His plastic surgery certification is from The American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. He completed his plastic surgery residency at the Brown University Integrated Program In Plastic Surgery , in Providence, Rhode Island, at the Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Michael J. Brown, was invited into that plastic surgery program taking an accelerated track position while a general surgery resident. His general surgery prerequisite training experiences were also at the Brown University School of Medicine’s affiliate hospitals, Harvard University Medical School’s affiliate hospitals, and the University of Texas Medical School’s affiliate hospitals. He attended and graduated from medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine.