Gregory Scott Brown, M.D.

Gregory Scott Brown, M.D., is an integrative psychiatrist, writer and wellness advocate. He is founder and director of the Center for Green Psychiatry, an Austin-based outpatient practice; an affiliate faculty member at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin; and a mental health advisor and regular contributor for Men’s Health Magazine.

Brown is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, specialty training in general psychiatry at Dell Medical School and received an M.D. from the McGovern Medical School in Houston. Brown is an alumnus of both Rice University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, and Johns Hopkins University, where he completed a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program. Prior to his transition to medicine, Brown studied music at The Juilliard School in New York.

Brown’s commentary has been featured on Medscape, the Today Show, SXSW, NPR and the New York Times, among others.

Brown was awarded a SAMHSA Minority Fellowship by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and in this capacity participated on the APA Council on Communications for two years. He remains a proud member of the APA.

Brown believes in the therapeutic value of yoga, and he often writes and speaks about its benefits for mental health prevention and treatment. He enjoys teaching, mentoring and supervising medical students and residents at Dell Medical School.