Dr. Brad Ruetenik, DPM, FACFAS is a board-certified podiatric surgeon in Carlsbad practicing from 3039 Jefferson Street in the Village area, a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons who holds California Board of Podiatric Medicine ankle surgery certification. His sports medicine focus on foot and ankle biomechanics intersects with the rehabilitation network along Carlsbad's medical corridor, including Nakoa Fitness and Physical Therapy for post-operative gait retraining and functional recovery. The California College of Podiatric Medicine in San Francisco granted his DPM in 1991, followed by a two-year surgical residency at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, where he continued as a contracted Navy podiatric surgeon through 2013 — treating active-duty, dependent, and retired military patients across Camp Pendleton and Naval Medical Center San Diego. As a Clinical Assistant Professor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Western University of Health Sciences, he maintains an academic research pipeline alongside the musculoskeletal provider network that includes Phillips Chiropractic for lower-extremity kinetic chain assessment. Complex rearfoot reconstruction involving calcaneal osteotomy, peroneal tendon repair, and lateral ankle ligament augmentation with suture-anchor fixation represents the highest-acuity surgical work at this practice.