David Brown

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Overview

David L. Brown, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Keck Medicine of USC. He is a general cardiologist. Dr. Brown received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine where he also trained in internal medicine and served as a chief medical resident. He trained in cardiology (and hematology) at University of California, San Francisco and interventional cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. During his career he has practiced and taught interventional cardiology, critical care cardiology, consultative cardiology, and outpatient cardiology. He has published more than 300 abstracts, manuscripts and book chapters. His work has been cited more than 8500 times resulting in an h-index of 37. In addition, Dr. Brown has edited 4 textbooks, one of which, Cardiac Intensive Care, is the leading textbook in the discipline. The fourth edition of Cardiac Intensive Care is currently in progress. His primary research focus has been on outcomes research in cardiovascular disease with most of his research projects attempting to fill gaps in the knowledge base that come to light during direct patient care. He has served as research mentor for ~50 trainees including medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty, many of whom have gone on to successful academic careers. He currently serves on the editorial board of JAMA Internal Medicine. In his spare time, he plays tennis, is learning to play the piano, and looks after his two labradoodles.

Education and Training

  • University of Texas, Austin — BA — 05/1977 — Honors Program
  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston — MD — 05/1982 — Medicine
  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston — 06/1985 — Internal Medicine Residency
  • UCSF, San Francisco — 06/1988 — Hematology Fellowship
  • Gladstone Institute, San Francisco — 06/1990 — Vascular Biology
  • UCSF, San Francisco — 06/1992 — Cardiology Fellowship
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland — 06/1993 — Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston — 06/1986 — Chief Resident

Publications

  • Addition of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores to Primary Prevention Risk Estimation Models-Primum Non Nocere. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 06 01; 182(6):590-591.. View in PubMed
  • Effective Treatment of Chronic Mastectomy Pain with Intercostal Sensory Neurectomy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 05 01; 149(5):876e-880e.. View in PubMed
  • The Importance of Using the Appropriate Model for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 03 01; 182(3):357-358.. View in PubMed
  • Coronary circulatory function with increasing obesity: A complex U-turn. Eur J Clin Invest. 2022 Jun; 52(6):e13755.. View in PubMed
  • Assessment of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction as a Surrogate for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Treatment or Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 12 01; 181(12):1575-1587.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of revascularisation on outcomes in chronic coronary syndromes: a new meta-analysis with the same old biases? Eur Heart J. 2021 12 01; 42(45):4652-4655. Brown DL , Boden WE . View in PubMed
  • Optimal Medical Therapy as First-Line Therapy for Chronic Coronary Syndromes: Lessons from COURAGE, BARI 2D, FAME 2, and ISCHEMIA. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 10; 36(5):1039-1045.. View in PubMed
  • Surgical and percutaneous revascularization outcomes based on SYNTAX I, II, and residual scores: a long-term follow-up study. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Sep 03; 16(1):248.. View in PubMed
  • Interpreting myocardial infarction analyses in ISCHEMIA: separating facts from fallacy. Eur Heart J. 2021 08 17; 42(31):2986-2989.. View in PubMed
  • The independent reduction in mortality associated with guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2021 07 21; 7(4):416-421.. View in PubMed