Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
Italo M. Brown, MD MPH (Morehouse College '06, Boston University '08, Meharry Medical College '15) is an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, and Health Equity & Social Justice Curriculum Lead at Stanford University School of Medicine. Throughout his career, Italo has been at the frontlines of social medicine and health equity. Italo is the Chief Impact Officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, a barbershop-based wellness initiative that leverages the cultural capital of barbershops to address the physical and emotional health of Black men and boys. He is a former board member of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, an organization that spearheads statewide advocacy efforts in support of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare/Medicaid Reform. Italo trained at Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, two Bronx Hospitals ranked among the top 20 busiest ERs in the country. In 2017, the National Minority Quality Forum named Italo among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. An avid writer, Italo served with the ABC News Medical Unit, and has contributed health equity & wellness commentary to The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, GQ, Men's Fitness, and The Root. Italo also serves as a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for organizations like Google and YouTube.
Adaptive Biotechnologies (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; AstraZeneca (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; Moderna, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; YouTube (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant