Rene Cailliet, M.D., (June 10, 1917 - March 14, 2015) was an American physician of French ancestry best known for a very popular series of books on

musculoskeletal The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system prov ...

medicine.

Personal life

Rene Cailliet was born in Philadelphia on June 10, 1917. He was the son of

Lucien Cailliet Lucien Cailliet (May 22, 1891 – January 3, 1985) was a French-American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist. Biography Cailliet was born in 1891 at Dampierre-sur-Moivre, in northern France. He studied at several French music conse ...

(May 27, 1897 – January 3, 1985), the French born American composer, conductor, arranger, clarinetist, and creator of music for films. After graduation from Medical School at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in 1943, he served in the U.S. Army during the

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. After the war he was one of the pioneering physicians who developed

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities. This can include conditions su ...

as a specialization.

Career

In 1953 he was one of the founding partners of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and practiced in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the

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Los Angeles and West Los Angeles Medical Centers.

Retirement

After his retirement in 1974, he served as a chairman of the Department of

at the

. He was in private practice at

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for several years and was an emeritus professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the

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at the time of his death. Cailliet resided near

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Selected works

*Whiplash-Associated Diseases. American Medical Association (2007) *The Illustrated Guide to Functional Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System. American Medical Association (2003) *Pain: Mechanisms and Management. F.A. Davis & Co (1993) *Knee Pain and Disability (Pain Series). F.A. Davis & Co (1992) *Shoulder Pain (Pain Series). F.A. Davis & Co (1991) *Neck and Arm Pain (Pain Series). F.A. Davis & Co (1991) *Soft Tissue Pain and Disability (Pain Series). F.A. Davis & Co (1988) *Low Back Syndrome. F.A. Davis & Co (1982) ASIN B000HF9AVI

References

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