Bio
Dr Caissie is a Maxillofacial Surgeon, a clinical lecturer at University de Montreal and the former Chief of Maxillofacial Surgery at Montreal’s HSC and lecturer at McGill University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College in his specialty and a Canadian National Board Examiner.
Dr Caissie founded multiple businesses in the healthcare sector. These ventures include Medesync EMR, a web-based, modern electronic medical records solution for physicians. Medesync was acquired in 2015 by Telus Health, the medical technology subsidiary of Telus Corporation, one of Canada’s largest national telecommunications companies.
In 2008, Dr. Caissie founded the Greater Montreal Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, a group of surgery specialty centers offering ear, nose and throat (ENT), neurology, dentistry and maxillofacial surgery services. Dr. Caissie led the growth of this business until its 2019 acquisition.
Dr. Caissie also co-founded and served as CEO at vaccination and immunization health services provider Summit Travel Health, with 12 locations in Eastern Canada and an expansion underway in the rest of the country.
In 2017, Dr. Caissie co-founded Dorma Lab sleep services. The business is being scaled across Canada via a strategic partnership that includes the creation of an online patient-doctor portal.
In 2020, as co-founder of Dorma Filtration and in response to the PPE needs of his fellow healthcare workers in the age of the coronavirus, Dr. Caissie co-designed a powered Full Head Protective Hood, including an air-purifying respirator, now being manufactured and distributed by CCM Hockey.
He then proceeded to co-design the environmentally friendly, customizable and reusable Dorma N95 Mask to help medical institutions across North America facing N95 shortages.
In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, and his medical practice and teaching, Dr. Caissie has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in the fields of nerve regeneration and clinical maxillofacial surgery.
Personal Interests
Ironman 70.3 and/or 140.6 triathlon finisher. Qualifications to world championships in 2015 and 2018 and 2019.
Competitive offshore sailing: Completed the “Quebec/St-Malo Trans-Oceanic Transat” in 2014.
Qualified pilot on Cirrus SR22 Turbo
