Ann J. Brown, MD MHS ACC is Professor (with tenure) Emerita of Medicine and Vice Dean for Faculty Emerita in the Duke University School of Medicine. Before retiring in 2023, she served as Vice Dean for Faculty for over a decade. In that role, she led faculty leadership development programs, headed the faculty appointment, promotions and tenure office, and supported resolution of conflicts involving faculty members. Prior to her Vice Dean role, she served as Associate Dean for Women in Medicine and Science (2004), then Associate Vice Dean for Faculty Development (2006).
Dr. Brown attended Stanford Medical School and completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital before coming to Duke to complete her Endocrinology fellowship in 1993. Following her fellowship, she joined the Duke faculty and focused her work on women’s health and leadership. In 2006, she was awarded the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion award from the Duke Office for Institutional Equity. In 2009 she completed the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship for women with outstanding leadership potential and now serves on ELAM’s faculty. Dr. Brown is a national expert and thought-leader in faculty affairs and development, and in 2019, she received the AAMC Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award, which recognizes dedicated and selfless promotion of faculty vitality. She is a certified professional coach.