Dr. Rex Brown received his BS in Pharmacy from Ferris State University (Big Rapids, Michigan) in June 1971, and received his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the University of Tennessee in June, 1980. He completed a residency in nutrition support at the City of Memphis Hospital (MED) in 1981.

Dr. Brown began his academic career as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina in August, 1981. In 1984 he moved to the University of Tennessee in Memphis as an assistant professor and currently is at the rank of professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy.

Dr. Brown served as Vice Chair for Postdoctoral Training in 1991-2 and has been Vice Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy since July, 2000.

Dr. Brown has been certified by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialists as a Nutrition Support Pharmacist since 1992. He became a Fellow in the American College of Nutrition in 1987 and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 1999.

Dr. Brown's clinical and research interests are nutrition support and critical care.