Linda L. Brown, MD, MSCE is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. She is the Interim Chair & Physician-in-Chief for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and Rhode Island, Hasbro Children's, The Miriam & Newport Hospitals. She is the Interim President of Brown Emergency Medicine. She is the Vice Chair of Pediatric EM for Brown EM. Dr. Brown was previously the Director of the Lifespan Medical Simulation Center.
Dr. Brown is a practicing Pediatric EM attending physician. She received her MD from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. She received her Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Pediatric Residency as a Chief Resident here at the Hasbro Children's Hospital/ Brown University program. Dr. Brown completed her Pediatric EM fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Brown is active on various local, regional & national committees. She is a national leader in pediatric EM and medical simulation. Her professional interests include medical simulation & education; pediatric EM quality improvement; difficult airway; resuscitation; and research.
Dr. Brown has been recognized for her hard work and leadership both regionally and nationally. She received several departmental awards including: the Brian J. Zink, MD Outstanding Leadership in EM; the Brown EM Foundation Award; the Libby Nestor, MD Outstanding Mentor, the Jacek Franaszek Exemplary Educator; and Outstanding Contribution in Education, just to name a few. Nationally, Dr. Brown was recognized with various awards including the Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill Award for Teaching Mentorship and the SAEM Simulation Academy Distinguished Educator Award. Dr. Brown is a well-respected, researcher on a national level having contributed to over 45 publications.
| Cicero MX, Baird J, Adelgais K, Brown L, Auerbach M. "Emergency Medical Services Provider Acceptance of and Attitudes About Pediatric SimBox Simulations." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 38, no. 11, 2022, pp. e1655-e1659. |
| Musits AN, Merritt C, Petrone G, Merritt R, Brown LL, Wing R, Smith JL, Tubbs R, Moretti K, Clyne B. "Faculty support bundle for simulation education." The Clinical Teacher, vol. 19, no. 2, 2022, pp. 106-111. |
| Aquino MR, Wing R, DeCerbo PC, Tanzer JR, Brown L. "Outcomes of simulation-based anaphylaxis education in a diverse group of participants." Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, vol. 129, no. 5, 2022, pp. 638-640. |
| Petrone G, Brown L, Binder W, Naganathan S, Pasichow S, Rybasack-Smith H, Duquette CE, Palka DR, Musits AN. "The Calm Before the Storm: Using In Situ Simulation to Evaluate for Preparedness of an Alternative Care Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 16, no. 5, 2022, pp. 1780-1784. |
| Duff JP, Bhanji F, Lin Y, Overly F, Brown LL, Bragg EA, Kessler D, Tofil NM, Bank I, Hunt EA, Nadkarni V, Cheng A, INSPIRE CPR Investigators. "Change in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance Over Time During Simulated Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and the Effect of Just-in-Time Training and Feedback." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 37, no. 3, 2021, pp. 133-137. |
| Kelley MN, Mercurio L, Tsao HS, Toomey V, Carillo M, Brown L, Wing R. "Excellence in Communication and Emergency Leadership (ExCEL): Pediatric Primary and Secondary Survey in Trauma Workshop for Residents." MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, vol. 17, 2021, pp. 11079. |
| Cicero MX, Brown L, Auerbach M, Baird J, Adelgais K. "Modified Delphi Method Derivation of the FAMILY (Family Assessment of Medical Interventions & Liaisons with the Young) EMS Instrument." Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, vol. 25, no. 5, 2021, pp. 689-696. |
| Abulebda K, Yuknis ML, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Pearson KJ, Rousseau R, Diaz MCG, Brown LL, Wing R, Tay KY, Good GL, Malik RN, Garrow AL, Zaveri PP, Thomas E, Makharashvili A, Burns RA, Lavoie M, Auerbach MA, Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation (ImPACTS). "Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study." Pediatrics, vol. 148, no. 3, 2021. |
| Slingsby BA, Moore JL, Wing R, Brown LL. "When Parents Hit: Providing Education to Physician Trainees About Corporal Punishment Through a Pilot Simulation and Debriefing." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 37, no. 5, 2021, pp. 269-272. |
| Wing R, Tsao HS, Toomey V, Mercurio L, Carillo M, Brown LL, Kelley MN. "Excellence in Communication and Emergency Leadership (ExCEL): Pediatric First 5 Minutes Workshop for Residents." MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, vol. 16, 2020, pp. 10980. |
| Walsh BM, Auerbach MA, Gawel MN, Brown LL, Byrne BJ, Calhoun A, INSPIRE ImPACTS investigators. "Community-based in situ simulation: bringing simulation to the masses." Advances in simulation (London, England), vol. 4, 2019, pp. 30. |
| Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Rougas S, Chun TH, Brown LL, Parnagian CS, Baird J. "Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment training for emergency medicine trainees." Advances in Medical Education and Practice, vol. 10, 2019, pp. 71-76. |
