Robert S. Brown, M.D., is currently Associate Professor of Medicine & Surgery and Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. In addition, he is currently Medical Director, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Hospital -- a position he has held since 1998. Prior to joining Columbia University�s College of Physicians & Surgeons, Dr. Brown was Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the University of North Carolina from 1996 to 1998. Dr. Brown received his A.B. degree from Harvard University, his M.D. degree from New York University, and his M.P.H. from the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley. He completed a Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco. Additionally, Dr. Brown is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American College of Gastroenterology, and is a member of the American Society of Transplantation, where he served as chair of the Liver and Intestine Committee and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD). He is currently co-chair of the United Network for Organ Sharing ad hoc living donor committee. Dr. Brown was a special section editor for Hepatology, serves on the editorial board for Liver Transplantation and is a reviewer for the journals: Transplantation, American Journal of Gastroenterology, New England Journal of Medicine, and the International Journal of Epidemiology, among others. He has published more than 80 original articles, reviews and book chapters. |