Justin Brown

Justin M. Brown, MD is a board-certified neurosurgeon and pioneer in Reconstructive Neurosurgery – reversing paralysis in all conditions of neurological loss. Dr. Brown has received widespread international recognition for his work. He is an avid educator and a regular featured speaker at medical symposiums around the world. Dr. Brown earned his medical degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia and completed a surgical internship and Neurosurgical residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Following, based on his desire to understand these problems from the perspective of another surgical specialty, Dr. Brown completed a peripheral nerve surgery fellowship in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Then, in collaboration with a notable pioneer in Restorative Neurology, Milan R. Dimitrijevic, MD, PhD, he helped establish the International Society for Restorative Neurology. Dr. Brown is also a member of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, The American Association for Hand Surgery, the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Pan-African Association of Christian Surgeons, and Associate Professor for the Brachial Plexus International School.

Dr. Justin Brown currently serves as the Director of Reconstructive Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is the founder and Director of The Paralysis Center.

Clinical Interests

• Brachial plexus injuries
• Nerve injuries, paralytic disorders, stroke & brain injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Peripheral nerve surgery
• Peripheral Nerve Diseases
• Adult spine surgery
• Spasticity Management
• Cervical myelopathy
• Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
• Pediatric Stroke Rcovery
• Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery
• Scapular winging
• Shoulder nerve injuries
• Micro-neurosurgery
• Paralysis

Medical Education

• MD, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine
• Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
• Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis