AVENTURA, FL (January 4, 2008) – Footcare Express, a team of physicians, pedorthists, and biomechanical experts, proudly announces that they have expanded their team of pedorthists with the addition of Vahe Mike Sarkisian to their Aventura, Florida office.

In his role as a Pedorthist, Sarkisian will be seeing patients and filling a variety of physician prescriptions.  Sarkisian will be responsible for measuring, designing, fabricating, fitting and servicing pedorthic devices ordered by a physician.  Sarkisian joined Footcare Express in 2007 as a Lab Supervisor with 11 years of financial business experience and two years of pedorthist experience behind him.

His recent career experience hailed from Pedorthics at Eneslow Foot Comfort center and XL Health Inc. in New York, one of the nation’s largest Diabetic Preventive Care centers, where he fitted and cast patients for shoes and other orthotics, custom footwear and braces as a practicing pedorthist. Sarkisian graduated with a BBA in Finance Investments from Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, CUNY, New York, NY and became a certified Financial Advisor.  Upon completing Eneslow Pedorthic Institute and the New York College of Podiatric Medicine course, Mr. Sarkisian became a certified Pedorthist in 2005.

Offering a variety of services, including a full service podiatry practice, Footcare Express also includes an extensive retail business and a Pedorthic facility.  The Aventura-based facility is fully accredited by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics which ensures that Footcare Express provide the highest standards in fulfilling patient prescriptions for therapeutic footwear and/ or other durable medical equipment including but not limited to foot orthotics, braces and other foot and ankle related modalities.  The physicians and pedorthists at Footcare Express work with various NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams and players, including several colleges and universities.

Footcare Express also has its own on-site state-of-the-art Custom Foot Orthotic Laboratory that allows the doctor and technicians to use technology to digitize the foot, allowing for a more accurate replica of the foot, making prescriptions more accurate as well.  Doctors and technicians use the latest technology to diagnose and treat foot problems including the F-Scan, which allows the clinician a split-second perspective on all phases of the walking cycle or gait cycle and through Video Motion Analysis, which captures the gait cycle using fame-by-frame imaging.

Footcare Express opened its Aventura-based office in 2000.  In just 6 short years, Footcare Express has successfully launched a retail portion of its business and increased its availability with various professional sports teams. The company prides itself on offering the most advanced services in the industry.  Footcare Express is a family owned business founded by Dr. Harold Reinhartz and his son Jarett Reinhartz.  Dr. Charles Mutschler is the Medical Director of Footcare Express.  For more information onFootcare Express please call 877.687.3338 or visit www.FootcareXpress.com.