Ryan Brown – Santa Rosa California

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401 Bicentennial Way Suite 180
Department of Head & Neck Surgery
Santa Rosa, California 95409
United States
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I grew up in upstate New York and have wanted to be a doctor since I was 3 years old. My grandpa died of cancer when I was 8 years old, and after that I vowed I would help fight cancer. I see helping others as the true meaning of life. I trained at Washington University in St. Louis for residency and I completed a one-year fellowship in Dallas/Fort Worth. I am an inducted member in the American Head & Neck Society, the largest organization of specialized head and neck cancer specialists in the world. I am also an inducted member of the American College of Surgeons. Along with my busy clinical practice, I started a nonprofit organization called Healing the Children Rocky Mountains, which leads a cleft lip and cleft palate volunteer surgical mission to Peru yearly to help disadvantaged children. I go on two to three cleft missions a year. I am happily married and have a 2 sons and 2 daughters. I love raising my family in Northern California.

About my practice

I love being able to see patients in clinic, operate and immediately help them with their problems. I also enjoy working with people of all ages. I am trained in both head and neck cancer surgery and in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. I am double board certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and by the American Board of Facial Plastic Surgery. I am trained to treat head and neck cancer in minimally invasive techniques such as Da Vinci robotic surgery and in endoscopic CO2 laser surgery. I also enjoy all types of reconstructive and aesthetic procedures of the face and neck, such as rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, facial trauma repair and skin cancer repair. I have specialized training in microvascular free tissue transfer and in cleft surgery. I also have a special interest in endocrine surgery and surgically treating all disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands including cancer, adenomas, hyperplasia and goiters.

Kadakia S, Mourad M, Hu S, Brown, R, Lee T, Ducic Y. Utility of intraoperative nerve monitoring
in thyroid surgery:20-year experience with 1418 cases. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017;21(3)335-339.

Brown R, Lozada K, Kadakia S, Gordin E, Ducic Y. Prophylactic Midface Lift in Midfacial Trauma.
Facial Plast Surg 2017;33:347-351.

Abraham MT, Rousso JJ, Hu S, Brown, RF, et al. Introduction of the American Academy of Facial
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery FACE TO FACE Database. Mourad M, Saman M, Stroman D,

Marad M, Saman M,Stroman D, Brown R, Ducic Y. Evaluating the role of embolization and
carotid artery sacrifice and reconstruction in the management of carotid body tumors. Laryngoscope
2016;126(10):2282-7.

Sawhney R, Ducic Y, Saman M, Brown R, Gordon E. Endoscopic Treatment of Subcondylar
Fractures. Current Otorhinolar Reports. 2015;Vol 3, Issue 4:226-232.

Brown RF, Ducic Y. Aggressive surgical resection of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma may provide
long-term survival in selected patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013;148(4):564-71.

Sawhney R, Brown R, Ducic Y. Condylar Fractures. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2013;46(5):779-90

Brown RF, Ducic Y. Parapharyngeal space tumors. Chapter 175 in Atlas of Operative
Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2013.

Brown RF, Hullar TE, Cadieux JH, Chole RA. Residual hearing preservation after pediatric cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol 2010;31(8):1221-6.