Fw: Dan Sheret Readies for Across America Bicycle trip
Anthony T. Barr
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Title:
Fw: Dan Sheret Readies for Across America Bicycle trip
Creator:
Anthony T. Barr
Date:
5/28/2003
Text:
Shirt PhotoDan Sheret, a Ertl procedure recipient and B/K amputee in final preperation for his Across America trip starting from San Francisco to Portmouth New Hampshire, a estimated 3,800 mile bicycle ride to promote the Barr Foundation and the Ertl amputation surgical procedure.
Anyone wishing to pledge a tax deductable monetary donation based on the miles completed please see link at
www.ampu-cycle.com
Go Dan! Thank you and good luck!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
For Further Information:
Daniel Sheret
Wilmington, NC
<Email Address Redacted>
www.ampu-cycle.com
Amputee Cycling Across America
Daniel Sheret, 40, of Wilmington, North Carolina, a below knee amputee is currently training for a 52 day, 3800 mile trans-America cycling trip. Sheret will depart with America by Bicycle from San Francisco on June 8, 2003 with sixty able-bodied riders and will finish the trip on July 29th in Portsmouth, NH.
The cross country trip with America by Bicycle is intended to raise awareness about the Ertl surgical procedure and The Barr Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives of amputees worldwide. The Barr Foundation provides funds to purchase prosthetic limbs for amputees who cannot otherwise afford them. According to Sheret, 2500 people face amputee surgery every week. It is our goal to bring hope and awareness, that when faced with this challenge, life is not over. It is only just beginning!
Two years after an accident in early 2000, Dan Sheret met with Dr. William Ertl and underwent The Ertl Osteomyoplastic Lower Extremity Amputation Reconstruction Technique. This surgical technique was developed by Dr. William Ertl's grandfather, Professor Janos Ertl, Sr., MD, of Hungary in 1920. He developed the procedure in order to return a high number of World War I amputees to the work force. Post-war amputees had significant problems with pain and difficulty with prosthetic wear. Through clinical observations and using regenerative surgical principles, Dr. Janos Ertl sought to establish a pain-free residual extremity that would actively participate in ambulation. The procedure is now carried out his grandsons, Dr. Janos Ertl of Kaiser, Sacramento and Dr. William Ertl of The University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
From O&P Edge Magazine
Amputee To Cycle Across America
Daniel Sheret, 40, Wilmington, North Carolina, is currently training for the 52-day tour, America by Bicycle. The riders plan to leave from San Francisco, California June 7 and arrive July 29 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The cross-country trip with America by Bicycle is intended to raise awareness about the Ertl surgical procedure and The Barr Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives of amputees worldwide, Sheret said.
The Barr Foundation, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, provides funds to purchase prosthetic limbs for amputees who cannot otherwise afford them. According to Sheret, Two thousand five hundred people face amputee surgery every week. It is our goal to bring the hope and awareness that when someone is faced with this challenge, life is not over. It is only just beginning!
Two years after an accident in early 2000, Sheret met with William Ertl, MD, and underwent the Ertl osteomyoplastic lower-extremity amputation reconstruction technique. The surgical technique was developed in 1920 by Ertl's grandfather, Professor Janos Ertl Sr., MD, in Hungary, Sheret noted. Ertl developed the procedure in order to return a high number of World War I amputees to the work force. Post-war amputees had significant problems with pain and difficulty with prosthetic wear. Through clinical observations and using regenerative surgical principles, Janos Ertl sought to establish a pain-free residual limb that would actively participate in ambulation. The procedure is now carried out by his grandsons, Janos Ertl, MD, of Kaiser, Sacramento, California, and William Ertl, MD, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
(Editor's note: See Daniel Sheret's story, Amputation: The First Year in the March 2003 issue of The O&P EDGE.)
For more information about Sheret's trip, visit www.ampu-cycle.com.
For more information about the Barr Foundation, visit www.oandp.com/barr.
Tony Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ampu-cycle.com
Anyone wishing to pledge a tax deductable monetary donation based on the miles completed please see link at
www.ampu-cycle.com
Go Dan! Thank you and good luck!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
For Further Information:
Daniel Sheret
Wilmington, NC
<Email Address Redacted>
www.ampu-cycle.com
Amputee Cycling Across America
Daniel Sheret, 40, of Wilmington, North Carolina, a below knee amputee is currently training for a 52 day, 3800 mile trans-America cycling trip. Sheret will depart with America by Bicycle from San Francisco on June 8, 2003 with sixty able-bodied riders and will finish the trip on July 29th in Portsmouth, NH.
The cross country trip with America by Bicycle is intended to raise awareness about the Ertl surgical procedure and The Barr Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives of amputees worldwide. The Barr Foundation provides funds to purchase prosthetic limbs for amputees who cannot otherwise afford them. According to Sheret, 2500 people face amputee surgery every week. It is our goal to bring hope and awareness, that when faced with this challenge, life is not over. It is only just beginning!
Two years after an accident in early 2000, Dan Sheret met with Dr. William Ertl and underwent The Ertl Osteomyoplastic Lower Extremity Amputation Reconstruction Technique. This surgical technique was developed by Dr. William Ertl's grandfather, Professor Janos Ertl, Sr., MD, of Hungary in 1920. He developed the procedure in order to return a high number of World War I amputees to the work force. Post-war amputees had significant problems with pain and difficulty with prosthetic wear. Through clinical observations and using regenerative surgical principles, Dr. Janos Ertl sought to establish a pain-free residual extremity that would actively participate in ambulation. The procedure is now carried out his grandsons, Dr. Janos Ertl of Kaiser, Sacramento and Dr. William Ertl of The University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
From O&P Edge Magazine
Amputee To Cycle Across America
Daniel Sheret, 40, Wilmington, North Carolina, is currently training for the 52-day tour, America by Bicycle. The riders plan to leave from San Francisco, California June 7 and arrive July 29 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The cross-country trip with America by Bicycle is intended to raise awareness about the Ertl surgical procedure and The Barr Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives of amputees worldwide, Sheret said.
The Barr Foundation, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, provides funds to purchase prosthetic limbs for amputees who cannot otherwise afford them. According to Sheret, Two thousand five hundred people face amputee surgery every week. It is our goal to bring the hope and awareness that when someone is faced with this challenge, life is not over. It is only just beginning!
Two years after an accident in early 2000, Sheret met with William Ertl, MD, and underwent the Ertl osteomyoplastic lower-extremity amputation reconstruction technique. The surgical technique was developed in 1920 by Ertl's grandfather, Professor Janos Ertl Sr., MD, in Hungary, Sheret noted. Ertl developed the procedure in order to return a high number of World War I amputees to the work force. Post-war amputees had significant problems with pain and difficulty with prosthetic wear. Through clinical observations and using regenerative surgical principles, Janos Ertl sought to establish a pain-free residual limb that would actively participate in ambulation. The procedure is now carried out by his grandsons, Janos Ertl, MD, of Kaiser, Sacramento, California, and William Ertl, MD, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
(Editor's note: See Daniel Sheret's story, Amputation: The First Year in the March 2003 issue of The O&P EDGE.)
For more information about Sheret's trip, visit www.ampu-cycle.com.
For more information about the Barr Foundation, visit www.oandp.com/barr.
Tony Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ampu-cycle.com
Citation
Anthony T. Barr, “Fw: Dan Sheret Readies for Across America Bicycle trip,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 27, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221228.
