Peter Brownson MB CHB, MD

Peter Brownson studied medicine at Liverpool University and qualified as a doctor in 1986. He was elected a ‘Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’ in 1991, after which he undertook a period of orthopaedic research at Nottingham University. This research involved impact biomechanics as applied to aircraft passenger safety. It culminated in the submission of his doctoral thesis and the award of an MD. The research also resulted in him being awarded an Honorarium in the Syme Professorship at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the crash brace position proposed, was subsequently, adopted by the Civil Aviation Authority, for use on all passenger aircraft.
Mr Brownson continued his orthopedic training in Nottingham, during which time he acquired extensive experience in trauma surgery working at the Queens Medical Centre (one of the busiest trauma hospitals in Europe with a worldwide reputation as a Centre of Excellence for trauma). At the end of his training, he developed a particular interest in shoulder and elbow surgery and in order to develop his skills in this area, he obtained an appointment as the Shoulder Fellow in the Nottingham Shoulder and Elbow Unit. The Unit is run under the direction of Professor WA Wallace and during this time he acquired specialist experience in all aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery.