Mr. Racette has practiced orthotics and prosthetics since his graduation from the University of Washington’s orthotic and prosthetic curriculum. He spent the first period of his career in the Los Angeles area where he served as a clinician, facility manager and vice president for professional services for Orthomedics Inc. While in Los Angeles he served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California where he specialized in Functional Fracture Bracing, working for Dr. Augusto Sarmeinto.
He has been an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF and Director of the Orthotic and Prosthetic Centers at UCSF since 1998 and specializes in prosthetics and lower extremity orthotics. He serves as the residency director for the orthotic and prosthetic NCOPE program at UCSF. Mr. Racette served as the president of the national professional association, The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association in 2006.
Special Interests
- Functional Fracture Bracing
- Lower Extremity Prosthetics
- Specialty Orthotic Cases
