Footnotes Summer 2024 - 15

Stepping into the Future: Dr. Louis
DeCaro on Transforming Pediatric
Podiatry
By Rameesha Asif-Sattar, WUCPM Class of 2026
Louis J. DeCaro, DPM, FACFAP Biography
Dr. Louis J. DeCaro is a podiatric physician who
specializes in pediatrics with a special interest in
sports medicine and biomechanics for both adults and
pediatrics. Dr. DeCaro is President and a fellow of the
American College of Foot & Ankle Pediatrics (ACFAP).
Dr. DeCaro is a Board-Certified Diplomate of the
American Board of Multiple Specialties in Podiatry. He
also shares a patent on foot types.
He is in private practice in West Hatfield and a member
of the surgical and medical staff at Franklin Medical
Center as well as Holyoke Medical Center. In 2017,
Podiatry Management Magazine named Dr. DeCaro
one of the most influential podiatrists in the country.
In 2018, he was granted the prestigious honor of
becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Glasgow. In addition, he was honored
with being asked to give the commencement address for
his podiatric alma mater Barry University. In 2021, he
received the prestigious honor of " Healthcare Hero "
of Western Massachusetts by BusinessWest magazine.
In 2023, his practice received its tenth straight Best
Podiatry Practice Award for Massachusetts.
In 2014, Dr. DeCaro started the first ever International
Pediatric Foot & Ankle Conference. Now in its 7th year,
he not only organizes the conference and lectures but
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Louis J. DeCaro, DPM, FACFAP
gathers a mix of many different specialties of medicine
from around the world to present and attend. Four times
a year he also runs a one and two day Biomechanics
Masters Class around the United States which teaches
practitioners comprehensive biomechanics of both the
pediatric and adult patient.
Dr. DeCaro is the Director and originator of the Adult
& Pediatric Gait Labs Biomechanics Clinic, which
takes place biweekly at his West Hatfield office. It is
a multidisciplinary clinic, which evaluates the most
challenging of biomechanics patients and helps to find
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