Practice Location
Mobile Health Center South Miami & Telemedicine
(NeighborhoodHELP members only)
In his role as interim DIO, Dr. David Brown is overseeing the transition of the sponsorship of Graduate Medical Education programs from Baptist Health to FIU.
Dr. Brown is a nationally recognized leader in socially accountable medical education. He is the principal investigator of the FIU Thrive mHealth app and research database, which provides personalized care plans and assesses systemic social needs. His leadership has been instrumental in the success of our award-winning Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program, a community-engaged initiative that integrates social determinants of health into the curriculum and promotes interprofessional teamwork and community engagement.
He previously served as vice chair and interim chair of the former Department of Humanities, Health, and Society and was the founding director of the West Kendall Baptist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. a community-engaged initiative that integrates social determinants of health into the curriculum and promotes interprofessional teamwork and community engagement.
Board certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
With over 25 years of experience as a medical educator and researcher, Dr. Brown's expertise lies in integrating social and behavioral determinants into primary care, developing collaborative care models, and advancing competency-based education. He employs qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods to examine health disparities, social accountability, interprofessional education, and community-engaged research.
He is currently developing an mHealth app designed to address social determinants of health and is collaborating on community-engaged COVID-19 testing and vaccination research.
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Participatory Research, University of Miami, Miami, FL
- Residency, Family Medicine, University of California at San Francisco – Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA
- M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
B.S., Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA - B.S., Humanities and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA