Stephen D. Brown

Stephen D. Brown, MD, FACR

Associate Professor of Radiology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Attending Radiologist, Boston Children's Hospital
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Stephen D. Brown, MD, FACR, is a pediatric radiologist and associate clinical ethicist at Boston Children's Hospital, and Associate Professor, Part-time, at Harvard Medical School. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, fellowships in Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Interventional Radiology at BCH, and the fellowship in Medical Ethics at HMS. His scholarship explores the intersection of technology, ethics and communication. His career has focused on exploring this intersection empirically, coupled with extensive related teaching, educational programming, and policy development. His awards have included a Boston Children's Hospital Faculty Career Development Award / HMS Eleanor and Miles Shore 50th Anniversary Faculty Scholarship in Medicine, the inaugural American Roentgen Ray Society Leonard Berlin Scholarship in Medical Professionalism, the Radiological Society of North America Education Scholar Award, the Boston Children’s Hospital Academy Medical Educator Award for Innovative Scholarship in Medical Education, and grants from the Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care, the Greenwall Foundation, and the Harvard University Milton Fund.

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Development of a Standardized Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Tool for Radiologists: Validation, Multisource Reliability, and Lessons Learned.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Rider EA, Jamieson K, Meyer EC, Callahan MJ, DeBenedectis CM, Bixby SD, Walters M, Forman SF, Varrin PH, Forbes P, Roussin CJ.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
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The Standoff.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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Coming Out of the Dark: A Curriculum for Teaching and Evaluating Radiology Residents' Communication Skills Through Simulation.
Authors: Authors: DeBenedectis CM, Gauguet JM, Makris J, Brown SD, Rosen MP.
J Am Coll Radiol
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Voices emerging from the shadows: Radiologic practitioners' experiences of challenging conversations.
Authors: Authors: Meyer EC, Lamiani G, Luff D, Brown SD.
Patient Educ Couns
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Should Incidental Simple Renal Cysts Be Considered Normal Variants and Ignored in Radiologic Reports? Review of a Proposed Framework.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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The etiology and significance of fractures in infants and young children: a critical multidisciplinary review.
Authors: Authors: Servaes S, Brown SD, Choudhary AK, Christian CW, Done SL, Hayes LL, Levine MA, Moreno JA, Palusci VJ, Shore RM, Slovis TL.
Pediatr Radiol
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The Influence of Communication and Relational Education on Radiologists' Early Posttraining Practice.
Authors: Authors: Luff D, Fernandes S, Soman A, Meyer EC, Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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Microethics: the ethics of everyday clinical practice.
Authors: Authors: Truog RD, Brown SD, Browning D, Hundert EM, Rider EA, Bell SK, Meyer EC.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Radiologic Professionalism in Modern Health Care.
Authors: Authors: Hryhorczuk AL, Hanneman K, Eisenberg RL, Meyer EC, Brown SD.
Radiographics
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Communication of Radiology Reports to Patients: Does One Size Fit All?
Authors: Authors: Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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