2010 School of Nursing Distinguished Alumnus: Dr. Carlton Brown, PhD

The UofL Alumni Fellows awards are presented to graduates who are exemplary ambassadors for their University of Louisville schools or colleges.  Honorees must have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields; made significant contributions to their communities on a local, state, national or international level; demonstrated integrity in their personal life; and gained the respect of others.

Carlton Brown is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing he earned from the University of Louisville in 1992. He later received his Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania’s Oncology Advanced Practice program and his Doctorate in cancer nursing research from the University of Utah. Brown is currently president of the Oncology Nursing Society, a national nursing organization focused on promoting excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care.

Completing a 20-year U.S. Army career in 2006, Dr. Brown is a retired Army Nurse Corps Officer, culminating his service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He worked as a staff nurse, nurse manager, clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, and nurse researcher, including managing the oncology/bone marrow transplant unit and an outpatient chemotherapy unit.

As a nurse educator, Brown created a Chemotherapy Administration Course and a Cancer and Symptom Management Course to improve quality of care and patient outcomes. As a graduate of the End of Life Nurse Education Consortium, he is qualified to teach end-of-life and palliative care. Brown established, and continues to coordinate, the chemotherapy qualification process for inpatient and outpatient nurses, based on ONS guidelines, while encouraging certification of nursing staff.