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Expert Witness Gilbert AZ Steven Brown
CHIROPRACTIC EXPERT WITNESS & IME

STEVEN BROWN, DC, DIAMA

Dr. Brown works with both plaintiff and defense attorneys as a standard of care and causation witness and has deposition and trial experience. He provides impartial and evidence-based opinions on cases involving spinal manipulation, vertebral artery dissection, internal carotid artery dissection, stroke, paralysis, death, intervertebral disc injury, spinal cord injury, cauda equina syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, fractures, acupuncture, dry needling and pneumothorax.

Dr. Brown is a prominent medicolegal expert witness on the causal relationship of cervical spine manipulation with cervical artery dissection and stroke. His research has been published internationally in medical, chiropractic and forensic journals. He is a 1994 graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic and a 1998 Diplomate of the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture. He is currently completing coursework for the Diplomate of the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine.

DR. BROWN’S PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH

2025, Can Cervical Spine Manipulation Cause Immediate Thromboembolic Stroke? Medical Research Archives: Official Journal of the European Society of Medicine, with James Lehman, DC, MBA, DIANM

2025, Selective Criticism Confounds Objective Evaluation of Case Report on Spinal Manipulation and Vertebral Artery Dissection, Neurological Sciences: Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology

2025, Chiropractic Referral for Computed-Tomography Angiography to Rule Out Vertebral Artery Dissection: A Case Report, Journal of Chiropractic Medicine with James Lehman, DC, MBA, DIANM

2025, The Connecticut Law on Chiropractic Informed Consent to Cervical Artery Dissection and Stroke: A Narrative Review. Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic, with Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

2025, Informed Consent Regarding Risk of Stroke from Cervical Spine Manipulation: A Narrative Review. Journal of the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, with James Lehman, DC, MBA, DIANM 

2025, Stroke vs. Toxin Release After Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation: A Plausible Hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses

2024, Causal Analysis of Vertebral Artery Dissection and Fatal Stroke Following Chiropractic Cervical Spine Manipulation. Forensic Science International: Reports

2024, Review of Nine Malpractice Cases with Allegations of Causation of Cervical Artery Dissection by Cervical Spine Manipulation: No Evidence for Causation. Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine

2024, Plausible Mechanisms of Causation of Immediate Stroke by Cervical Spine Manipulation: A Narrative Review. Cureus Journal of Medical Science

2024, Cervical Spine Manipulation and Causation of Cervical Artery Dissection: A Review of 10 Case Reports. Cureus Journal of Medical Science

2024, Diagnosis of Cervical Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis by a Chiropractic Physician: A Case Report. Cureus Journal of Medical Science

2024, Impacted & Angulated Right Hip Fracture in a Patient Reporting No History of Trauma Presenting to a Chiropractic Physician: A Case Report. Cureus Journal of Medical Science

2024, Diagnosing Vertebral Artery Dissection: Commentary on the 2014 Mattox Case Report. Journal of the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

2024, Cervical Spine Manipulation, Immediate Stroke, and the Diagnosis of Dissection: A Commentary on Cassidy 2008. Journal of the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine