J. David Brown

J. David Brown, M.D., invented and patented the Brown Glaucoma Implant, the predecessor of the MicroOptx Beacon Aqueous Microshunt (BAM).

Dr. Brown did a Glaucoma Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England, 1981-82. At various points in his career, he has been the Director of the Glaucoma Service at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Director of the Glaucoma Service at HealthPartners (a large Minnesota HMO), and was most recently Chief of Ophthalmology at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Brown has served as the President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology. At one point, he was the highest volume glaucoma implant surgeon in the state of Minnesota.