Louisville Orthopedic Surgeon Philip T. Brown Dies at 79

Philip Thomas Browne, M.D., a well-known orthopedic surgeon in Louisville, Kentucky, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the age of 79.

He served the Louisville area community as a partner at Browne & Reichard, PSC, which eventually became Louisville Bone & Joint Specialists.

After he retired from his orthopedic surgery practice, Browne continued to serve as an attending surgeon at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Louisville for five years.

Browne earned his medical degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1969, and did his surgical internship at the University of Texas in San Antonio. He then served as a captain flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force between 1970 and 1972. He was stationed at the U.S. Air Force Survival School, Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington.

When his military service was over, he completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Louisville after which he was certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.

Browne was the firstborn child of Thomas P. Browne and Frances Leake Browne and the grandson of his namesake who immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland in 1907. He was the first in his family to be born in a hospital, go to college, and become a doctor.

He was born on December 31, 1943, and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended DeSales High School there. He then earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Brown was an avid reader and enjoyed playing tennis and traveling to Florida with his German Shepherds.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Jeane Browne-Self. He leaves behind his wife Brenda; his children, Chris Browne, Robin Browne, Tommy Browne, Cliff Dawson, and Lindsey Dawson; and his grandchildren, Eva Browne-Blandford, Stella Browne, Addie Brown, Duncan Browne, Kyndall Dawson, and Tripp Dawson. He will also be missed by his brother Rich and his wife Peggy and many nieces and nephews.