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Biography: Peter Millett – Orthopedic Surgeon

MD, MSc

Dr. Peter J. Millett is an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon who practices at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, USA.

Dr. Millett has been consistently selected to the “Best Doctors in America” and is ranked in the top 1% of Orthopaedic Surgeons by U.S. News & World Reports. He is Director of Shoulder Surgery and Chief Medical Officer of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Dr. Millett has treated elite athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, Premier League, Formula One, X-Games, and the Olympics. Dr. Millett was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and was formerly Co-Director of the Harvard Shoulder Service and the Harvard Shoulder Fellowship. He also founded and directed the Musculoskeletal Proteomics Research Group at Harvard.

Dr. Millett has authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, and 4 books on Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, and Shoulder Surgery. His academic work has been recognized with awards from many international societies. He has trained over 150 US and international orthopaedic surgeons, and he has been honored with an Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr. Millett is an inventor with over 90 US patents.

Dr. Millett received his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton (Pennsylvania), his medical degree from The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a master’s degree in science (M.Sc.) from Cambridge University in England. Dr. Millett performed his orthopaedic residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, part of the Cornell/Weill School of Medicine, and did his fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, USA.