Emergency Physician

Meet Dr. Mark Brown, physician-owner and emergency medicine physician at Fort Smith ER & Hospital. Originally from southeast Kansas, he started his 20-year+ medical career as a ground and air EMS. Dr. Brown graduated from Pittsburg State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry. After that, he attended A.T. Still University, the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he earned his medical degree and completed an Osteopathic internship followed by an Emergency Medicine residency.

As a board-certified emergency medicine physician, Dr. Brown has served as core faculty for the emergency medicine residency in Joplin, where he won ‘Teaching Attending of the Year’ in 2016, served as a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and served as medical director for various EMS and fire services in southwest Missouri.

When Dr. Brown is not working, he enjoys outdoor activities with his family.