Dr. Ben Brown is the Mimi Pichey Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School, and Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Clinician Educator at the School of Public Health, Brown University. He is Chief of the Section of Complex Family Planning, and an attending physician in the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Brown is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in complex family planning.
Dr. Brown’s clinical interests include high-acuity obstetrics, complex abortion and contraception care, and management of early pregnancy complications and ectopic gestation. He enjoys mentoring medical students and residents, and has expertise in statistics and clinical medical ethics. His research focuses on family planning policy analysis using quantitative methods and an ethics lens. Dr. Brown speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
| Maria W. Steenland; Kerra Mercon; Benjamin P. Brown; Marie E. Thoma. "Pregnancy- and Abortion-Related Mortality in the US, 2018-2021." JAMA Network Open, vol. 9, no. 1, 2026, pp. e2554793. |
| ROSEN, Zarah, PAYNE, Allison, LEUNG, Katherine, WAGNER, Stephen, BROWN, Ben, WHELAN, Anna. "Contraception use and counseling among patients at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes." Minerva Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2025. |
| Disilvestro, Jessica B., Benjamin P. Brown, Cara A. Mathews, Dayna Burrell. "Improving Residents’ Comfort with Salpingectomy at Cesarean Delivery through Surgical Simulation." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 108, no. 9, 2025, pp. 33-35. |
| Tobin-Tyler E, Brown B. "The Medical, Ethical and Legal Case Against Dual Stabilization." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 185, no. 4, 2025, pp. 366-367. |
| Giglio Ayers P, Ezike O, Foley CE, Brown BP. "Demographic Correlates of Endometriosis Diagnosis Among United States Women Aged 15-50." The Journal of Minimally-Invasive Gynecology, 2024. |
| Free LL, Brown BP, Matteson KA, Cronin B, Has P, Zeyl V, Allen RH. "Longitudinal impact of a residency-based postplacental levonorgestrel intrauterine device insertion program: Expulsion rates in years 1, 2, and 3." Contraception, 2024. |
| Ganz EM, Brown B, Smith H, Wellisch L, Gupta M, Wagner SM. "The association between affordable care act implementation and the prevalence of women having ever received a Pap smear." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 44, no. 1, 2024, pp. 2393359. |
| Chhabria, Karisma, Vineet Raman, Ghazal Aghagoli, Benjamin P. Brown. "Abortion Policy Positions of Federal Legislators who Received Support from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2012-2022." JAMA Network Open, vol. 6, no. 4, 2023, pp. e2310405. |
| Yang, Lanbo, Rebecca H. Allen, Mary Catherine Cambou, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Benjamin P. Brown. "Contraception and Abortion Care for People Living with HIV: A Clinical Guide for Reproductive Health Practitioners." Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 2023. |
| Anna R. Whelan, Zandra Ho, Stephen S. Rasiah, Benjamin P. Brown. "Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) Among Low- versus High-Risk Obstetric Populations." Rhode Island Medical Journal, vol. 106, no. 8, 2023, pp. 26-28. |
| Brown, Benjamin P., Watson, Katie. "No Substitute: The False Promise of Artificial Womb Technology as an Alternative to Abortion." American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 23, no. 5, 2023, pp. 87-89. |
| Weigel G, Theva M, Hardy E, Wagner S, Brown B. "Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Visits as a Venue for PrEP Service Delivery among Women in the United States: Results from a Nationally-Representative Survey." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 50, no. 11, 2023, pp. 726-730. |
| Theva M, Weigel GM, Wagner SM, Brown BP. "The Association Between Marital Status and Counseling on Emergency Contraception From 2011 to 2019." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 65, no. 2, 2023, pp. 337-338. |
| Hersey, Alicia E, Potter-Rutledge, Jai-Me, Brown, Benjamin P. "Abortion policies at the bedside: incorporating an ethical framework in the analysis and development of abortion legislation." Journal of Medical Ethics, 2022, pp. medethics-2022-108412. |
| Uwanaka, Ogechukwu, Qureshey, Emma, Wagner, Stephen M., Gupta, Megha, Theva, Meena, Brown, Benjamin. "Temporal Changes in Counseling for and Use of Emergency Contraception." Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 140, no. 6, 2022, pp. 1049-1051. |
| Brown, Benjamin P., Hebert, Luciana E., Gilliam, Melissa, Kaestner, Robert. "Association of Highly Restrictive State Abortion Policies With Abortion Rates, 2000-2014." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 11, 2020, pp. e2024610. |
| Brown, Benjamin P., Hebert, Luciana E., Gilliam, Melissa, Kaestner, Robert. "Distance to an Abortion Provider and Its Association with the Abortion Rate: A Multistate Longitudinal Analysis." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 52, no. 4, 2020. |
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Benjamin P. Brown, Rebecca H. Allen.
