Curriculum Vitae

Orthopedic trauma surgeon in Manchester, NH, providing comprehensive fracture care for adults and children, with a subspecialty interest in total shoulder arthroplasty. Research interests center on medical epistemology—the study of how knowledge is generated and applied in clinical settings—and the cognitive biases that affect surgical decision-making.

ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA, ELLIOT HOSPITAL
‣  Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (FAAOS)

‣  Orthopaedic trauma surgery 9/2010 to present
‣  Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire
‣  Orthopaedic Trauma Association Clinical Member since 2013
‣  Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Elliot Hospital, continuous since 2014
‣  Named Elliot Hospital “Physician of the Year” in 2014

‣  Elected to Board of Directors, Elliot Health System, 2026

ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA AND SPORTS MEDICINE, MAINE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER — 2005-2010
‣  Maine Orthopaedic Center, P.A. 1/2005 to 8/2010
‣  Orthopaedic trauma and fracture surgery. Level 1 trauma call coverage at Maine Medical Center
‣  Sports medicine, focusing on all aspects of shoulder surgery
‣  Total Joint Arthroplasty: knee, hip, and shoulder, including a focus on reverse shoulder arthroplasty
‣  Covering orthopaedic surgeon for Portland Pirates professional hockey team
‣  US Ski Team physician since 2007.  Traveled with US Ski Team to Slovenia in 2007

Post Graduate Medical Education

HARVARD BRIGHAM SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP — 2004
‣  Sports medicine fellow at Brigham and Women’s hospital in association with Harvard Orthopaedic Residency from 7/2004-1/2005
‣  Staff surgeon at the Veterans Affairs Hospital system, Boston, Massachusetts. Duties included teaching Harvard and Boston University Orthopaedic Residents
‣  Level 1 trauma call coverage at Brigham and Women’s hospital
‣ Advanced arthroscopic techniques, shoulder arthroplasty, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and trauma.

HARVARD COMBINED ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY PROGRAM — 2000-2004
‣  Chief Orthopaedic Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital 1/2004-6/2004
‣  Orthopaedic Surgery Resident from 7/2000-6/2004
‣  Clinical Fellow in Surgery at Harvard Medical School
‣  Awarded best clinical research paper of class of 2004 during resident thesis day, 5/5/2004
‣  Scored 99th percentile in ABOS examination, July 2004

HARVARD GENERAL SURGERY INTERNSHIP — 1999-2000
‣  General surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess hospital 6/1999– 6/2000
‣  Clinical Fellow in Surgery at Harvard Medical School

Undergraduate and Graduate Education

DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL — 1995-1999
‣  Doctor of Medicine 1999
‣  Graduated with Honors
‣  AOA Honor Society
‣  Syvertsen scholar award for academic excellence

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — 1990-1995
‣  Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
‣  Graduated with Honors

Publications and Research

‣ Janssen S,  Teunis T, , Ring D, Parisien R. Cognitive Biases in Orthopaedic Surgery.  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: July 15, 2021 - Volume 29 - Issue 14 - p 624-633 doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-00620

‣  Teunis T, Janssen S, Guitton TG, Ring D, Parisien R. Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Acknowledge Uncertainty? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Nov 9.
‣  Doornberg J, Parisien R, van Duijn J, Ring D. Radial Head Arthroplasty with a Modular Metal Spacer to Treat Acute Traumatic Elbow Instability. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1075-1080
‣  Parisien RC, Tomford WT, Zurakowski D, Patel DG. Long-term outcome of Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Harvard Orthopaedic Residency Thesis.
‣  Awarded the Barrett family prize for the Best clinical research paper of the Harvard Orthopaedic chief residents, 2004
‣  Accepted for poster presentation, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 2/2005
‣  Parisien RC, Doornberg J, Ring DC. Fracture-dislocations of the elbow: Replacement of the fractured radial head with a modular metal prosthesis. Presented at Orthopaedic Trauma Association annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 10/2004
‣  Cashen DV, Parisien RC, Raskin K, Hornicek FJ, Gebhardt MC, Mankin HJ. Survival Data for Patients with Malignant Schwannoma. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2004;426:69-73
‣  Parisien RC, Ball PA. Historical Perspective: William Jason Mixter 1880-1959. Ushering in the Dynasty of the Disc. Spine. 1998;21:2363-66
‣  Parisien RC. Creative Classical Guitar Creative Concepts Publishing Co., Ojai, California. 1993

Research Interests

PHILOSOPHY AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
‣  Epistemology of medicine and surgery
‣  Cognitive psychology in medical decision making

‣  "Cognitive biases and heuristics in orthopaedic surgery"
‣  Presentation given at the New England Orthopaedic Society meeting Boston, 11/18/2016
‣  Grand Rounds presentation at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Orthopaedics Grand Rounds, 2/22/17

‣  Grand Rounds presentation at the Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Department Hospital Grand Rounds, 2018

‣  Grand Rounds presentation at the Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH July 2022

‣  Grand Rounds presentation at the Lahey Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Burlington, MA Fall 2022

‣  Grand Rounds presentation at the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA April 2023 

Current projects

‣  Survey of cognitive biases and heuristics in orthopaedic surgery (ongoing study) and a study of biases in medicine across sub-specialties (ongoing)

‣  Bayesian reasoning in clinical orthopaedics (ongoing survey)

‣  Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox regarding fracture healing (ongoing survey)
‣  Philosophy of Science as it applies to medicine and medical decision making
‣  Philosophy of David Hume and Empiricism
‣  Naturalized Epistemology as it applies to medical decision making

Memberships and Licenses

‣ Board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery, 1st certified in 2007 ‣ Re-certified in 2016
‣  Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
‣  Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
‣  Member of Orthopaedic Trauma Association
‣  Member of AO Trauma association
‣  New Hampshire medical license

Athletic Career

UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TEAM
‣  1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France
‣  20th place in Men’s Giant Slalom, best American finish

UNITED STATES WORLD ALPINE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM MEMBER
‣  1991 World Alpine Skiing Championships in Saalbach, Austria
‣  25th place in Men’s Giant Slalom, best American finish

UNITED STATES SKI TEAM MEMBER
‣ World Cup, Europa Cup, and North American series teams 1987-1992

OTHER SKI RACING CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
‣  1st place in Canadian National Giant Slalom Championships 1990
‣  4th place in U.S. National Championship Giant Slalom at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 1989
‣  5th place in Pan American Games Giant Slalom at Las Lenas, Argentina, 1990
‣  7th place in Junior World Championship Giant Slalom at Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy, 1988
‣  9th place in Junior World Championship Slalom at Alyeska, Alaska, 1989
‣  11th place in Pan American Games Super Giant Slalom at Las Lenas, Argentina, 1990
‣  Elected into Maine Ski Hall of Fame, 2014

Other Interests:

BAROQUE LUTE
‣  Performance of works of S.L. Weiss, J.S. Bach, and other Baroque-era composers
‣  Baroque lute design and construction
‣  Member of the Lute Society of America
​‣  Recording artist

RUNNING

​ ‣  Distance running.  Marathon PR 2:49:50 at the 2021 Philadelphia marathon (age 51)

 ‣  Half marathon PR 1:20:38 Wallis Sands Half Marathon, NH (age 51)

 ‣  Indianapolis Marathon 2025: 2:50:26, 2nd place in age group (age 55)

GENERAL AVIATION

​ ‣  Private pilot license 1988

​ ‣  High performance aircraft endorsement 2022

​ ‣  Instrument rating 2023

​ ‣  Complex aircraft endorsement 2023