Christopher R. Chuinard MD, MPH
Curriculum Vitae
Office Address:
4045 W. Royal Drive
Traverse City, MI
49684
Telephone #
Cell: (231) 313-0847
Office: (231) 935-0900
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 10/14/1972
Place of Birth: Woodland, CA
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Medical Education
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Doctor of Medicine, May 1999
Student Activities—Chairperson, Computers in Medicine Task Force, LSUMC
Editor—“Breakfast with Beau” Internal Medicine Web Page, LSUMC
Masters Education
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, Masters of Public Health, May 1999
Internship & Residency
Louisiana State University Department of General Surgery Internship July 1999-June 2000
University of Missouri at Kansas City Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency July 2000- June 2005
Worked with team physicians to Kansas City Chiefs and Royals
Licensure
United States Medical Licensing Exam: Steps 1, 2, and 3—passed
Louisiana Temporary License 1999-2000
Missouri License 2000-2005
Kansas License 2004
Michigan License 2006
Fellowships
Shoulder and Elbow Reconstruction and Sports Medicine, University of Nice, Department of Orthopaedics and Sport Traumatology, Nice, France under Prof. Pascal Boileau, July 2005- June 2006
Visiting Fellowship Shoulder Surgery, Paracelsus Private Medical University, under Prof. Herbert Resch, Salzburg, Austria, November, 2005
Visiting Fellowship Shoulder Surgery, Bogenhausen Clinic, under Dr. Ludwig Seebauer, Munich, Germany, January, 2006
Visiting Fellowship Shoulder Surgery, Carrell Clinic, Dallas, TX, under Wayne “Buzz” Burkhead and Sumant “Butch” Krishnan, July, 2006
Elbow Surgery Visiting Clinician, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, under Dr. Bernard Morrey and Sean O’Driscoll, August-September, 2006
Professional Organizations
Member American Medical Association
Candidate Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Emerging Leader Program, American Orthopaedic Association
Michigan Orthopaedic Society
Association of Clinical Elbow and Shoulder Surgeons (ACESS group)
Mid America Orthopaedic Association
Community Activities
Member of the Medical Advisory Program Munson Medical Center
Chair of Center of Excellence Development Committee for Shoulder Surgery
Team Physician
Head Team Physician to Traverse City Wolves NAFL Football Team
Assistant Team Physician to the Traverse City Beach Bums Baseball Team
Assistant Team Physician to the NHL/Red Wings Traverse City, MI
Awards
Summer Research Fellowship Grant
Louisiana State University, 1996
16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference Student Award
Mississippi State University, Biloxi, MS, April 1997
Interlocutor in Vice President Al Gore’s Address on Telemedicine
LSUMC, October 1997
Participant in the Toward an Electronic Patient Record Conference Opening Ceremony, San Antonio, TX, May 1998
AO Resident Course Grant, March 2001
Resident Liaison to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2003, 2004
1st Place Residents’ Competition Enneking 40th Annual Musculoskeletal Pathology Course, 2003
1st Place for Fracture Fixation Residents’ Trauma Course, Chicago, 2003
Resident Leadership Fellow of the American Orthopaedic Association 2004
Presentations
“Elongation Patterns of the Collateral Ligaments of the Human Knee,” poster presentation 16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Biloxi, MS, April 1997
“Computerized Medical History Taking in a Charity Hospital Clinic,” TEPR Convention, San Antonio, TX, May 1998
“Contribution of the Perichondral Ring to Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Torsion” Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Banff, Canada, October 2004
“Normal Findings in Shoulder Arthroscopy,” Nice Shoulder Course, Nice, France, June 2006
“Humeral Problems in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty,” Nice Shoulder Course, Nice, France, June 2006
“The ILER Shoulder,” poster presentation AOA meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 2006
“Complications of Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humerus Fracture: 2-10 Year Results,” ASES specialty day AAOS meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2007
“Arthroscopic Biceps Tenotomy and Tenodesis Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears,” AANA annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2007
