Rick Brown graduated from the University of Cambridge and King's College Hospital, London, before completing orthopaedic training on the Middlesex and Stanmore Rotation, London and then fellowships in Sydney and Harvard, USA.

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After appointment as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 2004, he established the new Foot and Ankle service in Cheltenham and ran a regional paediatric foot clinic at Bristol Children's Hospital.

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His interest in education led to serving two terns on the BOFAS Education committee, where he is now Chairman.

He is a Lead Examiner for the FRCS (Tr&Orth). In 2016 he was appointed as a consultant in the Foot and Ankle team at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, where his practice covers all areas of foot and ankle surgery including sports injuries, neurological conditions, complex forefoot pathology, arthritis and young adult problems.