Background
BROWN, Michael was born on April 13, 1941 in New York, United States. Son of Harvey Brown and Evelyn Katz.
BROWN, Michael was born on April 13, 1941 in New York, United States. Son of Harvey Brown and Evelyn Katz.
Bachelor in Chemistry, University Pennsylvania, 1962. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1966. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1986. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Buenos Aires, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Paris, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), Southern Methodist University, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Miami, 1996.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), Duke University, 2009.
Intern, resident in medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1966-1968. Fellow digestive & hereditary disease, National Institute Arthritis & Metabolic Diseases National Institutes of Health, 1968-1970, fellow biochemistry, National Heart Institute, 1970—1971. Assistant professor University Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1971-1974, professor, since 1976, Paul J. Thomas chair in medicine, director Jonsson Center Molecular Genetics, since 1977, W. A. Moncrief distinguished chair in cholesterol & arteriosclerosis research, since 1989.
Board directors Pfizer Inc., since 1996.
Co-editor: The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease, 1983.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (Lounsbery award 1979), Institute Medicine, Royal Society London (foreign), Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation.
Married Alice Lapin, June 21, 1964. Children: Jane Elizabeth, Ellen Sara.