The Prosthetic Experience
Welcome to The Prosthetic Experience. For many, understanding what it means to have to use a prosthetic rather than a natural limb is very hard to comprehend. We understand what a prosthetic is at a basic level, but we do not understand how its limits impact day to day activities and the impact it has on a person physically, mentally, and emotionally. The excitement today is how technology is changing so rapidly and how we are getting closer to bionics that grant amputees human-surpassing abilities. In The Prosthetic Experience, you will hear stories from prosthetic users and amputees, surgeons using novel techniques for amputees, prosthetists, and even the prosthetic technicians who build the prosthetics. From the various perspectives, you will experience the changing field and how an inspiring, holistic view of prosthetics and bionics is helping overcome the immense obstacles that life brings.
Episodes
7 episodes
The Quest For Accessibility
Episode 7: The Quest for Accessibility features a former Olympic Coach Bill Endicott, who began an operation to help the thousands of amputees in need of prosthetics in Ukraine.In this episode, you will hear about Bill's unique perspect...
Fabrication, New Technology, and the Future
Episode 6: Fabrication, New Technology, and the Future, features Will Garcia, an entrepreneur in the field, creating an accessible fabrication company after working as a prosthetic technician and assistant. Will is a master of 3D printing and h...
A Prosthetist's Experience
Episode 5: A Prosthetist’s Perspective: features a retired prosthetist, Elliot Weintrob, a former Olympian who ran a prosthetic and orthotic practice for almost 30 years in the DMV area.In this episode, you will hear about unique storie...
A Surgeon's Perspective
Episode 4: A Surgeon’s Perspective: features a plastic surgeon, Dr. Matt Carty, who helped create one of the most innovative amputation methods, allowing incredible bionics to be used.In this episode, you will hear about the new technolo...
The Amputees Experience - Part II
The Amputees experience - Part II, features an amputee; Caroline Dunn, a college student in Dublin, Ireland who was born without a leg. In this episode, you will hear about the experience of an amputee in school, social, a...
The Amputees Experience - Part I
An Amputee’s Experience, features an amputee: Mark Rosen, a harvard graduate and director of financial services in New York, who tragically lost his limb in his teenage years due to health complications. In this episode you will...
Special Episode: Redefining the Boundaries of the Human Body
This NPR award-winning episode dives into the boundaries of the human body and explores how, with exciting scientific developments, those boundaries may be on the brink of disappearing. I share the stories of two amputees who have ...
