James A. Browne MD

Dr. James Browne is the Alfred R. Shands Associate Professor in the Adult Reconstruction Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia. He serves as the Vice-Chair of Clinical Operations and Division Head of Adult Reconstruction. Dr. Browne is also the physician co-lead of the Musculoskeletal Service Line.

He was born and raised in Canada and moved to Virginia to pursue his education at Washington and Lee University where he captained the Men’s Swim Team before graduating Summa Cum Laude. Dr. Browne completed medical school at Johns Hopkins University, residency in Orthopaedic surgery at Duke University, and fellowship in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at the Mayo Clinic where he was honored with the Mark B. Coventry Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Award.

Dr. Browne’s clinical interests and expertise include complex primary and revision hip and knee and he received the UVA Dean’s Clinical Excellence Award in 2014. Along with his clinical interests, he is actively involved with research encompassing all aspects of hip and knee replacement and has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Browne has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on topics related to joint replacement. He was awarded the Knee Society John Insall Award in 2014 for his research examining obesity and outcomes following total knee arthroplasty. Dr. Browne holds several national leadership roles including Associate Editor of the Journal of Arthroplasty and Member of the Steering Committee of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR). He has served as the Editor of the AJRR Annual Report for the past two years. Dr. Browne has also recently taken over as chair of the Miller Review Course. He is a member of both the Knee Society and Hip Society.