START Treatment & Recovery Centers CEO and leadership

Dr. Brown received a MD from the NYU School of Medicine & a Masters in Public Health from the Columbia University School of Public Health. He completed an internal medicine residency at Harlem Hospital & a neuroendocrinology fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, followed by academic appointments as Associate Physician at the Rockefeller University Hospital & Clinical Assoc. Professor of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is CEO at START Treatment & Recovery Centers (formerly the Addiction Research & Treatment Corporation) in Brooklyn, NY. He has served on the Board of Directors of the US Anti-Doping Agency, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), & the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. A former President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), he has served on committees of the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) & the National Institute on Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID). His current responsibilities include teaching health professionals, supervising the administrative support and delivery of medical care, & conducting biomedical & behavioral research. Dr. Brown’s scientific contributions have focused upon the sequellae of addiction and improving treatment of substance use disorders, resulting in over 100 peer-reviewed articles, chapters and published abstracts, reflecting investigator-initiated and collaborative research sponsored by NIDA, NIAID, and private industry. The New York Academy of Medicine, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the American College of Physicians, & CPDD have bestowed the distinction of Fellow on Dr. Brown; ASAM has recognized him as Distinguished Fellow; he also serves as Medical Advisor to the National Football League. He is a Vietnam War veteran for which he received a Bronze Star for meritorious service.

On November 13, 2019, the United States Mint announced Dr. Brown’s appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) by the Treasury Secretary. A life-long numismatist since the age of 12 years, Dr. Brown was chosen as a representative of the general public to the CCAC, which serves as an informed, experienced and impartial resource to the Secretary of the Treasury and represents the interests of American citizens and collectors.

Specialties: Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Public Health

Joyce Gholson DO is a Strategic Planning Committee at Student National Medical Association, Board Certified at American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and Board Certified at American Osteopathic Association of Addiction Medicine and is based in New York City, New York. She has worked as Medical Director at Spa Medica on Main, Attending Physician at Middletown Medical, and National Co-Chair Community Service Committee at Student National Medical Association. Joyce works or has worked as Owner / President at Guirand Medical Care, PC. She studied at Hofstra University between 1997 and 2001 and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine between 2002 and 2006.