“Arthroscopic Revision of Failed Open Anterior Stabilization of the Shoulder,” AOSSM annual meeting, Calgary, CA, July, 2007
“Humeral Problems in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty,” ICSS meeting, Salvador, Brazil September, 2007
“A Survivorship of Unlinked and Linked Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis: a comparative study,” ICSS meeting, Salvador, Brazil September, 2007
“Infections in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty,” ASES specialty day AAOS meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2008—Nominated for the Neer Award
“Humeral Problems in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty,” poster presentation AAOS meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2008
“Treatment of Terrible Triad Injuries with a Novel Technique,” poster presentation AAOS meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2008
“Humeral Problems in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty,” ASES Biennial Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 2008
“Fracture Sequelae,” Nice Shoulder Meeting, Nice, France, May, 2008
“Humeral Problems in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty,” Michigan Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Mackinac Island, June, 2008
“Treatment of Terrible Triad Injuries with a Novel Technique,” poster presentation Michigan Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Mackinac Island, June, 2008
“Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Indications and Results of the French Multicenter Study,” Michigan Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Mackinac Island, June, 2008
“Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty with Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major Transfer:
Restoration of External Rotation and Foward Flexion,” Michigan Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Mackinac Island, June, 2008
“Arthroscopic Biceps Tenotomy And Tenodesis For Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears,” Michigan Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Mackinac Island, June, 2008
“Anterior Shoulder Instability: Diagnosis and Arthroscopic Treatment,” 11th National Arthroscopic Technique and Progress Symposium/ 2nd Chinese Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Conference, Beijing, China, September, 2008
“Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty with L’Epsicopo Transfer for Combined Deficit of Forward Flexion and External Rotation,” Invited faculty for Grand Rapids Grand Rounds, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September, 2008
“Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for Fracture,” Tornier Masters Shoulder Course, Chicago, Illinois, September, 2008
“Arthroscopic Suprascapular Nerve Release,” ACESS Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October, 2008
Course Instructor
Aequalis Fracture Prosthesis and Aequalis Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Nice Shoulder Course. Nice, France, 2006
Aequalis Fracture Prosthesis and Aequalis Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Nice Shoulder Course. Nice, France, 2008
Shoulder Instability Beijing Hospital #3, Invited Faculty, Beijing, China, September, 2008
Tornier Masters Shoulder Course; Invited Faculty, Chicago, September, 2008
Videos
Narrator Tornier Aequalis Anatomic and Reverse Prosthesis Technique and Rehabilitation (English language for Europe and Asia)
Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humerus Fractures for AAOS ICL #56
Arthroscopic Biceps Tenodesis with an Interference Screw for Abrams and Bell: Shoulder Arthroscopy
Glenoid Exposure for Reverse Shoulder Arthoplasty: Technique for Tornier USA
Publications
Journal Articles:
Harfe D, Chuinard C, Espinoza L, Thomas K, Solomonow M. Elongation pattern of the human collateral ligaments. Clin Biomech. 1998;13:163-75.
Dugaw JE Jr, Civello K, Chuinard C, Jones GN. Will patients use a computer to give a medical history? J Fam Pract. 2000;49:921-3.
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Le Huec JC, Walch G,Trojani C. Proximal humerus fracture sequelae: impact of a new radiographic classification on arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;442:121-30.
Boileau P, Sinnerton RJ ,Chuinard C ,Walch G. Arthroplasty of the shoulder. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006 May;88(5):562-75.
