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Smooth Teamwork

Our team is unusual in
many respects. For one thing
it embraces many disciplines.
We have an ear, nose, and
throat specialist, a pediatrician,
an orthodontist, an audiologist,
a psychologist, and
experts in speech problems.
Headed by Dr. Willis Stanage,
a Yankton pediatrician who
directs the program, the clinic
operates out of the March of
Dimes Birth Defects Center
based at the University in
Vermilion, S.D.

Recently a medical writer
who watched the team at work
commented on the smooth, relaxed
way in which this group
of very different specialists
concentrated on the problems
of their young patients. They
exchanged information and
suggestions on what treatment
would be best for a particular
patient's condition,
write careful evaluations, and
arrange to follow up on the
patient's progress during the
year.