Rob Parisien, MD, FAAOS

Curriculum vitae

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[Disambiguation: Robert L. Parisien, MD, a sports medicine surgeon in New York, is a different person (and a distant cousin). His publications, lectures, and professional affiliations are his own. My work appears under “Parisien R” or “Parisien RC,” and the complete record is on ORCID.]

0009-0006-9987-6361 PubMed →

Education & training

2004American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery examination — 99th percentile
2004–2005Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School — arthroscopy, fracture surgery, shoulder arthroplasty
2000–2004Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program — administrative chief resident, Massachusetts General Hospital
1999MD with honors, Dartmouth Medical School; Alpha Omega Alpha
BA Philosophy, University of Colorado (philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of science)

Clinical appointment

2010–Orthopaedic trauma and fracture surgeon, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH — ACS Level II trauma center. Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery since 2014. More than 13,000 surgeries performed.
2005–2010Orthopaedic trauma and fracture surgery, Maine Orthopaedic Center, Portland, ME — Level I trauma call at Maine Medical Center

Selected publications

2026The Unexamined Practice: Five Philosophical Concepts in an Orthopaedic Encounter.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2026;108(18):1419-1421
2026Epistemic Asymmetry Between Abstracts and Discussion Sections in the Orthopaedic Literature: A Corpus Analysis of 201 Publications.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
2026Judgment as Discovery: A Corpus Study of Definitions and Reporting Language in the Fracture Healing Literature.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
2026Does the Surgical Innovation Evidence Apply to You? How Surgeon Volume and Experience Determine Whether Adoption Helps or Harms.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
2026Musculoskeletal surgeons use mixed reasoning rather than pure Bayesian strategies in clinical practice.
PLOS ONE
2021Cognitive Biases in Clinical Orthopaedics.
JAAOS
2016Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Acknowledge Uncertainty?
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Athletics

1992Winter Olympics, Albertville, France — top American finisher, giant slalom
1991FIS World Championships
1987–1992U.S. Ski Team