Dr. Meier is a physiatrist who has worked
with over 3200 children and adults who have sustained an
amputation of one or more limbs over the past 37 years
of his rehabilitation medical practice. He
works with the team and the amputee to develop rehabilitation
treatment goals, to prescribe a prosthesis, to manage pain
and to measure the functional outcomes that should be expected
for the individual amputee. Dr.
Meier is quite experienced in dealing with pain issues
often present in the amputee and works with the amputee
to resolve problematic pain.
Dr. Meier is also involved with life care planning for persons
with amputation, burns and neurologic injury. He actively
participates in the teaching of Life Care Planners and in
their summit meetings for education and development of the
field of Life Care Planning. |