Stephen T. Brown III, MD

Centura Health Chief Medical Executive

Stephen T. Brown III, MD, Chief Medical Executive (CME), began his career with the Centura Health network in 2000 when he joined St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs. With an impressive medical background as both a professional and educator, he assumed the role of CME in December of 2008.

His education includes a B.A. and M.D. from University of Missouri, Columbia, where he graduated with top honors. Dr. Brown completed his education at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is also board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and is a Clinical Hypertension Specialist. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a professor of clinical medicine at University of Colorado.

At Louisiana State University Medical Center, Dr. Brown served as Associate Professor of Medicine, and chief of the section of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplant Medicine.

In 1979, Dr. Brown was voted the outstanding clinical professor by two graduating classes and was the faculty councilor for their Alpha Omega Alpha chapter. He has served on many hospital committees and has memberships in countless professional and scientific societies. His work has been published in both articles and books with the list being virtually endless.

In 1988, Dr. Brown co-founded Southern Colorado Nephrology PC that developed a full spectrum of Nephrology services for Southern Colorado. The group now provides six dialysis facilities and outreach clinics to the Southern Colorado region. He continues to provide teaching for Southern Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center and is the Chief Medical Officer for St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center.