Department of Orthopaedics

E. Scott Paxton, MD, is a member of the Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He completed fellowship training in the treatment of problems of the shoulder and elbow at the prestigious Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Paxton graduated from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and trained as a resident in orthopaedic surgery at Washington University in St. Louis.

The typical problems that he evaluates and treats include rotator cuff tears and impingement, shoulder and elbow instability and dislocations, shoulder and elbow arthritis, shoulder fractures (humerus, glenoid, scapula, and clavicle), elbow fractures, malunions and nonunions of these fractures, tendon injuries of the shoulder and elbow, labral tears, throwing injuries and other sports injuries of the upper extremity.

In addition to treating patients, he is actively involved in research and the education of present and future orthopaedic surgeons, including medical students, residents, and fellows at the Department of Orthopaedics at Brown. He is also actively involved in research related to shoulder and elbow disorders and has presented and published many papers regarding disorders of the shoulder and elbow.