James T. Caillouette MD

Dr. Caillouette is the Joan and Andy Fimiano Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery for Hoag Memorial Hospital. He is Chairman of Newport Orthopedic Institute; a 30-physician group based in Newport Beach, California. He has numerous publications in the orthopedic literature. He is currently focused on healthcare economics and reform, along with the design of next-generation medical devices.

In addition to health care, Dr. Caillouette has a passion for education. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a major in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, he has served as a Trustee at the primary, high school, and college levels. He was a founder of Sage Hill School, Orange County’s first independent non-denominational high school, and served as founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the first ten years of the institution. He was honored by the board of Sage Hill in 2020 with the Douglas Neff Award. He has been recognized by the California Orthopedic Association with The Founder’s Award for innovation in healthcare delivery and was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award by Trinity College in 2014. In 2015, he was honored as the Joan and Andy Fimiano Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at Hoag Hospital-Hoag’s first endowed chair in Orthopedic Surgery. He was named the founding President of The Hoag Clinic in 2019.