Division of Pediatric Neuroscience

Meet the Physicians at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Neuroscience

Pediatric NeurologistStuart Brown, MD
Pediatric Neurologist

Stuart Brown, MD, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist who attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. After graduation, he remained in the Philadelphia area for four years to do an internship and residency at the college’s affiliated hospital before moving to Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston for a fellowship in child neurology.

In a career that spans over four decades, Dr. Brown has practiced medicine at numerous hospitals in New York, Massachusetts and Florida, holding many leadership positions along the way. He is a former chief of staff for Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, and he has been a professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine since 1967.

Professional Affiliations

Dr. Brown is a member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Epilepsy Society, the Child Neurology Society, International Child Neurology Society, the Broward County Medical Association and the Florida Medical Association.

Publications

  1. Brown, S.B.: Clinical Pathological Conference – Discussion, Muscular Dystrophy, Diseases of the Nervous System, 28:617-20, September 1967.
  2. Namba, T., Brown, S.B. & Grob, D.: Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis. Exerpta Medica, International Congress Series No. 186, International Congress on Muscle Diseases, pp. 65-66, 1969.
  3. Namba, T., Brown, S.B. & Grob, D.: Familial Myasthenia Gravis. Exerpta Medica, Series No. 193, 9th International Congress of Neurology, p. 257, September 1969.
  4. Namba, T. Brown, S.B. & Grob, D.: Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis. Pediatrics, 45:488-504, March 1970.
  5. Namba, T., Brunner, N.G., Brown, S.B., & Grob, D.: Familial Myasthenia Gravis. Archives of Neurology, 25:46-60, July 1971.
  6. Black, J.T., Garcia-Mullen, R., Brown, S.B. & Good, E.: Muscle Rigidity in Newborn Due to Continuous Peripheral Nerve Activity, Neurology, 22:235, 1972.
  7. Black, J.T., Garcia-Mullen, R., Good, E. & Brown, S.B.: Muscle Rigidity in Newborn Due to Continuous Peripheral Nerve Activity. Archives of Neurology, 27:413-425, November 1972.
  8. Brown, S.B.: Central Nervous System Neoplasia in Childhood, in Vuksanovic, Mario M. (ED.) Clinical Pediatric Oncology, Futura Publishing Co., Inc., N.Y., 1972.
  9. Condron, C.J., Cantwell, R.J., Kaufman, R.L., Brown, S.B. & Warren, R.J.: The Supernumerary Isochromosome 18 Syndrome (=18 pi). In Rimoin, D.L. & Schimke, R.N. (EDS.) Medical Genetics Today, N.Y. National Foundation – March of Dimes, 1973.
  10. Popoff, N. & Brown, S.B.: Late Infantile Krabbe’s Globoid Leukodystrophy. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 32:165, 1973.
  11. Brown, S.B. & Popoff, N.: Autopsy Proven Childhood M.S. in Black Siblings. Neurology, 23:393, April 1974.
  12. Brown, S.B.: The Neurologic Examination During the First Two Years of Life. In Swaiman, K.F. & Wright, F.S. (EDS.), The Practice of Pediatric Neurology. The C.V. Mosby Co., pp. 9-22, 1975.
  13. Brown, S.B.: The Neurologic Examination of the Older Child. In Swaiman, K.F. & Wright, F.S. (EDS.), The Practice of Pediatric Neurology. The C.V. Mosby Co., pp.38-51, 1975.
  14. Sher, P. & Brown, S.B.: The Neurological Examination of Premature Infants. In Swaiman, K.F. & Wright, F.S. (EDS.), The Practice of Pediatric Neurology. The C.V. Mosby Co., pp.22-30, 1975.
  15. Brown, S.B., Garcia-Mullen, R., & Mural, Y.: The Schwartz-Jampal Syndrome (Myotonic Chondrodystrophy) in the Adult. Neurology, 25:365-6, 1975.
  16. Sher, P. & Brown, S.B.: Longitudinal Head Growth Studies in the Premature Infant – Part 1. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 17:705-10, 1975.
  17. Sher, P. & Brown, S.B.: Longitudinal Head Growth Studies in the Premature Infant – Part II. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 17:711-18, 1975.
  18. Page, L.K., Brown, S.B., Gargano, F.P. & Shortz, R.W.: Schizencephaly: A Clinical Study and Review. Child’s Brain, 1:34-5, 1975.
  19. Sher, P. & Brown, S.B.: Gelastic Epilepsy – A Report of Onset in the Neonatal Period. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 130:1126-31, 1976.
  20. MacDonald, J., Parker, J.C., Brown, S.B., Page, L.K. & Wolfe, D.: Asymtomatic Cerebal Metastisis from a Malignant Thyoma. Surgical Neurology, Volume 9 #1, p. 58, 1978.
  21. Sheremata, W., Brown, S.B., Curless, R.R.: Childhood Multiple Sclerosis: a report of 12 cases. Annals of Neurology, 10:304, 1981.
  22. Brown, S.B.: The Neurological Examination of the Neonate. In Swaiman, K.F. & Wright, F.S. (EDS.), The Practice of Pediatric Neurology. The C.V. Mosby Co., pp. 30-35, 1982.
  23. Brown, S.B.: The Neurologic Examination of the Older Child. In Swaiman, K.F. & Wright, F.S. (EDS.), The Practice of Pediatric Neurology. The C.V. Mosby Co., pp. 35-51, 1982.
  24. Brown, S.B.: Disorders of the Urea Cycle. In Gomez, M.R. (ED.) Neurocutaneous Diseases: A Practical Approach, Butterworths Publishers, pp. 182-86, 1987.
  25. Menken, M., Brown, S.B., DeFriese, G.H.: Pediatric Neurological Practice in the Community. Neurology, 37 (Supp 1), 88, 1987.
  26. Brown, S.B.: Bernard J. Alpers, M.D., In Ashwal, S. (ED.), The Founders of Child Neurology, Norman Publishing, pp. 648-653, 1990.
  27. Brown, S.B.: Book Review, Neonatal Neurology by Gerald Fenichel, M.D. Neurology, 41:615, April 1991.
  28. Goldenberg, J. Brown, S.B., Weiner, W.: Coprolalia in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome  - Movement Disorder, 9:622-25, 1994.