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Brassart N, Trojani C. The Tension Band Suture Technique for Rotator Cuff Repair. Techniques in Shoulder Elbow Surg. 8(1):47-52, March 2007
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Trojani C. Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major Transfer with Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for a Combined Loss of Elevation and External Rotation. Techniques in Shoulder Elbow Surg, 8(1):13-22, March 2007
Boileau P, Chuinard C. Arthroscopic Biceps Tenotomy: Technique and Results. Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine. 2007; 15(1):35-44
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Balg F, Trojani C. Latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer through a single delto-pectoral approach for loss of active external rotation: As an isolated procedure or with a reverse arthroplasty Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Volume 16, Issue 2, March-April 2007, Page e34 (Abstract)
Boileau P, Richou J, Gonzalez JF, Bicknell R, Neyton L, Jacquot N, Chuinard C. Arthroscopic revision of failed open anterior stabilization of the shoulder. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Volume 16, Issue 2, March-April 2007, Page e66 (Abstract)
Boileau P, Baqué F, Valerio L, Ahrens P, Chuinard C, Trojani C. Arthroscopic Biceps Tenotomy and Tenodesis for Massive Rotator Cuff Tear. Isolated arthroscopic biceps tenotomy or tenodesis improves symptoms in patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Apr;89(4):747-57.
Boileau P, Bicknell RT, El Fegoun AB, Chuinard C. Arthroscopic Bristow procedure for anterior instability in shoulders with a stretched or deficient capsule: the "belt-and-suspenders" operative technique and preliminary results. Arthroscopy. 2007 Jun;23(6):593-601.
Chuinard C. “Arthroscopic Biceps Tenotomy and Tenodesis Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears,” Orthopaedics Today, July, 2007
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Roussanne Y, Neyton L, Trojani C. Modified latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer through a single delto-pectoral approach for external rotation deficit of the shoulder: as an isolated procedure or with a reverse arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2007 Nov-Dec;16(6):671-82.
Boileau P, Roussanne Y, Chuinard C, Balg F, Trojani C. Prothèse d’épaule inversée associée à un transfert du grand dorsal et du grand rond par voie deltopectorale unique : une nouvelle technique combinée pour un problème d’épaule non résolu. Rev Chi Orthop, 2007, 93 (suppl au n°7), 4S65.
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Roussanne Y, Bicknell RT, Rochet N, Trojani C. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Combined with a Modified Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major Tendon Transfer for Shoulder Pseudoparalysis Associated with Dropping Arm. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Mar;466(3):584-93. Epub 2008 Jan 25.
Chuinard C. The Stiff Elbow. Current Orthopeadic Practice (formerly Current Opinions in Orthopaedics). Pub November, 2008.
Book Chapters:
Gonzales JF, Chuinard C, Boileau P. Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty after Failed Rotator Cuff Surgery. In: Walch G, Boileau P, Molé D, Favard L, Lévigne C, Sirveaux F, eds. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:133-148.
Chuinard C, Trojani C, Brassart N, Boileau P. Humeral problems in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. In: Walch G, Boileau P, Molé D, Favard L, Lévigne C, Sirveaux F, eds. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:275-288.
Jacquot N, Chuinard C, Boileau P. Results of deep infection after shoulder arthroplasty. In: Walch G, Boileau P, Molé D, Favard L, Lévigne C, Sirveaux F, eds. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:303-314.
Chuinard C, Coste JS, Trojani C, Boileau P. Normal findings in arthroscopy.
In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:15-25.
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Bicknell R. Arthroscopic stabilization of the shoulder: tips and tricks. In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:70-85.
Boileau P, Pelegri C, Neyton L, Chuinard C, Coste JS. Degenerative
deep partial supraspinatus tears heal after excision-reinsertion of the tendon. In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:177-192.
Trojani C, Brassart N, Baring T, Chuinard C, Boileau P. Arthroscopic cuff repair. The benefits of surgery. Predictive healing factors. In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:266-280.
Boileau P, Chuinard C, Trojani C. Modified latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer for external rotation deficit of the shoulder: as an isolated procedure or with a reverse arthroplasty. In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:335-346.
Boileau P, Baque F, Trojani C, Ahrens P, Chuinard C, Hatzidakis A. Arthroscopic biceps tenotomy and tenodesis for massive irreparable tears of the rotator cuff. In: Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:352-370.
