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Dr. Catherine Riché is a board-certified Foot & Ankle Specialist serving patients at BROC’s Bluebonnet Campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. Riché earned her Doctor of Medicine from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, following her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, where she graduated summa cum laude in Chemistry and Philosophy. She completed her residency at Harvard’s Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in Boston, Massachusetts, and further specialized with a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at Baylor University Medical Center. With a focus on advanced surgical and non-surgical treatments for foot and ankle conditions, Dr. Riché is committed to improving her patients’ mobility and quality of life. She is also actively involved in research and education, contributing to the field of orthopaedics through various publications and presentations.


  • Bachelor of Science (Summa Cum Laude)
    Chemistry and Philosophy
    Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
  • Doctor of Medicine
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University (New York, NY)
  • Residency
    Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program ( Boston, MA)
  • Fellowship
    Foot and Ankle
    Baylor University Medical Center/Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas (Dallas, TX) 


  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Board Certified



  • “A Modified Peroneal Groove Deepening Technique: Clinical Results.” Presented at Foot and Ankle Society Summer Meeting (2007)
  • “Lateral Blade Plate for Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis.” in Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Wiesel SW (ed.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2010)
  • “Minimally invasive options for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.” Orthopedic Clinics of North America (2002); 33:431-438.
  • AFAR Summer Research Conference. “A Quality Control Study of Kyphoplasty procedures performed at the Hospital for Special Surgery.” New York (2000)


  • Clinical Research Award (2008)
  • AOA Honor Society (2003)
  • Max Kade Fellow (2003)
  • Award for Highest Achievement for a Woman in the Class of 2003 (2003)
  • American Federation for Aging Research Grant for Geriatric Research (2000)
  • Goethe Institute Book Award, Dartmouth College (1999)
  • Leon Burr Richardson Award for Chemistry, Dartmouth College (1999)
  • Howard Hughes Grant for Research in the Biological Sciences (1998-1999)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College


  • Foot and Ankle Service Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Clinical Research on a modified peroneal groove deepening procedure
  • Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, Clinical Research Assistant.
    Primary investigator in retrospective study of patients undergoing Kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fractures
  • Department of Organic Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Research Assistant.
  • Primary investigator in the synthesis of a novel oxysteriod to induce 7 a hydroxylase activity in vivo

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