Commander

Colonel Shaun R. Brown

Commander, USAISR

Colonel Shaun R. Brown

Colonel Shaun R. Brown hails from St. Louis, Missouri. He is a 2002 distinguished graduate from Logan University and completed medical school at A.T. Still University. COL Brown completed his General Surgery Residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas.

After completing General Surgery Residency training, COL Brown was assigned to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Cavazos, Texas. He deployed with the 28th CSH to Afghanistan as a General Surgeon and served as the Chief Medical Officer of his surgical detachment.

In July 2015, COL Brown began his Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship at the Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana. Following completion, he was assigned to William Beaumont Army Medical Center as teaching faculty. During this time, COL Brown deployed with the 160th FST to Afghanistan. Additionally, he was selected for the Joint Medical Augmentation Unit and successfully completed the assessment and selection process. Following graduation from Basic Airborne School, COL Brown was reassigned to Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with augmentation to Joint Special Operations Command. During his time at Womack Army Medical Center, COL Brown became the General Surgery Program Director and was responsible for establishing a new General Surgery Residency program, the first additional U.S. Army General Surgery Residency program in over 40 years. During this time, he also served as the Chief of Surgery at Womack Army Medical Center. He completed Military Freefall School and deployed to Afghanistan in support of USSOCOM in 2019 and to Iraq in 2020 and 2022.

COL Brown completed Senior Service College as a Veterans Affairs Fellow for Academic Year 2023-2024. Following completion of SSC, COL Brown served as the Chief of Professional Services for the 44th Medical Brigade and the XVIII Airborne Corps Command Surgeon. Additionally, COL Brown is the General Surgery Consultant to The Surgeon General. In this role, he served as the senior medical advisor to the Corps Commanding General and oversaw medical readiness and health service support operations for globally deployed forces. He is currently serving as the Commander of the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research.

His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Air Medal (C device), Joint Service Commendation Medal (V device), Joint Service Commendation Medal (C device, 2 OLC), Joint Service Achievement Medal (C device), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), Combat Medical Badge, Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, Basic Airborne Badge, 9A designator, and The Surgeon General Physician of the Year Award (LTC) 2022.