Sperling JW, Cuomo F, Hill JD, Hertel R, Chuinard C, Boileau P. The difficult proximal humerus fracture: tips and techniques to avoid complications and improve results. Instructional Course Lecture. 2007;56:45-57. Rosemount, IL.
Boileau P, Chuinard C. Arthroscopic Biceps Tenodesis with an Interference Screw. In Abrams and Bell: Shoulder Arthroscopy. Springer.
Chuinard C. Fracture Sequellae Revisited. Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2008. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006:352-370.Nice Shoulder Course 2008.
Boileau P, Chuinard C. Rationale and Biomechanics of the Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: The French Experience. In Frankle, ed.: The Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulder. Theime Medical Publishing.
In Press
Book Chapters:
Chuinard, C. Arthorscopic Biceps Tenodesis. In Andrew and David: An Illustrated Guide to Shoulder Arthroscopy. Slack Publishing
Journal Articles:
Ahrens P, Boileau P, Chuinard C. Posterior Dislocation of the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon: A report of 2 cases. Submitted for publication.
Boileau P, Lafosse L, Chuinard C, Jacquot N, Hovorka I. Labral and Capsulo-ligamentous Lesions in Recurrent Traumatic Anterior Instability of the Shoulder. Submitted to Arthroscopy.
Boileau P, Trojani C, Chuinard C. Complications of Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humerus Fracture: 2-10 year follow-up. Submitted to JBJS Am.
Sebastian Parratte MD, Chris Chuinard MD, Ryan Bicknell MD MSc FRCSC, Nicolas Jacquot MD, Christophe Trojani MD, Pascal Boileau MD. Arthroscopic Treatment of Type II SLAP Lesions: Biceps Tenodesis as an Alternative to Reinsertion .
Editor
Articles:
Boileau P, Watkinson D, Hatzidakis A. The Delta Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis
Complications and Results.
Boileau P, Watkinson D. Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Cuff Tear Arthritis. Instructional Course Lectures.
Boileau P, Villalba M, Hery JY, Balg F, Ahrens P, Neyton L. Risk Factors for Recurrence of Shoulder Instability.
Book Co-ordinator/Editor:
Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006.
Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty Current Concepts 2006. Montpellier, France: Sauramps Medical; 2006.
Other Research
Chuinard C, Chuinard R, Solomonow M, Wink C. Mechanoreceptors in the vinculae and digital ligaments on the human hand.
Satterlee C, Chuinard C. Resection arthroplasty utilizing prosthetic humeral osteotomy: technique and seven cases.
Chuinard C, Boileau P. Clavicle osteosynthesis with and intrameduallary Herbert screw.
Boileau P, Richou J, Gonzalez JF, Bicknell R, Neyton L, Jacquot N, Chuinard C. Arthroscopic Revision of Failed Open Anterior Stabilization of the Shoulder. Presented at the 2006 ASES Closed Meeting, Chicago, Il
Levy JC, Loeb MD, Morrey BF, Chuinard C, Adams R. Implications on Revision Survivorship after Primary Linked versus Unlinked Total Elbow Arthroplasty
Loeb MD, Levy JC, Morrey BF, Chuinard C, Adams R A Survivorship of Unlinked and Linked Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis: a comparative study
Levy JC, Loeb MD, Morrey BF, Chuinard C, Adams R Incidence of Heterotopic Bone Formation following Total Elbow Arthroplasty
Continuing Education
Problem Based Learning Program, LSUMC, Spring 1996
Conversational Spanish, Delgado Community College, Spring 1996
Keeping Pace with Health Care, University of New Orleans Business Series, November 1997
Medical Spanish and International Health, USC Department of Family Medicine and University of Xochicalco, Ensenada, Mexico, July 1998
AO Basics of Fracture Principles, Portland, OR, March, 2001
Dallas Short Course on Orthotics and Prosthetics, Dallas, TX, October 2001
AO Hand and Wrist Course Miami, FL, May 2002
Chicago Trauma Symposium, July 2002
Enneking 40th Annual Musculoskeletal Pathology Course, FL