Kevin Browne has been a nurse for 36 years. He is a member of the executive leadership team of Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and Lenox Health Greenwich Village. Before this position, Browne held the following positions: senior vice president of patient care services and chief nurse executive at St. Joseph’s Health and vice president and deputy chief nursing officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). While at MSK he held the following positions: director, critical care and pediatric nursing services, and nurse leader, pre-surgical services. Prior to MSK, Browne worked at Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) as the nurse leader, cardiac surgical services and the cardiothoracic surgical recovery clinical nurse specialist. Prior to MMC, Browne worked as a critical care educator and staff nurse in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Recovery Unit at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center.
Browne achieved a BS with a major in Nursing from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center School of Nursing in 1987, an MS in Nursing from Columbia University School of Nursing in 1992 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from St. Peter’s University in December 2018. Browne’s doctoral work focused on a new phenomenon known as practice drift. He is an expert in evidence-based practice methods, cultivating a spirit of inquiry internationally.
Browne holds an appointment as a clinical associate professor, State University of New York - Stony Brook University School of Nursing. He is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and a Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine. He holds dual licensure in New Jersey and New York. He is also licensed as a clinical nurse specialist in New York.