Brent Carlson, MD

Dr. Brent Carlson is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in hip, knee, and shoulder surgery. His areas of expertise include arthroscopic surgery of the hip and total hip replacement, arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and various shoulder replacements, as well as knee arthroscopy and knee replacement.

Dr. Carlson was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he graduated high school as valedictorian. He attended St. Olaf College and graduated summa-cum-laude. While at St. Olaf, he competed in Division 1 Nordic Skiing, becoming an Academic All-American. He then went on to medical school at the University of Minnesota. While in medical school, he continued skiing, competing in the Norwegian Skarveremet and the American Birkebeiner, where he scored as high as 3rd overall in the classic race.

Dr. Carlson was granted a scholarship to train with Drs at the end of his medical school training. Leiv Hove and Ove Furnes in orthopedics at the Universitetsykehus in Bergen, Norway. He completed his orthopedic training at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, which was, at the time, the busiest orthopedic trauma center in the state of New York.

Dr. Carlson is a Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine partner based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He joined the group in 2010. He regularly sees patients at his offices in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls and Stanley and Hayward, Wisconsin. He is a physician owner of OakLeaf Surgical Hospital in Eau Claire and operates frequently in other hospital areas. He continues skiing competitively across the country and enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, canoeing, and spending time with his wife and four young boys.

Medical School (2005)