Benjamin P. Brown
Mimi Pichey Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Ben Brown is the Mimi Pichey Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is Chief of the Section of Complex Family Planning, and an attending physician in the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Brown is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in complex family planning.
Dr. Brown’s clinical interests include high-acuity obstetrics, complex abortion and contraception care, and management of early pregnancy complications and ectopic gestation. He enjoys mentoring medical students and residents, and has expertise in statistics and clinical medical ethics. His research focuses on understanding the human impact of reproductive and sexual health policy, using health services research methods and an ethics lens. Dr. Brown speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Selected Publications:
Brown, Benjamin P., Chor, Julie. "Adding Injury to Injury: Ethical Implications of the Medicaid Sterilization Consent Regulations." Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 123, no. 6, 2014, pp. 1348-1351.
Brown, Benjamin P., Hebert, Luciana E., Gilliam, Melissa, Kaestner, Robert. "Distance to an Abortion Provider and Its Association with the Abortion Rate: A Multistate Longitudinal Analysis." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 52, no. 4, 2020.
Brown, Benjamin P., Hebert, Luciana E., Gilliam, Melissa, Kaestner, Robert. "Association of Highly Restrictive State Abortion Policies With Abortion Rates, 2000-2014." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 11, 2020, pp. e2024610.
Weigel G, Theva M, Hardy E, Wagner S, Brown B. "Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Visits as a Venue for PrEP Service Delivery among Women in the United States: Results from a Nationally-Representative Survey." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 50, no. 11, 2023, pp. 726-730.
Chhabria, Karisma, Vineet Raman, Ghazal Aghagoli, Benjamin P. Brown. "Abortion Policy Positions of Federal Legislators who Received Support from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2012-2022." JAMA Network Open, vol. 6, no. 4, 2023, pp. e2310405.
Scholarly Interests
Reproductive and sexual health; Bioethics in policy development
Affiliated Departments
School of Public Health