About Dr. Caillouette
Dr. Caillouette is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in Adult Reconstructive Surgery. He performs over 500 joint replacements annually as well as 150 arthroscopies. He is Chairman of Newport Orthopedic Institute; a 16-physician group based in Newport Beach, California and was elected to serve as the founding Surgeon in Chief/Chief of Staff for Hoag Orthopedic Institute. Hoag Orthopedic Institute is a joint venture orthopedic specialty hospital in Irvine, California. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Western Orthopedic Association and is past President of the California Orthopedic Association and remains on their Executive Committee.
He has been involved in the research, design, development and commercialization of numerous orthopedic devices dating to 1989, including ultrasonic cement removal, two separate hip prostheses, software and instrumentation for Computer Assisted Knee Surgery, as well as instrumentation and design for a next generation total knee system that will be marketed globally by DePuy/Johnson & Johnson in 2013. He holds seven US patents for biomedical products and methods and has four pending. Dr. Caillouette has served as an instructor of orthopedic surgeons in the US and internationally and continues to teach surgical techniques.
Dr. Caillouette has also been involved in multiple entrepreneurial endeavors. He founded and raised the venture capital for Advanced Osseous Technologies in 1989 to develop ultrasonic PMMA removal tools for revision total joint arthroplasty. This technology has become the global standard for these procedures. After helping to guide the research & development, FDA approval, development of a manufacturing site and sales ramp up, he subsequently sold the biotech company to Biomet in 1992. He remained a consultant to the company until 1995. He has been a design surgeon and consultant to DePuy/Johnson & Johnson since 1996 where his additional projects have been performed.
In addition to health care, Dr. Caillouette has a passion for education. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a double major in Biology and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut, he has served as a Trustee at the primary, high school and college levels in the US. He was a founder of Sage Hill School, and served as the founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the first ten years of the institution. His current area of focus is health care economics and orthopedic care delivery. He has been actively involved in health care policy and has written chapters for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons monographs on the changing care delivery and payment models in the US in an effort to educate surgeons on the impact of macroeconomics on patient care models.
Honors and Awards
- The Best Doctors in America, Inc., 2001-2012
- Vernon P. Thompson Scientific Essay Award, Western Orthopedic Association
- Alpha Omega Alpha , University of Southern California, School of Medicine
- Phi Beta Kappa, Elected Junior Year, Trinity College, Connecticut
- Pi Gamma Mu, The National Social Science Honor Society – Distinction in Economics
Academic Background
- University of California, Irvine, Orthopedic Residency, 1988
- University of California, Irvine, General Surgery Internship, 1984
- University of Southern California, School of Medicine, 1983
- Trinity College, Hartford CT, BA Economics and Biology,1979
Board Certification
- Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 31, 1990
Re-certified July 2000 & July 2010
Hospital Affiliations
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA
- Hoag Orthopedic Institute, Irvine, CA
Academic Appointments
- Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
Professional Activities
- Founding Surgeon in Chief, Hoag Orthopedic Institute
- Charmain, Newport Orthopedic Institute
- Orthopedic Advisory Board, V.H.A. Hospital Systems
- Co Executive Director Orthopedic Center of Excellence Hoag Memorial Hospital
- Editorial Board, Orthopedic Technology Review, 2002 – Present
- Board of Directors, California Orthopaedic Association, 1996 – Present
- President, California Orthopaedic Association, 2007-2008
- Board of Directors, Western Orthopaedic Association, 1996-1998
- Board of Directors, Coastal Physicians Purchasing Group, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, 1998-1999
- Board of Directors, American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons
- Board of Directors, Orthopaedic Research and Education, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 1996 – Present
- Risk Management Committee, UCI Medical Center, 1989-1991
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Gamma Chapter - President 1982-1983
- Chairman, CEO Advanced Osseous Technologies 1988-1992
Community Activities
- Board of Directors, Hoag Hospital Foundation 552 Club, 1994-1999
- Fleet Surgeon, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, 1993
- Board of Trustees, Harbor Day School, 1996-2002
- Founding President, Board of Trustees, Sage Hill School, 1996-2006
Organization Memberships
- Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Fellow, Western Orthopaedic Association
- Fellow, American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons
- California Orthopaedic Association
- Orange County Medical Association
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Los Angeles Chapter
- Phi Beta Kappa, Los Angeles Chapter
- Delta Psi Fraternity, Epsilon Chapter
