Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Department of Medicine
1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 419
New Orleans, LA 70112
Assistant: Melody Jackson
Phone: (504) 568-5722
mjac19@lsuhsc.edu
Member Since: 2009
Member Status: Fellow
Title
Hospital Medical Director, University Medical Center, New Orleans
Specialty/Subspecialty
Geriatric
Clinical Interest(s)
Fall Prevention
Research Interest(s)
- Hospital Mobility in Older Adults
- Community Mobility Among Older Adults
Current / Former SSCI Roles
Counselor
Publications
About Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH
Dr. Cynthia J. Brown completed an undergraduate degree in physical therapy from East Carolina University and a MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At Yale University, Dr. Brown completed residency training in internal medicine, which included a Chief Resident year, and a three-year Geriatric Medicine fellowship. In 2006, she completed a MSPH in Health Behaviors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She was on faculty at UAB from 2003 - 2021. At UAB she served as the Division Director for Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care and as Vice-Chair of Faculty and Staff Development and finally as an Executive Vice-Chair. In May 2021, Dr. Brown became Chair of the Department of Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and holds the Charles V. Sanders, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine. Dr. Brown’s research interests combine the issues of low mobility and falls in the older adult. She has won numerous awards including the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award and the 2020 Gerontological Society of America Joseph T. Freeman award for this research.