Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, presented the Fall 2019 Penn State College of Medicine Dean's Lecture.
CME credit provided to those who attended in person. Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD
Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering at MIT
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Director, Neuroscience Statistics Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
Emery N. Brown is an anesthesiologist-statistician whose experimental research has helped define the neuroscience mechanisms of how anesthetics work. He is also widely recognized for his development of signal processing methods for neuroscience data analysis. Dr. Brown served on President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative Working Group. His honors and awards include an NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Applied Mathematics and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Excellence in Research Award and the Dickson Prize in Science.
Dr. Brown is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in applied mathematics from Harvard College, Dr. Brown earned his master’s and doctorate in statistics from Harvard University and his medical degree (magna cum laude) from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and his residency in anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
His talk was jointly sponsored by the College of Medicine’s Faculty Organization and the Office of the Dean.