Dr. Radu Purtuc

He received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Rosalind Franklin University at Chicago, Illinois. There he trained side by side with Chicago Medical School student doctors. He concluded his medical school training by attending sixteen-month-long clerkship/internship rotations at different residency programs around the nation, including: Utah Salt Lake City Intermountain Center renown for its high surgical volume residency program and extensive biomechanics teaching methodologies, several Chicago Veteran Affairs Centers with inherited wide range of exposure to our military members and their families, many top Surgical Residencies in Michigan, and also similar locations in DeKalb Georgia responsible for monthly educational and cadaveric surgical workshops attracting national and international surgeons, and lastly South Bend Indiana Forefoot and Rearfoot high volume surgical residency program.

Succeeding his extensive Three-Years surgical residency training at a Henry Ford Health System Hospital and its affiliated clinics, he gained Half a Dozen years of incredible wealth of experience while expanding on his commitment to help answer the demands from his community. Meanwhile, Dr. Purtuc developed a genuine interest for delicate plastic surgery influence in his surgical practice ranging from skin grafting, bilobed full thickness flaps closures, nontraumatic amputation complex surgical repairs including full thickness flap transpositions, and lower extremity melanoma treatment via soft tissue and bone resections with grafting and assisted Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.

“Educate to Elevate” is a common theme in his surgical practice, and Dr. Purtuc’s desire to educate prompted him to stay with his residency program and become one of the highly motivated contributing attendings instructing and mentoring many of the incoming residency podiatric doctors. He went on to be on staff across four hospitals in his large network of interprofessional doctors, and participate in two residency programs simultaneously while starting an associate position in private practice. As far as the pursuit of Continuing Education, he keeps abreast new and innovative procedures and technologies, always looking for customization of surgical tools or creating new products to help improve surgery outcomes or cut back on surgical times, which ultimately benefits the patient’s outcome and satisfaction. Soon he may be looking to put some of his long standing ideas into practice and plan to hold patents in the industry.

However, his love for podiatry and pursuit of happiness superseded the hardships and difficult time thrown in his direction. Ultimately, Dr. Purtuc transplanted to Vero Beach, Florida, where he joined forces and direction with Dr. Kinmon and his Associates at Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists.