Dr. David Paul Brown, MD
From impact to recovery — an emergency medicine perspective on head trauma.
Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and Medical Director at Neuron Connect, with 35 years diagnosing head trauma and a focus on concussion, acute trauma, causation, and medically necessary recovery pathways.
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Medical Director · Emergency Medicine · 35 years head trauma
A sequential view of trauma, necessity, and care.
Dr. Brown's profile is organized the way injury often unfolds: impact, acute assessment, mechanism and medical necessity, then recovery planning with a multidisciplinary team.
Impact
The moment of injury
Motor vehicle collisions, sports hits, falls, and other events can disrupt brain function even when conventional imaging later appears normal.
Acute care
Emergency assessment
Board-certified Emergency Medicine training emphasizes rapid evaluation of head trauma — identifying red flags, stabilizing patients, and documenting the acute clinical picture.
Mechanism
Causation & mechanism of injury
Understanding how the injury occurred — forces, timing, and clinical course — helps frame medical necessity and the path from acute event to ongoing symptoms.
Recovery
Rehabilitation planning
When symptoms persist, objective functional assessment (including qEEG when appropriate) and multidisciplinary care may support individualized recovery goals.
Trained where head trauma is first recognized.
Trained at the University of Oklahoma and board certified in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Brown has spent 35 years evaluating patients in the critical window after injury. That frontline experience shapes how Neuron Connect approaches concussion and traumatic brain injury recovery — with respect for acute medicine and the longer arc of rehabilitation.
35 years diagnosing head trauma
Decades in emergency settings inform how Dr. Brown evaluates concussion, acute trauma presentations, and the continuum from ER to outpatient recovery.
Causation-aware documentation
Clear clinical narratives about mechanism, timeline, and medical necessity help referring providers and case teams understand why ongoing care may be indicated.
Interest in neurological rehabilitation
Beyond acute stabilization, he brings a sustained interest in psychiatry-adjacent recovery pathways and neurological rehabilitation modalities.
Personal experience with neurofeedback
Dr. Brown uses neurofeedback personally, informing a practical appreciation for non-invasive brain training as part of a broader care toolkit.
Causation & medical necessity
Connecting the injury story to the care plan.
In personal-injury and post-concussion contexts, clinicians and case teams often need a clear line from mechanism of injury to presenting symptoms and recommended care. Dr. Brown's emergency-medicine background supports that narrative without overstating what any single test can prove.
qEEG and related assessments may provide objective functional information that complements clinical examination. They do not alone establish legal causation or guarantee case outcomes.
Medical Director at Neuron Connect
As Medical Director, Dr. Brown helps align acute trauma insight with qEEG brain mapping, neurofeedback, and the broader clinical team — including specialists in neuropsychiatry, neurology, and rehabilitation-focused care.
His goal is practical: help patients who leave the emergency department still struggling find a structured, evidence-informed path toward better brain function and quality of life.
Recovering after a concussion or head injury?
Talk with our team about evaluation options after acute trauma — including brain mapping and physician-guided recovery planning.
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