Physician Profile

Bruce D. Browner, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Bruce Browner is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is an internationally renowned orthopaedic trauma surgeon with extensive experience in the treatment of complex fractures, nonunions, malunions and bone infections. Dr. Browner manages patients with very difficult and challenging problems who are referred by other orthopaedic surgeons from all parts of Connecticut and the northeast. Care is enhanced by a longstanding collaboration with Edward Pesanti, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist, who sees patients with him in the office every week.

Dr. Browner holds the Harry and Helen Gray and Harry Gossling Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery. He served as chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1992 until 2006. He is past president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and senior editor of Skeletal Trauma, a two volume fracture text that is read all over the world. A former member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, he now serves on its Council on Advocacy. He is a member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons and a member of its committee on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

Appointment

• Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center

Specialty

• Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty

• Orthopaedic Trauma

Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Education
M.D., State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
M.S. in Health Care Management: Harvard School of Public Health

State Licensure
Connecticut

Residency
Albany Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals

Fellowship
Shock-Trauma Research, Albany Medical College

Awards

• Greater Hartford’s Top Doctors/”Top Docs” 2005
• “Best Doctors in America” 1994 – 1998, 2004, 2005
• Top Doctors: The Nation’s Leading Medical Specialists 2003
• “Orthopaedist of the Year” Connecticut Orthopaedic Society 2003
• International Who’s Who of Professionals, 2000 Edition
• National Registry of Who’s Who, 1999 Edition

Selected Publications
Selected from a list of 48 papers, 18 book chapters, and 8 books.

“The Management of Complex Orthopaedic Injuries”. Alonso J.E., Lee J., Burgess A.R., Browner B.D. Surgical Clinics of North America. Vol.76:4, pp.879-903, 1996.

“Chronic Osteomyelitis: Results Obtained by an Integrated Team Approach to Management”. Salvana J., Rodner C.M., Browner B.D., Livingston K., Schreiber J., Pesanti E. Connecticut Medicine, 2005.

“Pelvic Ring Fractures”. Rodner C.M., Browner B.D. Acute Care Surgery, Chapter 31, 1st ed. Publication 2007.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Multidisciplinary treatment of chronic post-traumatic osteomyelitis, non-unions, and malunions.
• Bone morphegenetic proteins for bone grafting problem fractures.