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Chair

Linda L. Brown, MD, MSCE is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics.  She is the Interim Chair & Physician-in-Chief for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and Rhode Island, Hasbro Children's, The Miriam & Newport Hospitals. She is the Interim President of Brown Emergency Medicine.  She is the Vice Chair of Pediatric EM for Brown EM.  Dr. Brown was previously the Director of the Lifespan Medical Simulation Center. 

Dr. Brown is a practicing Pediatric EM attending physician.  She received her MD from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine.  She received her Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) from the University of Pennsylvania.  She completed her Pediatric Residency as a Chief Resident here at the Hasbro Children's Hospital/ Brown University program. Dr. Brown completed her Pediatric EM fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  

Dr. Brown is active on various local, regional & national committees.  She is a national leader in pediatric EM and medical simulation.  Her professional interests include medical simulation & education; pediatric EM quality improvement; difficult airway; resuscitation; and research.

program director

Home Town:

I moved around all my life. I would call Apex, NC. my home town.

Medical school: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Medicine: MD

Residency: Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Mass General Brigham

Other graduate degrees: Boston University: Masters in Health Professions Education

What part of our program are you most proud of?

Brown EM is the best of all worlds - The best clinical training, academic resources, diverse patient population, in an awesome city of Providence. 

But most of all - the residents.

What hobbies or interests do you have outside of medicine?

Tennis, travel, eating out, and video games.

assistant program directors

We have over 100 Brown Emergency Medicine faculty members with just as many clinical and academic niches. So no matter your interests, you'll find a faculty mentor to help advance your EM career!

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