"Progestin-Only Oral Contraceptives." Handbook of Contraception, edited by Donna Shoupe, Heidelberg, Germany, Springer, 2020.
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| Brown, Benjamin P., Holt, Roxane. "Palliative Care and the Pregnant Surgical Patient." Surgical Clinics of North America, edited by Pringl Miller, 2019, pp. 941-953. |
| Brown, Benjamin P., Chor, Julie, Hebert, Luciana E., Webb, M. Elizabeth, Whitaker, Amy K. "Shared negative experiences of long-acting reversible contraception and their influence on contraceptive decision-making: a multi-methods study." Contraception, vol. 99, no. 4, 2019, pp. 228-232. |
| "What Are the Risks and Benefits of (Not) Incorporating Information about Population Growth and Its Impact on Climate Change into Reproductive Care?." AMA Journal of Ethics, vol. 19, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1157-1163. |
| Brown, Benjamin P., Hasselbacher, Lee, Chor, Julie. "Whose Choice? Developing a Unifying Ethical Framework for Conscience Laws in Health Care." Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 128, no. 2, 2016, pp. 391-395. |
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Benjamin P. Brown, Meaghan Tenney.
"Cervical Malignancy." The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2016, edited by Frank J. Dominio, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015.
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| Brown, Benjamin P., Chor, Julie. "Adding Injury to Injury: Ethical Implications of the Medicaid Sterilization Consent Regulations." Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 123, no. 6, 2014, pp. 1348-1351. |
| Brown, B. P. "Interpreting Medicine: Lessons From a Spanish-Language Clinic." The Annals of Family Medicine, vol. 12, no. 5, 2014, pp. 473-474. |
| Brown, Benjamin P. "Tying Square Knots." Academic Medicine, vol. 88, no. 5, 2013, pp. 580. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MS | University of Chicago |
| 2012 | MD | Alpert Medical School, Brown University |
| 2008 | AB | Brown University |
| Fellow, Clinical Medical Ethics | MacLean Center, University of Chicago | 2017-2018 | |
| Fellow, Complex Family Planning | University of Chicago, Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2016-2018 | |
| Academic Chief Resident | University of Chicago, Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2015-2016 | |
| Resident | University of Chicago, Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2012-2016 |
- Top 10% Peer Reviewer, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2016-2024
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2020-2022, 2024
- Life Saver Award, Chief Resident Class, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island / Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2020
- National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education, Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island / Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2021
- Mentorship Award, Chief Resident Class, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island / Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2024
- Faculty Award, Graduating Class, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2024.
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Allen, Rebecca | Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Clark, Melissa | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Hardy, Erica | Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Lewkowitz, Adam | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Steenland, Maria | Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice (Research), Assistant Professor of Population Studies (Research) |
| Theva, Meena | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinician Educator |
| Wagner, Stephen | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinician Educator |
| Board Certification | American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Complex Family Planning | 2022- | |
| Board Certification | American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2020- |
| Member, Board of Directors. The Womxn Project Education Fund, 2024- |
| Member, National Medical Committee. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 2023-2026 |
| Member, Board of Directors. Physicians for Reproductive Health, 2023- |
| Subject Matter Expert, Complex Family Planning Certifying Examination Assessment Development Subcommittee. American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023- |
