrini<br />
area’s athletic population.<br />
Dr. Julio Martinez- Silvestrini, who is heading up the program<br />
is board certified in sports medicine and has more than 14 years<br />
of experience treating sports and musculoskeletal injuries at<br />
Baystate Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.<br />
As a former athlete, Dr. Martinez- Silvestrini understands<br />
the urgency and passion of sports participants. As a trained<br />
physician, he also maintains perspective on the need for<br />
recovery and complete healing of the injured patient. Sports<br />
injuries are unique in that athletes desire to return to the court<br />
or field quickly and safely.<br />
Dr. Martinez-Silvestrini has extensive experience with<br />
nonsurgical care of injuries related to the performing arts,<br />
exercise and athletics. He received his medical degree from the<br />
University of Puerto Rico, and completed his physical medicine<br />
and rehabilitation residency through Puerto Rico University<br />
Hospital. In addition, he completed a sports medicine<br />
fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is<br />
also a diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine<br />
and Rehabilitation.<br />
Dr. Martinez-Silvestrini holds the Sports Health and Medicine<br />
Clinic on the first Friday of every month at the Springfield<br />
Shriners Hospital. The patients have access to ancillary services<br />
such as physical and occupational therapy, bracing (including<br />
custom-built orthotics), a state-of-the-art motion analysis center<br />
and, if necessary, early referral for surgical evaluation.<br />
SUMMER CEREMONIAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE JUNE 2ND<br />
Register online at www.korashriners.org or by contacting the <strong>Kora</strong> Office<br />
at 207-782-6831 or email at khansen@korashriners.org. See pages 21-25.<br />
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