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 Dr. Peter Millett is a Partner at the internationally renown Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado.
Consistently selected as one of the Best Doctors in America, Dr. Millett specializes in disorders of the shoulder, knee, and elbow as well as all sports-related
injuries. He uses advanced open and arthroscopic surgical techniques to restore damaged joints, ligaments, and bones. A focus of his is advanced shoulder arthroscopy
and the treatment of athletes with shoulder injuries. He also has expertise in complex and revision shoulder surgery. Prior to coming to Vail, he held a faculty
appointment at Harvard Medical School and was formerly Co-Director of the Harvard Shoulder Service and the Harvard Shoulder Fellowship. While in Boston, he also
founded and directed the Musculoskeletal Proteomics Research Group at Harvard, where his team discovered and patented the protein profile for osteoarthritis. His
clinical practice in Boston was based at the prestigious Brigham & Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed, scientific
articles, numerous book chapters, and 2 books on Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, and Shoulder Surgery. His academic work has been recognized with awards from several
international societies. Dr. Millett also serves as a shoulder and sports medicine consultant to the country of Bermuda and has treated elite athletes from the NFL,
NBA, MLB, X-Games, and the Olympics. Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Millett is also a member of numerous academic societies
including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Orthopaedic
Research Society, the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Dr. Millett is also affiliated with the United States Ski and Snowboard Association and has served as a team physician for the U.S. Ski Team and a consultant to the
Montreal Canadiens, professional hockey club. A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Millett received his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton and his medical
degree from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. He also studied as a research scholar at the University of Cambridge in England, where he was awarded
a masters degree in science (M.Sc.) for his work in skeletal biology.
Dr. Millett performed his orthopaedic residency training at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, part of Cornell University's Medical School and the
oldest and most prestigious orthopaedic residency program in the country. While there, he twice received the Lewis Clark Wagner Award for excellence in orthopaedic
research as well as the American Orthopaedic Association Zimmer Travel Award, a national award for orthopaedic research. Dr. Millett earned additional subspecialty,
fellowship training in sports medicine, knee and shoulder surgery with Drs. Richard Steadman and Richard Hawkins in the coveted Steadman Hawkins Sports Medicine
Fellowship in Vail, Colorado. As a fellow, he also served as an associate physician for the Denver Broncos professional football team, the Colorado Rockies Major
League Baseball team, and the U.S. Ski Team.
Specialty
Shoulder, knee, and elbow surgery
Sports medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Faculty Positions
2005 - Associate Surgeon and Partner, Steadman Hawkins Clinic
2010-present - Board Member and Scientific Advisory Board, Steadman Philippon Research Institute
2006-2009 Board Member and Scientific Advisory Board, Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation
2000-2005 Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
1995-2000 Instructor, Weill Medical School of Cornell University
Board Certification
Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School
Graduate School
University of Cambridge, England (MSc in skeletal biology)
Thesis on cytokine regulation and differentiation of osteoblasts and their role in pathologic bone resorption
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery (Cornell University Weill School of Medicine)
(New York Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Fellowship
Sports Medicine, Knee, Shoulder, and Elbow surgery, Steadman Hawkins Clinic
Professional Memberships
American Shoulder and Elbow Society
Rocky Mountain Shoulder and Elbow Society, Founding Member
American Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Orthopaedic Research Society
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Arthroscopy Association of North America
New England Shoulder and Elbow Society, Founding Member
Honors / Awards
2009 - Finalist Caboud Award, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
2008 Guest Shoulder Surgeon, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2006-present Best Doctors in America
2004-present Castle Connelly's List of America's Top Doctors
2005 George J. Davies John A. Gould Award for Excellence in Clinical Inquiry from the Journal of Orthopaedic Sports and Physical Therapy
2005 Best scientific exhibit American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2005 Guest surgeon German Shoulder and Elbow Society live arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Guest surgeon Shoulder consultant to country of Bermuda
2005 Caspari Award, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
2005 Finalist Neer Award, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
2004 Kilfoyle Award, New England Orthopaedic Society
2004 Finalist - Neer Award, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
2000 Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
1999 Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
1999 American Orthopaedic Association-Zimmer National Orthopaedic Residents' Travel Award
1996 Surgical 'Intern of the Year' Award
1995 Dartmouth-Mosenthal Surgical Scholar, Founding Member
1993 Dartmouth Medical School Research Scholar
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