Meet Our Team

PRESIDENT AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR

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Charles Kuffel is a Certified/Licensed Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO, LPO), educated and experienced in both orthotics and prosthetics. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (FAAOP), the highest honor awarded to practitioners in the profession. It is also awarded to only a handful of practitioners in the state of Minnesota. In addition, Charles also holds a Master's degree in Healthcare Management. 

Charles works with all levels of patients at all ages and specializes in addressing the complicated orthotic and prosthetic needs of the dysvascular diabetic population. Charles has a primary clinical focus of upper and lower extremity prosthetic management as well as cranial remolding orthoses. 

OTHER RECOGNITION:

• Member of the VA subcommittee for the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

​Teri Kuffel Esq. is a Minnesota attorney who brings significant business experience in orthotics and prosthetics to the company. She has worked with contract, human resources, and organizational management for the past two decades. 

Teri enjoys spending time advocating for amputees and those with limb-deficiencies in both Minnesota and Washington D.C. and working on educational and legislative programs to better serve the O&P industry. 

OTHER RECOGNITION:

• Interim Executive Director of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
• Past-President of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
• Director with the Minnesota Society of Orthotists, Prosthetists & Pedorthists
• Director with Wiggle Your Toes, a MN-based nonprofit
• Adjunct Faculty Member for the Master's program in O&P at Concordia University, St. Paul. 

CLINICAL MANAGER

​Kevin Hines is a Certified/Licensed Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO, LPO) educated and experienced in both orthotics and prosthetics. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (FAAOP), the highest honor awarded to practitioners in the profession, and awarded to only a handful of practitioners in the state of Minnesota. ​

Kevin's primary focus is caring for the unique, custom, orthotic (bracing) needs of the pediatric population in Minnesota, and is considered an orthotic pediatric specialist. Kevin also works with all levels of patients at all ages addressing the complicated orthotic and prosthetic needs of the dysvascular diabetic population. 

OTHER RECOGNITION

• Director for The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP)
• O&P Advisory Council to the MN Board of Podiatric Medicine, the board for the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists (AAOP)