Lectures Before Local, State or National Organizations

United Cerebral Palsy Foundation National Meeting, 1968 – Aminoacidurias.

Florida Hearing and Speech Association, 1969 – Neurological Problems Affecting Speech in Children.

Pediatric Faculty of St. Petersburg Children’s Hospital, 1971 – Seizure Disorders in Children; Learning Disorders in Children.

Florida Medical Association Annual Meeting, Orthopedic Division, 1971 – Embryology of, and Neurological Approach to Myelomeningocele and Dysgraphic States.

University of Miami – Cedars of Lebanon Radiotherapy Symposium, 1971 – Brain Tumors in Children.

Greater Miami Pediatric Society Annual Symposium, 1972 – Neuromuscular Disease in Children.

Fourth Annual Post-Graduate Course in Pediatric and Adult Urology, 1972 – Neurologic Evaluation of the Child with Myelomeningocele.

University of Miami Post-Graduate Seminar in Neuromuscular Diseases, 1972 – Spinal Muscular Atrophies.

Variety Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Neurology Course, 1981 – Dysgraphic Syndromes.

University of Miami Post-Graduate Neurology Course, 1981 – Sight Diagnosis in Child Neurology.

N.I.H. Consensus Panel Member, 1981 – Reyes Syndrome Conference.

Variety Children’s Hospital Post-Graduate Course in Neurology, 1983 – Cerebral Edema and Increased Intracranial Pressure.

University of Miami Post-Graduate Neurology Course, 1985 – Phakomatosis.

All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, 1985 – Tourette’s Syndrome.

Miami Children’s Hospital Post-Graduate Course in Child Neurology, 1985 – Ocular Manifestations of Neurological Disease.

American Academy of Pediatrics Plenary Session, Orlando, FL, 1986 – The Use of Anticonvulsant Drugs in the 80’s.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Spring Session Seminar, Orlando, FL, 1986 – Update in Office Pediatric Neurology.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fall Meeting, 1987 – Seminar on Clinical Problems in Child Neurology.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fall Meeting, Neurology Section, 1987 – The Use and Abuse of Neurodiagnostic Tests in the Evaluation of Children with Learning Problems.

University of Miami Post-Graduate Neurology Course, 1988  - The Infantile Hemiplegia Syndrome.

Miami Children’s Hospital Post-Graduate Course in Child Neurology, 1988 – Neurologic Complications of Aids in Children.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Spring Meeting, 1989 – Seminar on Clinical Problems in Child Neurology.

University of Miami Neurology Post-Graduate Course, 1990 – Tourette Syndrome.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fall Meeting, 1990, Seminar on Common Neurological Problems.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fall Meeting, 1991, Seminar on Office Neurology.

University of Miami Post-Graduate Neurology Course, 1991 – Infantile Myoclonic Seizures.

Child Neurology Society Meeting Presentations

  1. Brown, S. Infantile Polymyoclonia. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October, 1972.
  2. Brown, S. & Garcia-Mullin, R.: The Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, October 1973.
  3. Cullen, R., Garcia-Mullen, R., & Brown, S.: Partial Lower Facial Palsies in Children.
  4. Sher, P. & Brown, S.: Head Growth in Prematures, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, October, 1973.
  5. Brown, S. & Popoff, N.: Multiple Sclerosis in Childhood, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October, 1974.
  6. Sher, P. & Brown, S.: Gelastic Epilepsy in the Neonate, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1975.
  7. Brown, S. & Livingstone, P.: Spontaneous Occlusion of a Cerebral AVM in a Neonate, Dartmouth University, Hanover – 1979 – read by title.
  8. Sheramata, W. & Brown, S., et al: Multiple Sclerosis in Childhood, 1982.

For more information about the Pediatric Neuroscience Center, call Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at (954) 265-2358.

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