Rob Parisien, MD, FAAOS

Curriculum vitae

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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
BA Philosophy, University of Colorado

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

Under reviewJudgment as discovery: a corpus study of definitions and reporting language in the fracture healing literature. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice — revised and resubmitted August 2026
2026The unexamined practice: philosophical concepts in orthopaedic encounters. JBJS
2026Bayesian probability in orthopaedics. 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