University of New England

Portland orthopaedic physician named medical director of Athletic Training Education Program

Douglas W. Brown, M.D., of Portland has been named the new medical director for the University of New England’s Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) in UNE’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Brown is the senior founding partner of Orthopaedic Associates of Portland.

UNE’s ATEP is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and is required to have physician input into the design and implementation of its curriculum.

Since 2003, Dr. Brown has been a clinical preceptor for UNE athletic training students. ATEP Director Wayne Lamarre noted that, “Dr. Brown’s passion for sports medicine and his history of close working relationships with athletic trainers made him the perfect candidate for this important position. We are incredibly lucky to have a physician with his reputation and enthusiasm assisting us in providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date didactic and clinical education possible for our students.” 

A native of Waterville, Dr. Brown graduated from Bowdoin College (1968) and earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine (1972). After a surgical internship in Rochester, NY, and orthopaedic residency at UVM, he completed fellowships in sports medicine both at UVM and the Sports Medicine Clinic in Atlanta. 

Prior to moving to Portland in 1980, Dr. Brown served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and as team physician at the U.S. Naval Academy. He was also orthopaedic surgeon at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis.

In the field of sports medicine, Dr. Brown has been the team physician for Portland High School since 1980, for the U.S. Olympic Committee and for U.S. Soccer.  For more than 15 years he has traveled to 24 countries to cover over 40 international soccer matches, including the (Men’s) World Cup in Italy in1990.  In 1993 he was appointed the Women’s National Team head team physician, and he has covered numerous international matches with that team, including two World Cups (Sweden ’85 - Bronze Medal and USA ’99 - Gold Medal). 
 
He has also been a member of the U.S. Soccer Medical Committee since 1988. In 2002 he helped organize and develop the first-ever International Soccer Sports Medicine symposium jointly sponsored by FIFA, U.S. Soccer, and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). 

Dr Brown has been an active member of AOSSM since 1981, and has served on the board of directors (’89-’01), as treasurer (’92-’96), and as president (’98-’99).  Since 2001, he has also been a member of the board of trustees and treasurer of the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Since 1985, Dr. Brown has also been a member of the Herodicus Society, an international sports medicine research organization, and was president in 1998.

His research interests have included post-operative pain management and ACL reconstruction, and he has published articles and presented papers in these areas nationally and internationally.  Dr. Brown has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons since 1979 and a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) since 1982.

(Press release issued Jan. 18, 2006)