Michael Brown
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Has expertise teaching evidence-based medicine concepts and engaged in knowledge translation at the national level.
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Michael Brown, MD, MSc, is chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. After graduating from the College of Human Medicine in 1986, Dr. Brown completed his EM residency training at Butterworth Hospital where he subsequently joined the faculty. During this period, he developed a passion for summarizing research evidence in a form useful to clinicians, an interest that led to a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology with a focus on evidence synthesis (i.e., meta-analysis).
Dr. Brown has shared
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his expertise teaching evidence-based medicine concepts to medical students and engaged in knowledge translation at the national level by serving in many roles:
• Lead editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine Systematic Review Snapshot series
• Past Chair for the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee
• Leadership role on the American Board of Emergency Medicine New Advances Panel
Dr. Brown currently serves as the University Physician, on the Editorial Board for Cochrane, and as the Editor for Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods.
Education
Michigan State University: M.D., College of Human Medicine | 1986
n/a: M.S., Epidemiology
Selected Press
Ask the expert: Understand the latest on COVID-19 and mpox
MSU Today | 2024-08-22
As the university physician at Michigan State, Michael Brown advises the president and other leaders on major health policy or programs that impact life on campus or education abroad programs. He is also chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the MSU College of Human Medicine. Here, Brown shares the latest guidance about two viruses that are making news — COVID-19 and mpox, which was formerly called monkeypox.
Metro Detroit medical providers, patients prepare for updated COVID vaccine
WXYZ Channel 7 | 2024-08-22
Dr. Michael Brown is the university physician at Michigan State University. He highly recommends the updated vaccines for those most vulnerable and also recommends it for younger students returning to MSU's campus.
“The number of emergency department visits due to COVID have bumped up slightly, but it pales in comparison to what we saw the first couple years of the pandemic,” said Brown. "I will be recommending that people go out and get a vaccine, but it’s not mandatory or required like it was during the peak of the pandemic.”
Hospitals are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases: How does it affect Michigan?
The State News | 2023-12-06
When discussing the increase in COVID cases and hospitalizations, Michael Brown, an MSU physician, professor and chair of emergency medicine, said the increase now "is due to one of the lowest lows we had over the summer.”
Brown said he has not seen a pattern with COVID-19 as he has seen with other respiratory infections, so he doesn’t get too surprised when there are highs and lows at certain times.
“COVID hasn't had that pattern," Brown said. "We could see a new peak in the spring or summer."
Michigan State drops COVID-19 vaccinations and booster requirements for students and staff
Lansing State Journal | 2023-02-28
University Physician Michael Brown, in a communication, said MSU was dropping the mandates due to the “widespread protection” as more and more people have become vaccinated and as more treatment options are now more widely available.
“Thus, as the pandemic continues to shift from an acute public health crisis to a personal health responsibility, MSU no longer will require the COVID-19 vaccination for students, staff and faculty, effective today,” Brown said in the communication. “There still may be limited situations in which professional students and employees must be vaccinated due to the requirements of the hospitals and health care facilities where they work and study.”
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