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Jeremiah Brown Jr MD

Jeremiah Brown Jr MD

Dr. Jeremiah Brown is a graduate of Harvard University.  He undertook medical school training at the University of California, San Francisco.  While obtaining his medical degree he also successfully completed a Masters Degree in Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.  Dr. Brown completed his residency at the University of Iowa and stayed on for 2 years to complete a fellowship in Vitreoretinal diseases and surgery.  Dr. Brown served as director of ophthalmology research at the US Army’s Laser Research Laboratory at Brooks Air Force Base, a division of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.  Dr. Brown has co-authored more than 25 peer reviewed articles in ophthalmology research as well as textbook chapters. He is a frequent lecturer to ophthalmology residents as well as practicing ophthalmologists.  In 2010, Dr. Brown founded the Brown Retina Institute.  Dr. Brown has an active vitreoretinal practice and also serves as Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in the department of ophthalmology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.   Dr. Brown serves as a voting member of the FDA’s Ophthalmic Devices Committee.