John Brown, MD
Clinical Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Brown is the Medical Director of the San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency, a position he has held since 1996. This position is responsible for the regulation of the prehospital dispatch, first response, ambulance transport and emergency medical care for the City and County of San Francisco.
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He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School and an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He is the EMS and Disaster Medicine Associate Fellowship Director for UCSF and a Medical Officer for Disaster Medical Team CA-6, the Bay Area’s volunteer medical team for the National Disaster Medical System. He is a 14 year veteran of the US Navy Medical Corps and during his tenure with the Navy was the Naval Surgeon General’s Advisor for EMS and completed an EMS Fellowship at the University of Arizona. Research interests include evaluation of frequent use of EMS services, special events EMS medicine, LGBT Health Issues education for residents, and development of EMS services in global health.
Awards
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- Excellence in Teaching Award, Haile Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2012
Publications (15)
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EclampsiaRegional Medical ProgramsTransportation of PatientsEmergency Medical ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CareSan FranciscoEvidence-Based PracticeSeizures, FebrileTransgender PersonsAmbulancesEmergency Medical Service Communication SystemsAttitude to HealthUrban PopulationTriageEmergency Service, Hospital
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Implementation of a Leave-behind Naloxone Program in San Francisco: A One-year Experience.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2022 LeSaint KT, Montoy JCC, Silverman EC, Raven MC, Schow SL, Coffin PO, Brown JF, Mercer MP -
A Comparison of Time to Treatment between an Emergency Department Focused Stroke Protocol and Mobile Stroke Units.
Prehospital and disaster medicine 2021 Madhok DY, Mangasarian PH, Keenan KJ, Hemphill JC, Brown JF, Kim AS -
Adult Patients with Respiratory Distress: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2020 Hodroge SS, Glenn M, Breyre A, Lee B, Aldridge NR, Sporer KA, Koenig KL, Gausche-Hill M, Salvucci AA, Rudnick EM, Brown JF, Gilbert GH -
Frequent Users of 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Services: Sign of Success or Symptom of Impending Failure?
Prehospital emergency care 2018 Brown JF, Raven MC, Tangherlini NL, Kennedy Hall M -
Erratum: This Article Corrects: "Trends in Regionalization of Care for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction".
The western journal of emergency medicine 2018 Hsia RY, Sabbagh S, Sarkar N, Sporer K, Rokos IC, Brown JF, Brindis RG, Guo J, Shen YC
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Altered Mental Status: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2018 Sanello A, Gausche-Hill M, Mulkerin W, Sporer KA, Brown JF, Koenig KL, Rudnick EM, Salvucci AA, Gilbert GH -
Trends in Regionalization of Care for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2017 Hsia RY, Sabbagh S, Sarkar N, Sporer K, Rokos IC, Brown JF, Brindis RG, Guo J, Shen YC -
Prehospital Care for the Adult and Pediatric Seizure Patient: Current Evidence-based Recommendations.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2017 Silverman EC, Sporer KA, Lemieux JM, Brown JF, Koenig KL, Gausche-Hill M, Rudnick EM, Salvucci AA, Gilbert GH -
Acute Stroke: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2016 Glober NK, Sporer KA, Guluma KZ, Serra JP, Barger JA, Brown JF, Gilbert GH, Koenig KL, Rudnick EM, Salvucci AA -
Chest Pain of Suspected Cardiac Origin: Current Evidence-based Recommendations for Prehospital Care.
The western journal of emergency medicine 2015 Savino PB, Sporer KA, Barger JA, Brown JF, Gilbert GH, Koenig KL, Rudnick EM, Salvucci AA -
EMS-STARS: Emergency Medical Services "Superuser" Transport Associations: An Adult Retrospective Study.
Prehospital emergency care 2014 Hall MK, Raven MC, Hall J, Yeh C, Allen E, Rodriguez RM, Tangherlini NL, Sporer KA, Brown JF -
Emergency department avoidance by transgender persons: another broken thread in the "safety net" of emergency medicine care.
Annals of emergency medicine 2013 Brown JF, Fu J -
Which emergency medical dispatch codes predict high prehospital nontransport rates in an urban community?
Prehospital emergency care 2013 Hodell EM, Sporer KA, Brown JF -
Ambulance need at mass gatherings.
Prehospital and disaster medicine 2010 Meites E, Brown JF -
Frequent use of emergency medical services by the elderly: a case-control study using paramedic records.
Prehospital and disaster medicine 2010 Tangherlini N, Pletcher MJ, Covec MA, Brown JF