Ignacio Ponseti spent his life gently molding and casting infants’ feet to cure a congenital disease known as clubfoot. And he would appreciate that a new group of doctors will begin arriving in the ...

A $1 million gift to the University of Iowa Foundation from two UI graduates will enable the UI to continue the pioneering work of the late Dr. Ignacio Ponseti in countries around the world. The gift, ...

Clubfoot affects one in a thousand babies born in the United States, but with proper corrective treatment and follow-up, infants born with clubfoot can have feet compatible with an active, normal ...

It's been five years since Dr. Ignacio Ponseti last saw patients at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, but the reach of the renowned doctor and his revolutionary technique for treating clubfoot ...

Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a refugee from the Spanish Civil War who created a nonsurgical way of treating clubfoot in infants that prevented a lifetime of disability, died Oct. 18 at the University of Iowa ...

Mary Snyder found out at her 19-week ultrasound that her unborn baby had clubfoot. Both of the fetus's feet were completely turned inward, forming the twisted U-shape typical of clubfoot. The ...

The 12th floor of the new University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital was a fitting place to meet with two Iowa City men who are key players in the worldwide quest to help kids with clubfoot ...

When I was born with polio in 1953 there was no vaccine. However, I consider myself fortunate even though I live now with post polio syndrome. You see, my doctor was Dr. Ignacio Ponseti at the ...