Dr. Courtney W. Brown, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

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Dr. Brown practices Orthopedic Surgery in Golden, Colorado.

Physician Profile for Dr. Courtney W. Brown, MD

Address:: 660 Golden Ridge Road Suite 250; Golden, CO 80401

Personal Facts

Personal Facts:: Accepting New Patients: Yes; Gender unknown; Years Since Graduation: 47; Practice Member Since: 1970.; Professional Status:
Private Practice - Group/partnership,
: HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
Committees:: Rehabilitation Committee, 1981-89; Board of Councilors Communications Committee, 1998-2004; Subcommittee on Adult Spine Evaluation, 1996-2000; Scoliosis Research Society, 1992-2000, Board of Director; Scoliosis Research Society, 1993-1997, Treasurer; Scoliosis Research Society, 1998-1999, President; Instrumentation Committee, Chair; Council of Spinal Societies, Secretary; Council of Spinal Societies, Chairman; Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Audio Visual Committee, Historian; NASS, Managed Care Committe, Chair; Planning and Development Committee, Western Orthopaedic Association, Chair; Turkish Spine Society
Publications:: 1998, Thoracoscopic Anterior Spinal Procedures in Children, Pediatric Surgery; 1998, Anterior Thorascopic and Posterior Hemivertebral Resection for Congenital Scoliosis, Spine: State of the Art Reviews; 1997, Return to Noncontact Sports after Spinal Injury, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review; 1996, Functional Outcome of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Managed with Hyperextension Casting or Bracing and Early Mobilization, Spine; 1996, The Biomechanics of Transpedicular Fixation, Spinal Biomechanics II
Physician Treats:: Degenerative disc disease, Fractures, Herniated discs, Neck pain, Spina bifida, Spinal stenosis, Spine (Back Or Lumbar) Pain, Spine (Back) Diseases & Disorders, Spine dislocations & fractures
Physician Performs:: Spine (Back) & Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion), Decompression, Kyphoplasty - vertebral augmentation, Microdiscectomy
Foreign Languages Spoken:: Spanish

Patient / Medical Philosophy: To practice high quality orthopedic care for my patients. The philosophy is the patient drives the practice. The employees are team members who are mutually accountable and pursue our goal of high quality care in a team approach.

Experience / Training

Specialty:: Orthopedic Surgery; (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Courtney W. Brown, MD is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery); A self-designated specialty or practice area is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, ABMS Board Certification or special training and competence.

Medical School:: Columbia P&s
New York, NY 1962
Internship:: St Lukes Hospital
Newburgh, NY
Residency:: St Lukes Hospital
Newburgh, NY
Positions:: Denver Genl Hospital; University Colo Health Scis Center
Undergraduate School:: Columbia University
New York, NY
Professional Status:: Private Practice - Group/partnership

Procedure

Procedure	Number per Year (Approximate)
Spine (Back) & Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion)	90
Decompression	27
Kyphoplasty - vertebral augmentation	13
Microdiscectomy	13

Health Plan / Other

Physicians that Share Call:: Douglas Straehley, Walter Robinson, Mark Conklin, James Johnson, Christopher Hirose, Douglas Wong, Douglas Foulk, Mark Mills, Thomas Friermood, Michael Morley, Amit Agarwala, Christopher Brian, Thomas Puschak, Peter Lammens, Patrick Mcnair, Eric Stahl, Bharat Desai, Mitchell Seemann, and Charles Gottlob.

Disciplinary Actions: HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Courtney W. Brown, MD as of 07/11/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.

Malpractice History: HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for Dr. Courtney W. Brown, MD in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, or West Virginia. Learn More

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