Brett D. Owens, MDCOL(Ret) US Army Medical Corps is a Rhode Island native. Owens’ military career began at West Point (1994), where he graduated as a Distinguished Honor Graduate. He went directly to medical school at Georgetown University and stayed in DC to serve his internship as a Captain in the Medical Corps at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After his orthopedic residency, he served a series of assignments across the US including a tour as Chief of Orthopedics, 86th Combat Support Hospital (18th Airborne Corps) in Iraq. He co-edited the definitive text on the orthopedic experience in Iraq and Afghanistan: “Combat Orthopaedic Surgery: Lessons Learned in Iraq and Afghanistan” and the textbook “Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Military.” He served as the Chief of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at West Point, where he was fortunate to care for their Division 1 athletics teams.

He left active duty in 2015 and spent his last 4 years of service in the Rhode Island Army National Guard Medical Detachment, where he retired as a Colonel in 2019.Dr. Owens was recruited back to Rhode Island in 2015, where he remains today. He is a board-certified Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon who practices sports medicine at University Orthopedics, Inc. Dr. Owens is currently Professor and Vice-Chair, Chief of Sports Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Brown University Alpert Medical School. He is also currently a Team Physician for Brown University and the Providence Bruins and cares for numerous high schools. He was again named a Rhode Island “Top Doc” in 2025.

Above all of these accolades, he is proudest to be a husband to his amazing wife Julie and father to 4 superb children. He could not be happier or prouder to call Rhode Island his home.