MelanieLBrownMDFAAP

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Johns Hopkins

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Office
2525 Chicago Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone+1 612-813-7888

Fax+1 773-702-4041

Dr. Melanie Brown is a pediatrician in Minneapolis, MN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. She received her medical degree from Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and has been in practice 19 years. She has a background in pediatric critical care medicine and specializes in pain management, hospice & palliative medicine, and complementary and integrative medicine.

Institute for Functional MedicineNon Degree, AFMCP, 2017 - 2017
Helms Medical InstituteNon-Degree, Medical Acupuncture, 2016 - 2017
University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonFellowship, Integrative Medicine, 2013 - 2015
University of Chicago Medical CenterFellowship, General Internal Medicine and Clinical Medical Ethics, 2009 - 2011
University of ChicagoFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2001 - 2004
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1998 - 2001
Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 1998
University of PennsylvaniaM.S.E., Systems Engineering, 1992 - 1994
Duke UniversityB.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, 1987 - 1991

Top Doctors Minnesota Monthly, 2019
Senior Faculty Scholar The Bucksbaum Institute at The University of Chicago, 2016
Leadership Fellow Leadership Greater Chicago, 2014-2015
Winner Outstanding Health Programming Central Region, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Winner Outstanding Health Programming Central Region, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, 2015
Palliative Care Fellowship Mentor Coleman Foundation, 2013, 2015
MERITS Fellow Pritzker School of Medicine, 2013
Healer's Art Faculty Development Scholarship 2012
Fellow MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, 2009
Development Program Scholar NIH Amos Medical Faculty, 2005
Billie Wright Adams Scholar 2003
Outstanding Achievement Award Mayo Medical School, 1994
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Improving Communication in the PICU: The Navigate Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 06
Completed
Not Applicable

PubMed

2 citations
American College of Lifestyle Medicine Expert Consensus Statement: Lifestyle Medicine for Optimal Outcomes in Primary Care.
Meagan L Grega, Jennifer T Shalz, Richard M Rosenfeld, Josie H Bidwell, Jonathan P Bonnet
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2023-10-25
4 citations
Use of Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine in Children with Epilepsy: A Global Scoping Review.
Zahra Zhu, Daniela Dluzynski, Nouran Hammad, Deepika Pugalenthi, Sarah A Walser
Children. 2023-04-12
1 citations
Special issue: Pediatric pain and sickle cell disease.
Melanie Brown, Dennis Anheyer, Claudia R Morris
Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2022-12-01

Books/Book Chapters

Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
Chapter: "Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma."
Page 523 - 555Marc B. Hershenson, Melanie Brown, Blanca Camoretti-Mercado, Julian Solway2008
Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma and COPD: Biology and Pharmacology
Chapter: "Airway smooth muscle: role in airway constrictor hyperresponsiveness"
Melanie Brown and Julian SolwayEditors: Kian Fan Chung.2008
Critical Care, Just the Facts
Chapter: "Near Drowning"
Page 390 - 391Melanie BrownEditors: Hall and Schmidt.2007
Critical Care, Just the Facts
Chapter: "Hypothermia"
Page 385 - 387Melanie BrownEditors: Hall and Schmidt.2007
Surgery of Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practices
Chapter: "Drowning and Hypothermia."
Melanie Brown and Madelyn KahanaEditors: Keith T. Oldham, Paul M. Colombani, and Robert P. Foglia.Edition 2nd,2004
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Abstracts/Posters

Parent and Healthcare Team Member Communication in the Pediatric Intensive care Unit.
E Rojas, L Redd, A Goldberger, C Rodgers, K Michelson, and M Brown, Pediatric Research Day, University of Chicago, 1/1/2016
Mindfulness for Pediatric Residents.
Taylor, M., Hageman, J., & Brown, M, Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2015
Sm22 +/-mice show a decreased response to methacholine.
.L. Brown, J.D. Churchill, P. Kogut, J. McConville, B. Camoretti-Mercado, S. Feil, R. Feil, and J. Solway, American Thoracic Society International Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2005
Targeted Gene Excision in Airway Smooth Muscle Using SM-CreER(T2) Mice.
M.L. Brown, S. Shippee, P. Kogut, D. Shuster, N. Patel, L. Ma, J. McConville, B. Camoretti-Mercado, S. Feil, R. Feil, and J. Solway, American Thoracic Society International Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2004
Lack of Airway Inflammation in a Mutant Mouse Strain That Demonstrates Native Airway Cholinergic Hyperresponsiveness
E. Eaton, D. Kedainis, D. Shuster, S. Siepka, B. Chen, D. Fernandes, M. Dowell, M. Brown, M. Vitaterna, J. McCauley, J. Takahashi, F. Turek, A. Sperling, L. Pinto, J. ..., American Thoracic Society International Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2003
In Vitro and In Vivo Emergence of Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to Ciprofloxacin or Levofloxacin
M. Brown, M.S. Rouse, K.E. Piper, W.R. Wilson, R. Patel, J.M. Steckelberg, Emergence of Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents International Meeting, Monaco, 1/1/1997
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Lectures

Opioids Through the Ages: Caring for Children and Families in the Wake of the Opioid Crisis
National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/25/2019
AAP NCE - Mindfulness Techniques for Physicians
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2017
Pediatric and Neonatal Pain Management, An Integrative Approach.
Munster, IN - 1/1/2016
Go With the Gut: Practical Ways to Nourish the Body and Spirit in Times of Serious Illness or Hospitalization
Denver, CO - 1/1/2016
Nutrition Case Studies: Synthesis and Application
Denver, CO - 1/1/2016
Mind/Body Skills for Pediatric Pain Management Across the Spectrum: From Conventional to Complementary
Las Vegas, NV - 1/1/2016
Pediatric Palliative Care
Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL - 1/1/2015
Pediatric Integrative Medicine, an Emerging Specialty
El Paso, TX - 1/1/2015
Pediatric Integrative Medicine
Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2015
Care of the Pediatric Patient
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
Advanced Pain and Symptom Management
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
Physician Health and Wellness
Omaha, NE - 1/1/2015
Stress and Burnout
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE - 1/1/2015
Care Beyond Cure, Pediatric Palliative Care.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2013
Girl Talk: Access to Health and Feminine Hygiene.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2013
Palliative Care, Pain and Symptom Management.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2010
Asthma and Obesity.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2006
Asthma and Insulin Signaling.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2004
Cyanosis and Wheezing
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2003
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Other

Respiratory Virus on the Rise
Melanie Brown, Chicago Tonight Interview, WTTW
1/1/2014
Pros and Cons of Vaccinations
Melanie Brown, Chicago Tonight Interview, WTTW
1/1/2014