Please join us in welcoming Mike Miranda as the newest addition to the Dankmeyer family! Mike will be working in Shipping and Receiving. He comes to us with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering as well as an associate’s degree in architecture. He has many years of mechanical equipment sales and service as well as equipment maintenance and repair. Mike is also bilingual - as he is fluent in Spanish - and will lend his translation skills wherever he can. Originally from Spencer, Massachusetts, Mike is a recent transplant from San Antonio, Texas along with his wife, Dawn Miranda, who recently joined Dankmeyer as a Prosthetist Assistant. He is looking forward to having the four seasons back and spending time with his grandchildren. Mike’s hobbies are mountain bike riding, fishing, hunting and archery.
Dankmeyer at 65!
Yes, 2019 marks the 65th birthday of Dankmeyer, Inc. Started September 29, 1954, Dankmeyer has been in prosthetic and orthotic patient care since just after the Korean War.
Dankmeyer Inc. was founded to provide prostheses and orthoses to patients in Maryland and nearby communities. The practice developed and has maintained an excellent reputation throughout the community and has relationships with all of the medical teaching institutions in the area as well as most of the private hospitals and insurers. The practice was founded on the principle of being sensitive to the needs of the community and providing services to meet those needs. We were founded by Charles “Herb” Dankmeyer, himself a bilateral below the knee amputee. Dankmeyer, Inc is now the largest provider of orthoses and prostheses in the State of Maryland.
Dankmeyer can claim a number of “firsts" in its lengthy service, both nationally and regionally:
Proportional switch control of upper limb prostheses
Single control site, multiple joint control upper limb prostheses
Powered shoulder system for upper limb prostheses
Total contact above knee suction sockets
All plastic sockets
Total contact below knee sockets
Hydraulic knee control systems
Pneumatic knee control systems
Variable friction knee control systems
Self suspending below elbow prostheses
Immediate postoperative prostheses
Preparatory prostheses
Self suspending below knee prostheses
Articulating partial foot prostheses
Myoelectric controlled upper limb prostheses
Endoskeletal lower limb prostheses
Natural skin finishes on lower limb prostheses
Plastic lower limb orthoses
Plastic upper limb orthoses
Dankmeyer staff, some of whom have been a part of the company for forty years, continue to serve the community in four office locations, and in a number of clinic environments. We continue to incorporate new techniques, train new residents and interns, teach new students at a variety of educational institutions, continue individual professional education efforts, and support a number of community events by sponsorship and volunteering.
We are committed to enriching the lives of all those in the communities we serve.
Welcome to Dankmeyer, Dawn Miranda!
Please join us in welcoming Dawn Miranda to the Dankmeyer team! Dawn comes to us from San Antonio, Texas, where she worked as a prosthetics and orthotics patient care advocate for the past two and a half years. Dawn is fulfilling a new role at Dankmeyer as a Prosthetist Assistant. Her many years in healthcare – both in patient care as a licensed practical nurse and in administration - make her a valuable addition to our clinical staff.
Dawn also brings a unique set of skills and knowledge to the team, as she is a left below knee amputee. She is a very active adaptive athlete - participating in 5k running events, hiking, mountain biking, downhill skiing and horsemanship. She is a two-time survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and active in online support groups to help other amputees as well as cancer survivors. Dankmeyer will also take advantage of her education and experience in marketing as part of our marketing team. Originally from upstate New York, her family relocated to Maryland to be close to their grandchildren. She is already enjoying the more moderate weather, and looks forward to experiencing winter again!
Sheryl Sachs, CPO on NCOPE Board
Dankmeyer would like to congratulate Sheryl N Sachs, MSPO, CPO, as she has become a board member for the National Commission for Orthotic & Prosthetic Education (NCOPE)! Her current term will run through the end of 2020 and she may be reappointed for additional multi-year terms. NCOPE is responsible for supervision of education within the O&P profession, including developing standards for accreditation for the school programs, and development of standards for, and accreditation of residency education and pedorthic education. Dankmeyer is proud to work with NCOPE on our residency program.
If that wasn’t enough, starting this December, Sheryl will also be a member of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA) Government Affairs Committee. In recent years, Sheryl has found a passion in working with AOPA on policies in our industry and is looking forward to serving on this committee.
Dankmeyer will start accepting applications for its residency program starting on September 4th, 2019. Please visit us on our Residency page for more information on our residency program and for a link to the NCOPE website.
Welcome and a Congratulations!
Please join us in welcoming the newest addition to our clinical staff, Orthotics Resident Rebecca Frost. Rebecca comes to Dankmeyer as a Board Eligible Prosthetist. She got her first exposure to the field of Prosthetics and Orthotics through a shadowing opportunity at Dankmeyer summer of 2015. Immediately, she was inspired by the ability to combine patient care, science and art. Since then she has earned a BS in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master of Prosthetics and Orthotics degree from the University of Washington, Seattle. Rebecca comes from a large family and loves to travel and try exotic foods with her loved ones. Her hobbies include anything outdoors, including activities like hiking, wakeboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, and volleyball. Rebecca has studied prosthetics primarily within active duty and retired military populations and volunteers with organizations that encourage people with all types of abilities to stay active and participate in adaptive sports.
We also congratulate Rochelle Dumm, CO, for completing her Prosthetics Residency at Dankmeyer. Now a Board Eligible Prosthetist, Rochelle will be studying for those board exams! We are very happy she has decided to stay with Dankmeyer after completing her residency.
Welcome Rebecca and congratulations Rochelle!