Robert Parisien, MD

Dr. Robert L. Parisien, a Board Certified Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon at Mount Sinai in New York City, specializes in Sports Medicine, Cartilage Regeneration and Minimally Invasive Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder, Hip and Knee. Dr. Parisien serves as a Team Physician for the US Ski & Snowboard and USA Fencing teams and previously provided court-side care as a Player Physician at the US Open Tennis Championships in NYC.

Dr. Parisien was educated and trained at the following institutions:

Harvard Medical School, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery

University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Center for Advanced Cartilage Repair, Fellowship in Sports Medicine & Cartilage Regeneration

Boston University, Fellowship in Sports Medicine & Complex Shoulder Surgery

Boston University, Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery

Tufts University School of Medicine, Medical Doctorate

Brown University, Bachelor of Arts

Dr. Parisien is an Ivy League alumnus having completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University where he was the recipient of the Frederick “Fritz” Pollard Award, Ernest T. Savignano Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award and won an Ivy-League championship as a member of the Brown Bears football team.  Dr. Parisien later earned his Medical Doctorate from the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA.

Dr. Parisien is triple Fellowship trained having completed sub-specialized training in Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery at Harvard Medical School, sub-specialized training in Sports Medicine & Cartilage Restoration at the University of Pennsylvania where he served as a Team Physician for the NCAA Division-I Penn Quakers and sub-specialized training in Sports Medicine & Complex Shoulder Surgery at Boston University where he served as a Team Physician for the NCAA Division-I BU Terriers. The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) selected Dr. Parisien as one of only five Orthopaedic Surgeons in the United States and Canada for the North American Traveling Fellowship (NATF).  Considered one of the most prestigious clinical and academic honors in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery, the NATF traveling fellowship is awarded every other year to Orthopaedic Surgeons who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, clinical, educational and research accomplishments.  Dr. Parisien was also one of only four Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgeons selected for the prestigious Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Traveling Fellowship, considered one of the most prestigious clinical and academic honors in the field of Arthroscopic Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.

Dr. Parisien has published over 150 scientific manuscripts, reviews and book chapters and his research has been presented at over 150 national and regional orthopaedic meetings.  In recognition of his research, Dr. Parisien has been the recipient of the Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence, OSET Basic Science Research Award, Kilfoyle Research Award, Arciero-Warner Research Award, American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Research Award in Sports Medicine, Eastern Orthopaedic Association Research Award, New England Orthopaedic Society Research Award, EOEF Anil S. Ranawat M.D. Donor Grant Award, Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association Research Award, Orthopaedic Surgery Evolving Techniques (OSET) Basic Science Paper Award and recognized as a Clinician Scholar by the Orthopaedic Research Society. 

Dr. Parisien holds numerous leadership positions as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America, a member of the Council of Delegates for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine Evaluation Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Kilfoyle Award Chair and Executive Commitee for the New England Orthopaedic Society,  Vice Chair of the Education Committee Reports Taskforce for The Hip Preservation Society, Associate Editor of the Journal of Cartilage & Joint Preservation, Editorial Board Member of both the Journal of Arthroscopy and the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Dr. Parisien serves as a member of the International Committee for the Arthroscopy Association of North America, Committee Member for the Eastern Orthopaedic Association and the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Parisien previously served on the Research Committees for both the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the Surgical Skills Committee for the Arthroscopy Association of North America, Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association, and currently serves as an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, ISHA - The Hip Preservation Society, International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society, New York Cartilage Repair Society, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Society of Military of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the New England Orthopaedic Society.