Located at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee, Dr. LaDouceur specializes in the shoulder and elbow, sports medicine, total hip, and total knee replacements. Dr. LaDouceur completed his medical degree in 1986 at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.

He worked as a family practitioner in the Army until he began his orthopaedic surgery residency in San Francisco. During his residency, Dr. LaDouceur trained under many outstanding specialists throughout the bay area. They included

• Dr. David Bradford, a world-renowned spine surgeon
• Dr. W. Dilworth Cannon, Jr., a noted sports medicine expert
• Dr. Stephen Skinner, an exceptional pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Shriner’s Hospital for Children.

For the three years following residency, Dr. LaDouceur was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, home of the First Infantry Division, where there was an enormous demand for sports medicine, trauma, and joint replacement care.

In 1996, Dr. LaDouceur established a practice in Kentucky where he performed the first total knee replacement in Grayson County. In 1999, Dr. LaDouceur and his family were recruited to the Nashville area and he began his practice at Summit Medical Center.