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Lauro S. Halstead, MD

Lauro Halstead was living in White Plains, NY in 1954, when he came down with Poliomyelitis at age 18. While he spent a few weeks in an iron lung, only his right arm had significant paralysis afterwards. He walked out of the hospital 6 months later with some weakness in his limbs.

He found that he enjoyed Rehabilitation Medicine early in his career. "Dr. Halstead was a founding member of the Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D. C. from which he recently retired after nearly 30 years." Dr. Halstead has treated Polio survivors and others for the past couple of decades. He can identify with the problems and help with possible solutions.