Background/Highlight

Dr. David R. Brown is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He leads the team that developed the award-winning Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program (NeighborhoodHELP), an interprofessional, community-engaging program that integrates social and behavioral care with primary care.

Dr. Brown helped launch the first Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine graduate medical education program—the West Kendall Baptist Hospital-FIU Family Medicine Residency.

His research employs qualitative, mixed, and participatory methods in the study of social determinants of health, competency-based education, population health, and integrating social and behavioral services into health care. Dr. Brown currently serves as chair of the entrustment workgroup of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Core Entrustable Professional Activities Pilot.

Education
Fellowship in Participatory Research, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Family Medicine Residency, Natividad Medical Center, University of California at San Francisco
MD, Boston University School of Medicine

Areas of Interest
• Medical Education
• Social Determinants of Health
• Entrustment
• Collaboration

Specialty
Family Medicine

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