Bertram S. Brown, M.D.

1983 Simon Bolivar Award Recipient

Lecture Title: Global Interdependence and Mental Health: A New Perspective on Refugee and Immigration Policy

Dr. Brown, born in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Brooklyn College in 1952 and earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical School in 1956. He completed his psychiatric residency at Harvard University from 1957 to 1960 and also obtained a master's in public health. From 1970 to 1977, he served as the head of the National Institute of Mental Health, followed by his role as Assistant Surgeon General from 1978 to 1980. He held the rank of rear admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and was president and CEO of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia from 1983 until his retirement in 1987. Dr. Brown was a pioneering researcher in psychiatry, particularly in the field of mental disabilities.