He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington and a medical degree at University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Milbrandt completed a Master of Science degree at the University of Virginia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He completed a general surgery internship and an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, as well as a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery there. He completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas.