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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Prenatal Decision-Making for Myelomeningocele: Can We Minimize Bias and Variability?
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Feudtner C, Truog RD.
Pediatrics
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The "open letter": radiologists' reports in the era of patient web portals.
Authors: Authors: Bruno MA, Petscavage-Thomas JM, Mohr MJ, Bell SK, Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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SPR Child Abuse Committee Response regarding classic metaphyseal lesion.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Serveas S, Hayes LL.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
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Radiology trainees' comfort with difficult conversations and attitudes about error disclosure: effect of a communication skills workshop.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Callahan MJ, Browning DM, Lebowitz RL, Bell SK, Jang J, Meyer EC.
J Am Coll Radiol
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Does professional orientation predict ethical sensitivities? Attitudes of paediatric and obstetric specialists toward fetuses, pregnant women and pregnancy termination.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Donelan K, Martins Y, Sayeed SA, Mitchell C, Buchmiller TL, Burmeister K, Ecker JL.
J Med Ethics
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Professional norms regarding how radiologists handle incidental findings.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD.
J Am Coll Radiol
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Differing attitudes toward fetal care by pediatric and maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Donelan K, Martins Y, Burmeister K, Buchmiller TL, Sayeed SA, Mitchell C, Ecker JL.
Pediatrics
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Prenatally diagnosed fetal conditions in the age of fetal care: does who counsels matter?
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Ecker JL, Ward JR, Halpern EF, Sayeed SA, Buchmiller TL, Mitchell C, Donelan K.
Am J Obstet Gynecol
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Stepping out further from the shadows: disclosure of harmful radiologic errors to patients.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD, Lehman CD, Truog RD, Browning DM, Gallagher TH.
Radiology
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The intersection of ethics and communication in prenatal imaging: challenges for the pediatric radiologist.
Authors: Authors: Brown SD.
Pediatr Radiol
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