Christopher L. Brown, MN, FNP-BC 300 Boiter Road Duncan, SC 29334

EDUCATION:

Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC Course work towards Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) May 2011 - present

Touro University Henderson, NV Course work towards Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) July 2008 – February 2009

Clemson University Clemson, SC Certification as Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) May 1999

University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Master of Nursing (MN) December 1990

University of South Carolina, Spartanburg Spartanburg, SC Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) May 1988 Associate of Science, Nursing (ADN) May 1983

EMPLOYMENT:

Mary Black Hospital System On site NP program Family Nurse Practitioner April 2009-present Carolina’s Center for Behavioral Health Greer, SC Nurse Practitioner February 2009 – present (PRN position)

MinuteClinic Las Vegas, NV Family Nurse Practitioner/Operations manager August 2006-February 2009

Southwest Medical Associates Las Vegas, NV Nurse Practitioner-Rheumatology April 2005-August 2007

SRHS Family Neurology Spartanburg, SC Family Nurse Practitioner January 2004-April 2005

Carolina’s Center for Behavioral Health Greer, SC Registered Nurse May 2003-April 2005 (PRN supervisor role)

Carolinas Center for Advanced Management of Pain Spartanburg and Greenville, SC Nurse Practitioner February 2000-October 2003

Advanced Medical Associates Union, SC Family Nurse Practitioner July, 1999-December 2000

Greenville Hospital System Greenville, SC Charge Nurse-ICU/COU April, 1995-December, 1999

D.H.E.C. Spartanburg, SC Home Health Nurse September, 1993-January, 1995 Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center Brunswick, GA Assistant VP, Nursing August, 1992-April, 1993

Mary Black Memorial Hospital Spartanburg, SC Nurse Manager PCCU June, 1988-August, 1992

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Spartanburg, SC Charge Nurse PACU and ICU February, 1984-June, 1988

Cherokee Memorial Hospital Gaffney, SC Charge Nurse Pediatrics June, 1983-February, 1984

AWARDS and ACTIVITIES:

Member SC Nurse’s Association Member American Nurse’s Association Member of Upstate Nurse Practitioner’s Association Member American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification as Family Nurse Practitioner Current SC unencumbered licensure Current DEA and NPI “Rookie of the year” award for excellence in customer service - 2005

PUBLICATIONS:

Relative Misuse Potential of Different Opioids: A Large Pain Clinic Experience (Poster). 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, American Pain Society, November 2-5, 2000.

Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal Opioid/Bupivicaine Mixture in Chronic Nonmalignant Pain: A Double Blind Randomized, Crossover, Multicenter Study by the National Forum of Independent Pain Clinicians (NFIPC). Neuromodulation, Vol. 5, Number 4, October 2002; pgs. 208-213.

A New Technique of “Midline Anchoring” in Spinal Cord Stimulation Dramatically Reduces Lead Migration. Neuromodulation, Vol. 7, Number 1, November 2004; pgs. 32- 37.

REFERENCES: Available upon request