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Daniel F. Brown, MD

 

Daniel F. Brown, MD

 

Assistant Professor (adjunct), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Telephone:  610-402-8140

Email: daniel.brown@lvh.com

 

 

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

Educational Background:

 

Undergraduate degree, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

 

MD, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

 

Residency, Anatomic Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

 

Fellowship, Neuropathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

 

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clinical Interests:

 
  • CNS neoplasia
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • Neuromuscular pathology

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research Interests:

 

Overlap of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease pathology

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board certification(s):

American Board of Pathology

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professional affiliations:

 

  • College of American Pathologists
  • American Association of Neuropathologists
  • American College of Physician Executives

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publications:

 

Book Chapters

 

Brown DF, Newton HB. Brain Biopsy. In: Lynn DJ, Newton HB, Rae-Grant AD (Eds.) The 5-Minute Neurology Consult. Philadelphia, PA: Lippencott Williams & Wilkins; 2003, 42.


Invited Articles

 

Brown DF. The Brain Autopsy. In: Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter Newsletter.  Summer 2002, 5-9.


Brown DF. Alzheimer's Research Advances Shared at American Association of Neuropathologists Meeting. In: Alzheimer's Association Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter Newsletter. Autumn 2001, 4.


Brown DF, Dababo MA, Bigio EH, Risser RC, White CL III. The Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease represents combined Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease pathology. In: Vellas B, Fitten J, Frisoni G (Eds.) Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease. Volume 2, New York, NY: Springer; 1999, 225-229.


Brown DF. Lewy body dementia. Ann Med 1999;31:188-196.


Brown DF, White CL III. Neuropathology of Alzheimer disease and the Lewy
body variant of Alzheimer disease: synapse density and pathological staging: new pieces of the puzzle. In: Chapman S (Ed.) Recent breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease: risk factors, biological markers, cognitive, and linguistic distinctions, and pharmacological interventions. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division 2 Newsletter: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders 1997;7(4):11-15.


Papers

 

Berman EL, Eade TN, Brown D, et al. Radiation Induced Tumor Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for an Arteriovenous Malformation. Neurosurgery, 2007:61(5):E1099.


Tuluc M, Brown DF, Goldman, B. Lethal Vertebral Artery Dissection in Pregnancy: Case Report and Literature Review. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2006;130:533-535.


Coyle CM, Weiss LM, Rhodes LV, et al. Fatal myositis due to the microsporidian Brachiola algerae, a mosquito pathogen. N Eng J Med, 2004:351;42-47.


Bigio EH, Brown DF, White CL III. Progressive supranuclear palsy presenting with dementia: cortical pathology. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol,1999:58;359-364.


Brown DF, Risser RC, Bigio EH, et al. Neocortical synapse density and Braak stage in the Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease: a comparison with classic Alzheimer disease and normal aging. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 1998:57:955-960.


Brown DF, Denney CF, Burns DK. Systemic calciphylaxis associated with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 1998;122:656-659.


Rushing EJ, Brown DF, Hladik CL, Risser RC, Mickey BE, White CL III. Correlation of bcl-2, p53, and MIB-1 expression with ependymoma grade and subtype. Mod Pathol 1998;11(5):464-470.


Brown DF, Chason DP, Schwartz LF, Coimbra CP, Rushing EJ. Supratentorial giant cell ependymoma: a case report. Mod Pathol 1998;11(4):398-403.


Brown DF, Dababo MA, White CL III, Eagan KP, Hladik CL, Rushing EJ. Hormone receptor immunoreactivity in hemangioblastomas and clear cell renal cell carcinomas. Mod Pathol 1998;11(1):55-59.


Brown DF, Dababo MA, Bigio EH, Risser RC, Eagan KP, Hladik CL, White CL III. Neuropathologic evidence that the Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease represents coexistence of Alzheimer disease and idiopathic Parkinson disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1998;57:39-46.


Brown DF, Gazdar AF, White CL III, Yashima K, Shay JW, Rushing EJ. Human telomerase RNA expression and MIB-1 (Ki-67) proliferation index distinguish hemangioblastomas from metastatic renal cell carcinomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1997;56:1349-1355.


Rushing EJ, Yashima K, Brown DF, et al. Expression of telomerase RNA component correlates with the MIB-1 proliferation index in ependymomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1997;56:1142-1146.


Brown DF, Rushing EJ. Rosenthal fibers and eosinophilic granular bodies in a classic acoustic schwannoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1997;121:1207-1209. Also listed in Current Awareness in Biomedicine 1998;23:2.

 

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