| Gangadharan S, Tiyyagura G, Gawel M, Walsh BM, Brown LL, Lavoie M, Tay KY, Auerbach MA, INSPIRE ImPACTS investigators. "A Grounded Theory Qualitative Analysis of Interprofessional Providers' Perceptions on Caring for Critically Ill Infants and Children in Pediatric and General Emergency Departments." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 34, no. 8, 2018, pp. 578-583. |
| Franco M, Baird J, Brown LL, Overly FL. "Electronic Medical Record in the ED: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Resuscitation Documentation Practices and Perceptions Among Emergency Department Clinicians." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 34, no. 5, 2018, pp. 303-309. |
| Brown LL, Lin Y, Tofil NM, Overly F, Duff JP, Bhanji F, Nadkarni VM, Hunt EA, Bragg A, Kessler D, Bank I, Cheng A, International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, Education CPR Investigators (INSPIRE). "Impact of a CPR feedback device on healthcare provider workload during simulated cardiac arrest." Resuscitation, vol. 130, 2018, pp. 111-117. |
| Cheng A, Duff JP, Kessler D, Tofil NM, Davidson J, Lin Y, Chatfield J, Brown LL, Hunt EA, International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation Research and Education (INSPIRE) CPR. "Optimizing CPR performance with CPR coaching for pediatric cardiac arrest: A randomized simulation-based clinical trial." Resuscitation, vol. 132, 2018, pp. 33-40. |
| Goldman MP, Wong AH, Bhatnagar A, Emerson BL, Brown LL, Auerbach MA. "Providers' perceptions of caring for pediatric patients in community hospital emergency departments: a mixed methods analysis." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018. |
| Walsh BM, Gangadharan S, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Dudas RA, Katznelson J, Lavoie M, Tay KY, Hamilton M, Brown LL, Nadkarni V, Auerbach M, INSPIRE ImPACT investigators. "Safety Threats During the Care of Infants with Hypoglycemic Seizures in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Prospective Cohort Study." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 53, no. 4, 2017, pp. 467-474.e7. |
| Cheng A, Lin Y, Nadkarni V, Wan B, Duff J, Brown L, Bhanji F, Kessler D, Tofil N, Hecker K, Hunt EA. "The effect of step stool use and provider height on CPR quality during pediatric cardiac arrest: A simulation-based multicentre study." CJEM, 2017, pp. 1-9. |
| Auerbach M, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Walsh B, Gangadharan S, Hamilton MF, Schultz B, Nishisaki A, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Katznelson J, Dudas R, Baird J, Nadkarni V, Brown L. "Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments." JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 170, no. 10, 2016, pp. 987-994. |
| Kessler DO, Walsh B, Whitfill T, Dudas RA, Gangadharan S, Gawel M, Brown L, Auerbach M, INSPIRE ImPACTS investigators. "Disparities in Adherence to Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Observational In Situ Simulation Study." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 50, no. 3, 2016, pp. 403-15.e1-3. |
| Koziel, Jeannette R., Meckler, Garth, Brown, Linda, Acker, David, Torino, Michael, Walsh, Barbara, Cicero, Mark X. "Barriers to Pediatric Disaster Triage: A Qualitative Investigation." Prehospital Emergency Care, vol. 19, no. 2, 2015, pp. 279-286. |
| Cheng A, Brown LL, Duff JP, Davidson J, Overly F, Tofil NM, Peterson DT, White ML, Bhanji F, Bank I, Gottesman R, Adler M, Zhong J, Grant V, Grant DJ, Sudikoff SN, Marohn K, Charnovich A, Hunt EA, Kessler DO, Wong H, Robertson N, Lin Y, Doan Q, Duval-Arnould JM, Nadkarni VM, International Network for Simulation-Based Pediatric Innovation, Research, & Education (INSPIRE) CPR Investigators. "Improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation with a CPR feedback device and refresher simulations (CPR CARES Study): a randomized clinical trial." JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 169, no. 2, 2015, pp. 137-44. |
| Cheng A, Overly F, Kessler D, Nadkarni VM, Lin Y, Doan Q, Duff JP, Tofil NM, Bhanji F, Adler M, Charnovich A, Hunt EA, Brown LL, International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, Education (INSPIRE) CPR Investigators. "Perception of CPR quality: Influence of CPR feedback, Just-in-Time CPR training and provider role." Resuscitation, vol. 87, 2015, pp. 44-50. |
| Cicero MX, Brown L, Overly F, Yarzebski J, Meckler G, Fuchs S, Tomassoni A, Aghababian R, Chung S, Garrett A, Fagbuyi D, Adelgais K, Goldman R, Parker J, Auerbach M, Riera A, Cone D, Baum CR. "Creation and Delphi-method refinement of pediatric disaster triage simulations." Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, vol. 18, no. 2, 2014, pp. 282-9. |
| Zajano EA, Brown LL, Steele DW, Baird J, Overly FL, Duffy SJ. "Development of a survey of teamwork and task load among medical providers: a measure of provider perceptions of teamwork when caring for critical pediatric patients." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 30, no. 3, 2014, pp. 157-60. |
| Brown LL, Chapman L. "Pediatric resuscitation: lessons learned and future directions." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 1, 2014, pp. 19-22. |
