David F M Brown

David F M Brown is an American physician, emergency medicine specialist, teacher, researcher, and administrator. He is the MGH Trustees Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.[1]

Education

Brown graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1985 with a degree in Chemistry. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an MD from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1989 and was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Clinical career

Brown joined the faculty in emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in 1992. In 2001, he became the Department's vice chair and in 2013 he was promoted to MGH Chairman.[2] In 2014, he was promoted to Professor at HMS. In 2016, he was installed as the inaugural incumbent of the MGH Trustees Endowed Professorship at Harvard.[3]

Brown is an expert in cardiovascular emergencies and has authored more than 250 scientific papers, reviews, and chapters. He served as the inaugural editor in chief of Scientific American: Emergency Medicine[4] and is the author of two textbooks.[5] He has lectured and taught all over the country and around the world. He has been recognized with numerous teaching and mentoring awards locally at Massachusetts General Hospital[6] and at Harvard Medical School.[7] He has also won national and international recognition for teaching, mentoring, and research.[8][9]

Personal life

Brown was raised in Amherst, MA and graduated from Amherst Regional High School. He now resides in Lexington, MA with his wife. They have two children.

References
  1. "David FM Brown, MD - Emergency Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA". www.massgeneral.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. "David Brown named new Emergency Medicine chief". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. "Marking Milestones with Emergency Medicine | HMS". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  4. "Scientific American™ Emergency Medicine | Decker". www.deckerip.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  5. MD, Jennifer L. Martindale; MD, David F. M. Brown (2016-08-19). A Visual Guide to ECG Interpretation (Second ed.). LWW. ISBN 9781496321534.
  6. "MGH Awards and Honors March 2017// MGH". massgeneral.org. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  7. "Harvard Medical School Excellence in Mentoring Awards 2017| HMS". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  8. "ACEP National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award Past Recipients // ACEP". acep.org. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. "EMRA Excellence in Teaching Award // EMRA". emra.org. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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