Haydee Brown MD

Haydee C. Brown, MD is a nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, social justice advocate, and former semi-professional dancer who practices in New York City. Dr. Brown is a graduate of Wellesley College and the NYU School of Medicine. She currently serves as an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem and as an Associate Clinical Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System.

In 2020, she volunteered in a South Bronx Emergency Room, assisting COVID-19 patients. In the same year, she founded Black Women Orthopaedic Surgeons, an organization dedicated to empowering Black women in the field. In 2021, Dr. Brown took the helm of the Orthopaedic Surgery Service at Harlem Hospital. During her tenure, Dr. Brown reconstructed the service, recruiting six Black and Brown orthopedic surgeons to provide comprehensive musculoskeletal care to the Harlem Community. These fellowship-trained surgeons formed one of the largest Black and Brown orthopedic groups in the USA.