James S Brown MD FRCS FDSRCS MRCS LRCP BDS
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
University Hospital Aintree Liverpool UK
Mr Brown has been a member of the Head and Neck team at the University
Hospital Aintree since 1992. He trained in Sunderland and the West
Midlands before being appointed to his present post. He is the Lead
Cancer Clinician and also chairs the Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
(Tumour Board). He is the co-editor for the International Journal
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and on the editorial Board of
Head and Neck.
Clinical Interests
He is part of the adult skull-base team in Liverpool and has considerable
experience in mid-face reconstruction. His main interest is in the
use of the vascularised iliac crest with internal oblique for maxillary
and mid-face reconstruction. He has developed a classification of
the maxillectomy defect. Other interests include methods of oropharyngeal
reconstruction and in particular the soft palate. He has suggested
the use of a superiorly based pharyngeal flap to support the radial
forearm flap in soft palate reconstruction. One of his important
contributions has been the instigation of the Head and Neck database
in Liverpool, which has resulted in high quality outcome research.
Research Interests
Mr Brown has concentrated pathological research into the patterns
and routes of tumour invasion of the mandible. Recent work has involved
the development of a guide to mandibular resection based on the
clinical and imaging assessment of tumour invasion. He has been
awarded a Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons
for 2004-2005 on this subject which was also the topic for his MD
thesis awarded from the University of Birmingham 1995. This research
has helped to direct the clinician in the management of the mandible
in the treatment of oral cancer. His latest interest is in the development
of a multi-centre trial into the efficacy of post-operative radiotherapy
in Head and Neck Cancer. Over the last 5 years (2000-2004) he has
published 8 papers as first author out of a total of 24.
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