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

  • The impact of financial barriers on access to care, quality of care and vascular morbidity among patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jan; 29(1):76-81.. View in PubMed
  • Influence of cardiac surgeon report cards on patient referral by cardiologists in New York state after 20 years of public reporting. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Nov; 6(6):643-8.. View in PubMed
  • Examining the effect of a patient navigation intervention on outpatient cardiac rehabilitation awareness and enrollment. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2013 Sep-Oct; 33(5):281-91.. View in PubMed
  • Rating the preferences for potential harms of treatments for cardiovascular disease: a survey of community-dwelling adults. Med Decis Making. 2013 05; 33(4):502-9.. View in PubMed
  • Microbial carriage state of peripheral blood dendritic cells (DCs) in chronic periodontitis influences DC differentiation, atherogenic potential. J Immunol. 2012 Sep 15; 189(6):3178-87.. View in PubMed
  • Diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac sarcoidosis with delayed-enhanced MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Aug; 19(4):807-10.. View in PubMed
  • Cardiac surgeon report cards, referral for cardiac surgery, and the ethical responsibilities of cardiologists. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Jun 19; 59(25):2378-82.. View in PubMed
  • Initial coronary stent implantation with medical therapy vs medical therapy alone for stable coronary artery disease: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Feb 27; 172(4):312-9.. View in PubMed
  • Association of health insurance status with presentation and outcomes of coronary artery disease among nonelderly adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Am Heart J. 2011 Sep; 162(3):512-7.. View in PubMed
  • Real time three-dimensional stress echocardiography: a new approach for assessing diastolic function. Echocardiography. 2011 Jul; 28(6):676-83.. View in PubMed