Spine Universe Editorial Board

Doctor Courtney Brown is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Colorado. His active hospital affiliations include: Panorama Surgery Center, St. Anthony Hospitals, Lutheran Medical Center, Lakewood Surgical Center, Craig Hospital, Denver Health Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, and North Suburban Medical Center.

Dr. Brown earned a Medical Degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and surgeons. His Internship in surgery was at St. Luke's Hospital in New York. For his residency program Dr. Brown continued at St. Luke's Hospital as a Resident in General Surgery and then specifically in Orthopaedic Surgery. Following Dr. Brown's residencies, he served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force for two years, one of which he was stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam war.

As an active member of many professional societies, Dr. Brown has served as President of the Scoliosis Research Society. He is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Orthopaedic Research Education Foundation. Additionally, he has held leadership roles in the following societies: the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, NASS, Council of Spinal societies. He is also a member of the AOA, Western Orthopaedic Association, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association.

Furthering the medical knowledge of the orthopaedic specialty is an important part of Dr. Brown's career. His published materials include Editorship of a medical book, 24 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, 4 chapters published in medical texts, and development of various medical videos. Dr. Brown has also given presentations at professional medical conferences and meetings worldwide for nearly thirty years.

Dr. Brown has served for 25 years as the orthopaedic spine surgeon for the United States Ski team.
Courtney Brown, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.

SpineUniverse articles from Courtney Brown, MD

• Improved Techniques to Determine Pedicle Screw Placement Using Computed Tomography
  An exhibit from the 2002 SRS Annual Meeting designed to improve pedicle screw placement technique.
• Sacral Obliquity, A Poorly Understood Congenital Anomaly
  An abstract from the 2002 SRS Annual Meeting that attempts to establish sacral obliquity as a distinct abnormality, mostly congenital in origin and to demonstrate the method by which it is diagnosed.