Ashlyn Brown, MD

For Ashlyn Brown, MD (she/her), growing up on a pig farm in Avella, PA and participating in 4-H spurred her interests in community health and ultimately led her to a career in family medicine. Ashlyn attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA, where she earned her degree in Neuroscience. While in college, she developed interests in pediatrics and teaching through working in a preschool and alongside an education student to develop a neuroscience curriculum for kids. Ashlyn earned her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She volunteered as a patient advocate at Eliza Shirley Women and Children’s Shelter where she helped connect families who were temporarily experiencing homelessness to child and healthcare services. Ashlyn also served as a coordinator for a regional Racism in Medicine Conference to bring together health professionals and community advocates to discuss how racism is prominent in medicine and to develop tools to address these issues and advocate for patients. Ashlyn is passionate about equitable and socially attentive healthcare and reproductive health. She also enjoys working with pediatric populations, patients with substance use disorders, and patients in the LGBTQ+ community. In her free time, Ashlyn can be found reading, knitting, and crocheting, baking, and playing with her puppy.