Available to mentor
Dr. Brown leads the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion at Michigan Medicine which implements the University of Michigan Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan, provides training to advance diversity and inclusion, and provides numerous healthcare pathways and mentorship programs. As a leader at Michigan Medicine, Dr. Brown is an executive sponsor of the Anti-Racism Oversight Committee (AROC), initiated in June 2020. In addition, he supports the recruitment of many medical students, house officers and faculty to the University of Michigan Medical School.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Brown served as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Clinic, and Multidisciplinary Aerodigestive Clinic, and was a founding member and faculty lead of the Otolaryngology Essential Skills Simulation Bootcamp. He is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI), and formerly served as the central region representative for the AAMC GDI from 2017-2019. Dr. Brown was also the Chair of the Society of University Otolaryngologist Diversity Committee from 2019-2022. Dr. Brown was elected the 2023-2024 President of the Society of University Otolaryngologists.
He is a member of Michigan Medicine Global REACH (Research, Education, and Collaboration in Health) and is part of an otolaryngology team that travels to Ghana multiple times a year to collaborate on research projects and advance clinical care.
Dr. Brown graduated from Brown University and Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan and fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Children’s Hospital of Boston. Prior to returning to Michigan, he was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was the Otolaryngology Residency Associate Program Director and winner of the 2005 George T. Nager Award for Excellence in Teaching. He worked from 2008-11 at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he won the Otolaryngology Faculty Teaching Award.
He was recently honored with the Harvard Medical School 2020 Distinguished Alumni Service Award for co-creating an alumni mentorship program for medical students underrepresented in medicine.
Dr. Brown enjoys classical music and was a founding member, principal flutist and 2018 Concerto Competition Winner of the University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra.
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ResidencyUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2022
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FellowChildren's Hospital of Boston, Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2004
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Chief ResidentUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2003
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InternshipUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, General Surgery, 1998
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MDHarvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, 1997
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ABBrown University, Providence, 1992
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
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Pletcher SD, Marple BF, Brown DJ. Laryngoscope, 2024 Sep; 134 (9): 3877 - 3878.Journal ArticlePreference Signaling in Otolaryngology-Past, Present, and Future: A Comment From the Society of University Otolaryngologists (SUO), Association of Academic Departments in Otolaryngology (AADO), and the Otolaryngology Program Directors Organization (OPDO).
DOI:10.1002/lary.31613 PMID: 38963303 -
Bolakale-Rufai IK, Knapp SM, Bisono JQ, Johnson A, Moore W, Yankah E, Yee R, Trabue D, Nallamothu B, Hollingsworth JM, Watty S, Williamson F, Pool N, Hebdon M, Ezema N, Capers Q, Blount C, Kimbrough N, Johnson D, Evans J, Foree B, Holman A, Lightbourne K, Brown D, Edmonds BT, Breathett K. ESC Heart Fail, 2024 Oct 17;Journal ArticleAssociation between clinician team segregation, receipt of cardiovascular care and outcomes in valvular heart diseases.
DOI:10.1002/ehf2.15078 PMID: 39420596 -
Prince ADP, Green AR, Brown DJ, Brenner MJ. Health Equity, 2023 7 (1): 612 - 620.Journal ArticleReadiness of Medical Students to Care for Diverse Patients: A Validated Assessment of Cross-Cultural Preparedness, Skills, and Curriculum.
DOI:10.1089/heq.2023.0142 PMID: 37731784 -
Flanary V, Jefferson GD, Brown DJ, Arosarena OA, Brenner MJ, Cabrera-Muffly C, Cannon TY, Faucett EA, Francis CL, Harvey E, Johnson RF, Loyo M, Nance MA, Vinson KN, Thompson DM. Laryngoscope, 2023 May; 133 (5): E36 - E37.Journal ArticleLeadership of Black Women Faculty in Otolaryngology-More than A Rounding Error.
DOI:10.1002/lary.30552 PMID: 36625321 -
Mmeje O, Perry M, Andreski P, Haggins A, Brown DJ. J Natl Med Assoc, 2023 Apr; 115 (2): 127 - 133.Journal ArticleCreating opportunities to engage with prospective historically marginalized trainees with clinical simulation.
DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.005 PMID: 36707366 -
Brown DJ. 2023 Apr 1;Additional ScholarshipEditor, Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Series
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Brown D. 2023 Mar 20;PresentationMentorship, Sponsorship and Coaching Across Differences
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Lyon DR, Colletta MD, Biggs P, Pierce DC, Tarima SS, Visotcky A, Ishman SL, Brown DJ, Chun RH. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2022 Dec; 163: 111366Journal ArticleCan we learn faster? A pilot study using surgical videos to improve pediatric tonsillectomy competency in OSATS.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111366 PMID: 36368192