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Pam Brown-Vezeau
Pam graduated from the Ontario Chiropody Program in 1991 and from the University of Brighton, England in 1999 with a bachelor of science honours degree in Podiatry.
She has worked in public health at the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and has run her private practice in the Kingston and Napanee area for over 10 years now.
Chiropody/Podiatry training is the only program that has the main concentration of dealing with body mechanics and foot health through orthotic therapy, amongst other treatments. Practitioners must complete at least three years of education including biomechanics, pharmacology, podology, orthotic manufacturing, prescribing and on-going therapy. See the website for the Ontario College of Chiropodists for full scope of practice.
Pam is a member of the Ontario College of Chiropodists, the Canadian Federation of Foot Specialists and the Pedorthic Association of Canada. Pam attends a series of conferences and seminars to stay as current as possible on the latest research in foot health, as well as being a board member in the Canadian Federation of Foot Specialists.
Pam's special interest has been in treating back, hip, knee and foot/ankle pain and dysfunction without drugs and surgery. Pam has focused the last 10 years in improving traditional orthotic prescriptions to increase the use and effectiveness of foot orthotic therapy for a variety of ailments.
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Brighton office:
Jennifer Hardy
Jennifer has been with the Kingston Foot and Ankle Clinic & Orthotic Centre part-time for over 4 years.
Jennifer provides a full scope of professional footcare services including full nail surgery procedures, corn and callus reduction, conservative ingrown toenail treatments, plantar wart treatments and full orthotic services.
Jennifer graduated from the Ontario Chiropody Program in 1991. In addition to being a valued member of our Kingston Foot and Ankle Clinic team, she also maintains a footcare office in Brighton, ON.
She has a special interest in Geriatrics and is passionate about finding a solution for every foot problem, no matter the age of the patient or the multitude of conditions presenting!
Jennifer is a great team player and works with our staff to find footwear solutions, pain management, orthotic and brace options to suit each patient with each of their individual needs.
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Tracey Bishop
Tracey joined the Kingston Foot and Ankle Clinic and GaitPro Professional Orthotic Lab in August of 2009, bringing with her many years of experience in customer service.
Tracey brings excellent interpersonal skills when working with patients, which enables her to not only listen to the multitude of problems that are presented, but also break them down and formulate an effective treatment plan that is not only easy to understand but easy to follow at home.
Tracey's unique hands-on ability and complete knowledge of orthotic therapy allow her to see what treatment is needed and manufacture or adjust an appliance effectively and efficiently.
In November 2010, Tracey became Board Certified in Pedorthics (now a regulated profession in Ontario specializing in orthotic and footwear manufacture, repair, modification and fittings).
Tracey has attended many conferences and seminars recently in order to ensure that our patients receive the benefits of the most current advances in biomechanical practice. They include:
Biomechanical summer school, The 2010 Ontario Society of Chiropodist Conference, the 2011 Pedorthic Association of Canada Symposium –stocking your Pedorthic toolbox, and seminars from Therafirm Compression Hosiery, Spider Tech Kinesiology Taping, and Luminature Phototherapy.
Megan Verkerk
Megan Verkerk joined the Kingston Foot and Ankle Clinic and GaitPro Professional Orthotic Lab in January of 2009. Megan is an Orthotics Lab Technician and also certified in Aesthetics. Her years of valuable experience acquired while working in the health care field have proved to be an excellent asset to our footcare team.
Megan has worked with various computerized gait analysis systems; both corrective and accommodative orthotic appliances. She is proficient in non-weight plaster casting; the method we prefer at the Clinic. She manufactures repairs and alters all of our orthotic appliances.
In short, Megan assesses orthopaedic footwear and foot conditions to identify the best options to meet each patient's needs. She also works with compression stockings - measuring, ordering, fitting and training patients to be self-sufficient in the proper use and maintenance of these therapeutic garments.
Megan also offers limited footcare for patients who do not need the specialized training and skills of the Chiropodist. This service is especially useful for patients who have difficulty with nail cutting, dry heels, and so on ... in short, basic on-going footcare with the additional advantage to the patient of having Megan's experienced eye looking for early signs of trauma, circulation issues, signs of neuropathy or tissue breakdown.
Finally, Megan also offers full range laser therapy for all soft tissue or joint pain, such as arthritis, Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis and other common ailments.
Megan has excellent communicative skills and patience which allows her to listen to patients' needs and then best formulate a plan that works for them. We are very happy that Megan is an integral part of our complete footcare team!
Tina Johnson
Tina Johnson joined the Kingston Foot and Ankle Clinic in May of 2008. She came to us with an impressive background of years of working in the health care field as an office administrative assistant.
Tina has tremendous organizational and interpersonal skills that enable her to keep our office functioning as efficiently as humanly possible. She handles most of the up-front day to day bookings of patients by computer, telephone and walk-in requests for appointments.
Tina also manages all of the footcare, footwear, orthotics, compression stockings and laser treatment appointments, so that they run as efficiently and seamlessly as possible for patients and staff.
Tina has considerable experience, patience and formidable logistics skills for dealing with patients' issues such as accommodating work schedules, fielding insurance questions and ensuring that our fees are clearly explained right up front. An important aspect of her role at the Clinic is to ensure that patients know exactly what to bring, how long the appointment should take and what they can expect upon arrival. She takes the time to make sure patients know how to get to the clinic and makes sure that their visit is as enjoyable as possible.
It is no exaggeration to say that Tina's attention to detail is the comforting 'glue' that keeps everything running smoothly no matter what challenges arise in our busy environment. We are extremely fortunate to have Tina as part of our footcare team.
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