Dr. Rex D. Smith has been practicing podiatry at his office in Eugene since 1981. He graduated from California College of Podiatric Medicine in 1978. After a year of residency training in California, he joined the staff of Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia for two more years of intensive surgical residency.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board Of Podiatric Surgery certified in Foot and Ankle Surgery, a member
of the American Podiatric Medical Association, and a past president of
the Oregon Podiatric Medical Association. He is on staff at several
major hospitals in Oregon, including Sacred Heart and McKenzie
Willamette in Springfield. His office also has a full sterile surgical
suite available for many procedures.
Come join this friendly staff in a comfortable professional setting
Lavern
Terry
Evelyn
Kyrstin
Easy access and free on site parking
A Podiatrist, commonly known as a "foot doctor", is a medical specialist licensed as a physician and surgeon for the treatment of the foot and ankle. Dr. Smith commonly treats bunions, ingrown toenails, neuromas, fasciitis, warts, bone spurs, tendinitis, stress fractures, diabetic feet, hammertoes, nerve conditions and other foot complaints.
Treatments include orthotic devices, surgery, injections, casting, advise on footgear and routine care of callouses and painful lesions. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Security
and Protection Notification
Our office was the victim of a burglary and theft, in which drugs and computers were stolen. One of the computers contained insurance billing data, however no credit card or bank information was stored.
Since this may possibly effect our patients and their guarantors, we have attempted to notify anyone who might be effected, and include here a version of the letter we have sent out:
Safeguarding my patients’ and their guarantor’s personal and health information is as important to me as providing my patients with the best possible podiatric care. Regrettably, my staff and I have discovered an unauthorized disclosure of your personal and health information, which may compromise the privacy and security of that information, and I am writing to tell you about that incident. The unauthorized disclosure resulted from a burglary and theft of computer equipment, which occurred on or about 3 am on Sunday, February 19, 2012. My staff and I first discovered the break-in and theft during the evening on Sunday, February 19, 2012. The items stolen from my office included a computer used to generate and electronically store billing records for medical services. This incident affects data stored between 2002 and Friday, February 17, 2012, as well as individuals acting as guarantors for those patients. We have conducted a comprehensive investigation in order to determine which of our patients and their guarantors may be affected by this incident. It has taken several weeks to identify those patients and their personal and health information which may have been stored on the stolen computer. Unfortunately, in investigating this matter, we have concluded that your records were among the billing records stored on the stolen computer. The personal and health information stored on the stolen computer likely included the following: your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, health insurance information, and patient’s medical procedure and diagnosis billing codes, which briefly identify the medical diagnosis and procedures rendered during a visit with me. Social security numbers were included in only some of the records. A police report was filed immediately with the Eugene Police Department, and the case number is 12-14819. To the best of my knowledge, the Eugene Police Department is continuing to investigate the burglary and theft. My staff and I are also carefully reviewing our building security and procedures for protecting electronically stored patient information in order to enhance security and theft protection. At this time, I have no reason to believe that your personal and health information have been misused; however, I take this incident very seriously and make the following recommendations for preventative steps you should take. First, you should closely monitor your financial accounts and, if you see any unauthorized activity, promptly contact your financial institution. You should also monitor Medical Explanation of Benefits you receive from your health insurance provider and, if you see any suspicious activity, contact your health insurance company immediately. In addition, you should contact the three U.S. credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) to obtain a free credit report from each by calling (877) 322-8228 or by logging onto www.annualcreditreport.com. Even if you do not find any suspicious activity on your initial credit reports, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends that you check your credit reports periodically. To protect from the possibility of identity theft, Oregon law allows you to place a security freeze on your credit files. By placing a freeze, someone who fraudulently acquires your personal identifying information will not be able to use that information to open a new account or to borrow money in your name. You will need to contact the three U.S. credit reporting agencies to place the security freeze; however, when you place the freeze, you will not be able to borrow money, obtain instant credit, or get a new credit card until you temporarily lift or permanently remove the freeze. There will be a minimal cost for placing the freeze with each credit reporting agency; however, if you are a victim of identity theft, or your personal information has been stolen, and a report has been filed with a law enforcement agency, or you have submitted an ID Complaint Form with the FTC, there may be no charge to place the freeze. I recommend that you immediately contact the three U.S. consumer credit reporting agencies about taking steps, including placing a security freeze, in order to protect your financial security. Make sure to tell the agencies that you are an Oregon resident and that my office has filed a police report for this matter, which I have referenced above. The credit reporting agencies may be contacted as follows: Experian, (888) 397-3742 (wait to hear the security freeze option), www.experian.com (www.experian.com/freeze) PO Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013; TransUnion, (800) 680-7289, www.transunion.com, Fraud Victim Assistance Division, PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790; and Equifax (800) 525-6285 (for security freeze call (888) 298-0045); www.equifax.com (www.freeze.equifax.com), PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241. For more information, see the website for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services at www.dfcs.oregon.gov/idtheft.html. If you are not currently a resident of Oregon, I also recommend that you visit the website or telephone the attorney general’s office for your state in order to find out more information about identity theft protection laws in your state and your rights under those laws. If you find suspicious activity on your credit reports or have reason to believe you have been the victim of identity theft, call your local law enforcement and file a police report. You should obtain a copy of the police report because many creditors want the information it contains to absolve identity theft victims of fraudulent activity. You should also file a complaint with the FTC at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or at (877) ID-THEFT ((877) 438-4338). Your complaint will be added to the FTC’s Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse, where it will be accessible to law enforcement for their investigations. I am also notifying the three U.S. credit reporting agencies about this incident and will be providing those agencies with a general report, altering them to the fact that the incident occurred. However, we have not notified them about the presence of your specific information in the data breach. I sincerely regret that this incident has occurred and hope that it will not adversely impact you. If you have any questions or concerns, you may telephone (888) 720-6806, send e-mail to podiatry.office@gmail.com, visit web site: http://smithdpm.com or mail to Kyrstin at 1060 Chambers, Eugene, OR 97402.
Dr. Rex D. Smith has been practicing podiatry at his office in Eugene since 1981. He graduated from California College of Podiatric Medicine in 1978. After a year of residency training in California, he joined the staff of Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia for two more years of intensive surgical residency.
