Division of Biology and Medicine

Departments

The Division of Biology and Medicine is composed of 14 clinical departments, situated throughout Brown's seven teaching hospital partners, as well as four basic science departments and two hybrid departments on the Brown University campus.

Clinical Departments

Gildasio De'Oliveira, MD, MBA
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

Email

Administrator: Linda Nastasi
Emaillnastasi@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH
Phone: 401-444-4943
Fax: 401-444-5090

Department of Anesthesiology

Abrar Qureshi, MD, MPH
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Jamie Longval
Emailjaime.longval@brownphysicians.org
Box: G-RIH 
Phone: (401) 952-1301

Department of Dermatology

Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Gayle Pascetta
Emailgpascetta@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH 337 
Phone: 401-444-5184 
Fax: 401-444-5017

Brown Radiology

Linda Brown, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Brenda Bordieri
EmailBBordieri@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Claverick 2nd 
Phone: 401-444-6223 
Fax: 401-444-5118

Department of Emergency Medicine

Caroline Richardson, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Lynn Menatian
EmailJMenatian@kentri.org
Phone: 401-921-7981
Fax: 401-729-2856

Department of Family Medicine

Louis Rice, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Tricia Meehan
EmailTMeehan@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Grads 217 
Phone: 401-444-8291 
Fax: 401-444-8271

Department of Medicine

Karen Furie, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Jen Boulanger
Emailjboulanger@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Neurology 
Phone: 401-444-8795 
Fax: 401-444-8781

Department of Neurology

Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD, FACS
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Mustafa F. Mazlumoglu, MSc, MBA
Emailmustafa.mazlumoglu@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Neurosurgery 
Phone: 401-793-9136 
Fax: 401-444-2781

Department of Neurosurgery

Methodius Tuuli, MD, MPH, MBA
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Kathy Farnum
EmailKFarnum@wihri.org
Box: G-WIH 1453 
Phone: 401-274-1122 x41575 
Fax: 401-453-7696

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Edward Akelman, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Robin Morin
Email: robin_morin@brown.edu
Box: 2 Dudley Street, MOC 2, Providence 02905
Phone: 401-444-5895 
Fax: 401-444-6518

Department of Orthopaedics

Phyllis Dennery, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Joanne Richards
EmailJoanne.richards@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Hasbro 125
Phone: 401-444-5648
Fax: 401-444-6378

Department of Pediatrics

Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Kristen McKinnon
Emailkristen_mckinnon@brown.edu
Box: G-BH 
Phone: 401-444-1950 
Fax: 401-444-1948

Administrative Manager: Holly Wilker
Emailholly_wilker@brown.edu
Box: G-BH 
Phone: 401-455-6432 
Fax: 401-455-6432

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

David E. Wazer, MD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Madinha Aumaree
EmailMadinha.Aumaree@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/Rad Onc 
Phone: 401-444-8402 
Fax: 401-444-7002

Department of Radiation Oncology

 

Aurora Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Aimee Petit
Email: apetit@lifespan.org
Box: G-RIH/APC 431 
Phone: 401-444-6611 
Fax: 401-444-6612

Department of Surgery

Basic Science Departments

David Rand, PhD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Shannon M. Silva
Email: Shannon_Silva@brown.edu
Box: G-W 
Phone: 401-863-1976
Fax: 401-863-2166

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Kimberly Mowry, PhD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Amy Cohen
Email: amy_cohen1@brown.edu
Box: G-L 
Phone: 401-863-1654 
Fax: 401-863-1182

Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry

Richard Bennett, PhD
Department Chair (interim)

Email

Administrator
Email
Box: G-B5 
Phone: 401-863-9585

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Anne C. Hart, PhD
Department Chair

Email

Administrator: Kathy Gerlach
Emailkathleen_gerlach@brown.edu
Box: G-LN-307 
Phone: 401-863-3548 
Fax: 401-863-1074

Department of Neuroscience

Hybrid Departments

Mukesh K. Jain, MD
Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Frank L. Day Professor of Biology

Email

Office of the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
Brown University
91 Waterman Street
Providence, RI  02912

(401) 863-3330
Fax: (401) 863-3431

Jonathan Kurtis, MD, PhD
Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Stanley M. Aronson Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Email

Administrator: Amy M. Sousa
Emailamy_sousa@brown.edu
Box: G-E5 
Phone: 401-863-3119 
Fax: 401-863-9008

Administrative Coordinator: Laura Kalafarski
Emaillaura_kalafarski@brown.edu
Box: G-E
Phone: 401-863-2913

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine