PERSONAL INFORMATION
Business Address:Hand Surgery Associates, P.C.
601 E Hampden Ave, Suite 500
Englewood, Colorado 80113
(303) 744-7078
Home Address:Parker, CO 80134
Birth Date:August 13, 1961
Birthplace:Concord, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
Medical:Doctor of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
June 1987
Undergraduate:Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude Biochemistry
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
June 1983
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Hand Surgery Fellowship: Christine Kleinert Institute for
Hand and Microsurgery
Louisville, Kentucky
August 1992 – July 1993
Chief Orthopaedic Children’s Memorial Hospital
Surgery Resident: Chicago, Illinois
July 1991 – December 1991
VA Lakeside Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
January 1992 – June 1992
Orthopaedic Resident: Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
June 1988 – June 1992
General Surgery Northwestern University
Internship: Chicago, Illinois
June 1987 – 1988
PUBLICATIONS
Zavitsauas G., Watkins F., Britton EN, Somia N., Gupta A., Kleinert H: Distal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis Using Intra Medullary & Interosseous Fixation. Hand Surgery, Vol 4, No. 1, 51-55, July 1999
Britton EN, Kleinert JM: Acute Flexor Tendon Injury Repair and Rehabilitation; Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity. Vol. I. Ed, Peimer, McGraw-Hill, 1996
Mordick TG, Britton EN, Brantigan C. Pedicled Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for Immediate Soft-Tissue Coverage and Elbow Flexion. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 99:1742-1744, 1997
Britton EN, McCabe SJ: Replantation of the Hand and Wrist. Current Opinion on Orthopaedics, Volume 4, No. 4, August 1993
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Variation in Strategies to Achieve Successful Cord Release Following Collagenase Clostridium Histolytcum Injection for Dupuytren’s Contracture
Denkler K, Britton EN, Frazier J, Kutz J, Hotchkiss RN, Skodny P.
ASSH E-Poster #21, American Society for Surgery of the Hand 66th Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2011
PRESENTATIONS
“Evaluation & Upper Extremity Reconstruction for Functional Restoration in the Tetraplegic Patient.” Britton EN, Hamlin C, Hentz VR. Instructional Course Lecture, American Spinal Injury Association, 26th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 2000
“Epidemiology of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The Anatomy of a Small Area Variation.” Britton EN, McCabe SJ. Read at:
Rocky Mountain Chapter, Western Orthopaedic Association, Summer Meeting. Aspen, Colorado July 1994
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 48th Annual Meeting
11th Annual Residents and Fellow Conference
Kansas City, Missouri October 1993
“A Prospective Evaluation of Zone II Flexor Tendon Injuries after Early Postoperative Mobilization.” Britton EN, Chesher SP Kleinert JM. Read at:
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 48th Annual Meeting
Kansas City, Missouri October 1993
IX Annual Indianapolis-Louisville-Cincinnati Conference
Cincinnati, OhioMay 1993
“Flexor Tendon Repair – Development of Current Concepts.” Association of Hand Care Professionals, Annual Meeting
Denver, ColoradoSeptember 1997
“Upper Extremity Surgery in Cerebral Palsy”, XIX Annual Adaptation Symposium, The Children’s Hospital
Denver, ColoradoSeptember 20, 1997
“Vascular Disorders of the Hand; Peripheral Nerve Repair”, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Regional Review Course
Denver, ColoradoNovember 6-7, 1993
“Flexor Tendon Injuries; The Painful Upper Extremity.” ASSH Regional Review Course
Denver, Colorado1996
“Boutonniere Deformity”, “Flexor Tendon Repair: Development of Current Concepts” Clinical Fellows presentations, Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
Louisville, Kentucky2002
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Consultant Reviewer- The Journal of Hand Surgery: 2013 – Present
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Principal Investigator in “Collagenase Option for Reduction of Dupuytren’s (cord) I trial. Results published in New England Journal of Medicine, 2009; 361:968-979
Northwestern University (Illinois)
“Biomechanical Testing of a New Two Strand ‘Savage Type’ Flexor Tendon Repair Technique” Submitted for presentation – AAOS 1993
Ventura County Medical Center (California)
Medical Student Scholar Program – Summer 1984
Brookhaven National Laboratory (New York)
Research in molecular genetics and barteriophage cloning mechanisms under the direction of
F. William Studies, Ph.D.: 1981 – 1982
HONORS and AWARDS
Joseph H. Boyes Award, Outstanding Research Paper
ASSH 1993 Meeting
Kansas City, Missouri
Hampar Kelikian Research Fund 1992
Northwestern University
Magna Cum Laude
Graduate, Dartmouth College in Biochemistry
CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE
Medical Licenses:Colorado – 1993; #32471
Boards:National Board of Medical Examiners
Specialty Boards:American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery – 1997
Recertification ABOS – 2006
ABOS Certificate of Added Qualification in
Surgery of the Hand – 2006
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Western Orthopaedic Association
Rocky Mountain Hand Surgery Society (President 2009 – 2012)
Colorado Medical Society
Arapahoe Douglas Elbert County Medical Society
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Golf, Music, Cycling
References available upon request