Brian K. Alverson, MD

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Dr. Alverson received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Yale University in 1992 and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, followed by pediatric residency training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he also served as Chief Resident and developed an enduring focus on medical education and evidence-based inpatient pediatrics. After spending 2 years as an attending in the emergency department at HealthONE hospital in Denver, Colorado, he joined the faculty at Brown University in 2005, where for seventeen years he progressed through the academic ranks, achieving Full Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Science in 2017 along their education track. While at Brown, he assumed senior educational and academic leadership roles, including Division Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Clerkship Director for Pediatrics. In 2022 he became as Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Education at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Nemours Children’s Hospital–Delaware, leading major curricular redesign efforts and strengthening trainee scholarly productivity. There he was likewise appointed at the full professor rank. In October 2025, Dr. Alverson joined the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as Director of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, bringing with him a sustained record of educational scholarship, national leadership, and progressive responsibility across multiple academic medical centers. He is currently Professor of Pediatrics at Hopkins.