Dr. Brooks is an orthopedic surgeon and former family practitioner with extensive experience in both conservative and surgical procedures involving orthopedic disorders. Dr. Brooks received his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. He practiced Family Medicine in Toronto for three years before his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at The Medical College of Virginia and was awarded a spinal surgery fellowship at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center. Dr. Brooks was a clinical instructor in Anatomy at New York Medical College during the 1980 fall semester. He has been a visiting lecturer in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery at the University of Cardiff in Wales where Dr. Brooks also helped develop one of the first privately operated orthopedic sports medicine surgical centers. While there, he also co-authored the book Sports Injuries with colleagues Mr. John Fairclough and Dr. Roger Evans.