Robert J. Brown, MD

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Get to know Cardiologist Dr. Robert J. Brown, who serves patients in the Bronx, New York.

With over three decades of experience, Dr. Brown is a highly trained cardiologist who is affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in the Bronx, New York.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is a full service acute care hospital and one of the premier trauma centers in the country. The hospital offers comprehensive primary, secondary, preventive and specialty care services. Its Level 1 Trauma Center is the busiest in the northeast region. The Hospital is staffed by a team of more than 300 physicians and has an inpatient capacity of 362 beds, including 20 neonatal intensive care beds, 10 surgical intensive care beds, 8 pediatric intensive care beds, 7 coronary care beds, and an expanded 11 station renal dialysis unit.

Earning his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1993, Dr. Brown went on to perform his residency in internal medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York in 1996. He then pursued his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Mount Sinai Morningside in 1999.

Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart, as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiologists are doctors who diagnose, assess, and treat patients with diseases and defects of the heart and blood vessels (the cardiovascular system).

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