Dr. Brown lives in Winnipeg with his wife and children.  He earned his MD at the University of Manitoba in 1987.  He went on to complete his anesthesiology residency also at the University of Manitoba in 1992.   During his anesthesiology training he developed an interest in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, and so, in 1992-3 pursued fellowship training in Pain Management at the Ottawa General Hospital.  

Aside from subspecialty clinical interests in Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dr. Brown’s particular interest in Medicine have been education at all levels.  He has received several teaching awards for his postgraduate teaching, and has been active in educational administration and program development throughout his career.  Shortly after returning to the University of Manitoba, he became the Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Anesthesia.  In that position, he revised the philosophy of the Department of Anesthesia toward undergraduate education, away from one centered around the specialty and toward a set of goals and objectives based on the learning needs of the students.  At the same time, he was the Coordinator for Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management for the University.  In that capacity, he was responsible for the development of the first pain fellowship program at the University of Manitoba.  In 2003, he accepted the position of Postgraduate Program Director for the Department of Anesthesia, later also becoming the Vice Chair for Education in 2006.  In these positions he gained experience with development of educational curricula, goals and objectives and evaluation, locally and as a part of the Association of Canadian University Departments of Anesthesia (ACUDA) .  In 2008, he was appointed chair of ACUDA, and was responsible for coordinating the collaboration on a national Curriculum for Anesthesia and incorporation of portfolios into Royal College Anesthesiology education.

In 2009, the Faculty of Medicine, through a generous donation, was able to create the Mindemar Professorship in Human Simulation.  The applicability of simulation across disciplines and throughout the entire educational spectrum, combined with his passion for education at all levels, made this an ideal opportunity.  In August 2009, Dr. Brown was fortunate to be appointed to this position.  In this position, he will be responsible for the integration of simulation into all the educational programs of the Faculty and for growing the Clinical Learning and Simulation Facility  into a leader in educational research.