His experience in non-profit governance includes past service as President and Board Chair of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM); Board Chair of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency; Board member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD); and Board member of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.
He currently serves as a member of the Drug Testing Advisory Board of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services. He was recently appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the New York State Senate to serve as a member of both the state's Public Health and Health Planning Council and Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council. Other service on government committees includes the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Brown received a combined MD/MPH degree from New York University School of Medicine and Columbia University School of Public Health. After completing an internal medicine residency at Harlem Hospital and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he subsequently received academic appointments as associate physician at Rockefeller University Hospital and clinical associate professor of public health at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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