LAWRENCE BROWN:  

A graduate of Brooklyn College, Dr. Brown received a combined M.D. from New York University and a master’s in public health from Columbia University. He completed an internal medicine residency at Harlem Hospital and a neuroendocrinology fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. With an academic appointment at Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Dr. Brown is the former Chief Executive Officer at START Treatment & Recovery Centers, treating patients with substance use disorders. Dr. Brown served as Board Chair of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and as a member of the Boards of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. As former American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) President, he served on committees of the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Drug Testing Advisory Board of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. A former member of New York State’s Publi...Expand for more