| Canares TL, Brown L, Slotkin RM, Garro A. "Treating children at Urgent Care Centers: a qualitative study to determine how providers perceive managing pediatric patients." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 98, no. 1, 2014, pp. 48-53. |
| Lee MO, Brown LL, Bender J, Machan JT, Overly FL. "A medical simulation-based educational intervention for emergency medicine residents in neonatal resuscitation." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 5, 2012, pp. 577-85. |
| Herliczek TW, Brown LL. "An 8-year-old boy with bilateral lower extremity pain and weakness." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 27, no. 9, 2011, pp. 872-3. |
Major grant funding
EMSC (Emergency Medical Services for Children) Targeted Issues Grant - Co-Investigator, Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators: Measuring the Effect, Magnifying the Impact ($325,000/year), 2019-2023
MCHB-HRSA-18-127 - Co-investigator, Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC) Learning Collaborative Demonstration Project ($100,000), 2018-2019
SAMSHA - Co-investigator, SBIRT Training for EM residents and Fourth Year Medical Students ($778,403), 2015-2018
RBaby Foundation - Co-investigator, Mobile Pediatric Simulation (ImPACTS) ($150,000) , 2014-2015
RBaby Foundation - Co-investigator, Improving pediatric acute care through simulation (ImPACTS) ($300,000), 2013-2014
Canadian Heart and Stroke Association - Co-investigator as part of EXPRESS collaborative, Assessing and Improving the Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Delivered During Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Using a Novel Pediatric CPR Feedback Device. (approx. $150,000/year), 2011-2014
EMSC Targeted Issues Grant (Emergency Medical Services for Children) - Co-investigator: Small Victims, Big Challenges: Refining Pediatric Disaster Triage Algorithms and Education in the Pre-Hospital Setting ($300,000/year), 2010-2013
AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - PI: Improving pediatric resuscitation in the community ED, a simulation needs analysis and intervention (approx. $300,000/year), 2011-2014
Rhode Island Risk Management Foundation - Co-Investigator: Integrating a Multidisciplinary Teamwork Training Program into the Pediatric Emergency Department ($58,000), 2009-2010
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | MS | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1997 | MD | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1992 | BA | Colby College |
2022- Brian J. Zink Outstanding Leadership in Emergency Medicine, Brown Emergency Medicine, Providence, RI
2022- Dr Marianne Gausche-Hill Award for Teaching Mentorship, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Pediatric EM Interest Group
2021 - Brown EM Foundation Award, Brown Emergency Medicine, Providence, RI
2021 - Barnet Fain Quality Award, Lifespan, Group Award for the Lifespan Alternative Hospita Site Team
2020 - Libby Nestor, MD Outstanding Mentor Award, Brown Emergency Medicine, Providence, RI
2019 - Jacek Franaszek Exemplary Educator Award, Brown Emergency Medicine, Providence, RI
2019 - SAEM Simulation Academy Distinguished Educator Award, SAEM Simulation Academy
2017 - Outstanding Contribution in Education Award, University Emergency Medicine Foundation (UEMF), Providence, RI
2017 - Master of Arts ad eundem, Brown University, Providence, RI
2015 - Clinical Director’s Award, University Emergency Medicine Foundation
2015 - First Place, Research Abstract, 15th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH January 2015) for Improving Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with a CPR Feedback Device and Refresher Simulations (CPR CARES Study): A Multicenter, Randomized Trial
2014 - Best Research Abstract, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Simulation Summit in Toronto, Canada
2011 - Outstanding Physician Award, University Emergency Medicine Foundation, Providence, RI
2003 & 2002 - Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000 - Award for Excellence in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
2000 - Resident Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
2000 & 1999 - Medical Student Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Duffy, Susan | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics |
| Garro, Aris, Estate of | Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
| Overly, Frank | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Steele, Dale | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Director of Medical Simulation Center. 2016-2020 |
First Five Minute Curriculum for pediatric residents and nurses, Director. Worked with interprofessional team to develop and implement curriculum for pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest response
2015 to present
EXCEL Curriculum (Excellence in Communication and Emergency Leadership) for pediatric residents, Director. Worked with pediatric chief residents and PEM fellows to develop and implement curriculum for twice monthly conferences focused on improving emergency management and leadership skills
8/2015 to present
