Jennifer Adase
World renowned prosthetist to provide care to amputees in Edison
As seen on national news, developer of first prosthetic tail for dolphin
Edison, NJ – World renowned Certified Prosthetist Kevin Carroll will provide free prosthetic evaluations to local amputees on Tuesday, April 14th at Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, 265 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837.
An American Board Certified prosthetist with nearly 30 years experience as a practicing clinician, visionary researcher, and skilled educator, Carroll travels daily treating the most challenging amputations nationwide and has appeared internationally on news broadcasts such as Dateline, 20/20, CBS Early Show, NBC Nightly News, ABC’s Good Morning America, and the Discovery Channel.
He was featured in an article in Time magazine’s March 31, 2008 issue called “Innovators: Building a Better Athlete” for his pioneering prosthetic solutions for amputee athletes. He spent two weeks in Beijing working with the world’s fastest, most athletic amputees at the Paralympic Games in September, 2008.
Known most recently for his success developing the first prosthetic tail fluke for an amputee dolphin (as reported by NBC Nightly News), Carroll volunteers many weekends to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. A four-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Winter was stranded and caught in a crab trap near Cape Canaveral in December, 2005, when she was just 18-months-old. Her tail fluke eventually came off, as it was severely damaged by the trap’s rope entanglement. Winter received round-the-clock medical attention in an effort to save her life. Having survived, she then adapted to a less efficient and damaging side-to-side swimming style, as there was no tail fluke to give her thrust. Thanks to Carroll’s ingenuity, Winter became the first dolphin to have her entire tail fluke replaced with a prosthetic device.
Media Note – Carroll is available for phone interviews Monday – Friday upon request. He will not be available for interviews the day of his clinical visit so he can dedicate as much time as possible to local patients. High resolution photographs of Kevin working with the dolphin are available for download: http://www.hanger.com/MediaLibrary/winterthedolphin
Edison area residents interested in scheduling a prosthetic evaluation with Carroll should call 732-417-0480. With 10 locations in New Jersey, Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics provides patients with convenient, consistent, high quality care. For more information on Hanger, visit www.hanger.com.
