About Desmond Brown, MD
Dr. Desmond Brown is the Director of Pediatric Orthopaedics for Boston Medical Center, and founder of the Center for Neurorehabilitation Surgery. His practice includes both pediatric orthopaedics and the treatment of adults with orthopaedic problems caused by neurologic conditions such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Brown is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine. He attended the Tulane University School of Medicine and completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals. He was a fellow in pediatric orthopaedics at the Alfred I. duPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware, and completed a fellowship in outcomes research at Dartmouth College. He is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery.
Dr. Brown is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, the Scoliosis Research Society, and the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association.
Dr. Brown is on the board of directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Metro Boston. He also serves as a volunteer with Orthopaedics Overseas at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and as a visiting professor at the University of Health Sciences in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.