Better health and Rehab seeks to provide personalized and comprehensive medical care in a peaceful environment. We want to be honest about what it takes to get back to optimal health, while giving you the time needed to get there.
Our mantra? Personalized and preventative medical care for individuals seeking answers.
The Thought of Improving Your Health Feels Impossible.
You’ve been prescribed numerous pills, but they haven't helped. You don’t have the tools to change your health, or know what those tools are. You’re scared of being ridiculed for choosing an unconventional approach.
Maybe, you’ve been told there are no solutions to your chronic health problems.
You’re stuck in the conventional medicine wheelhouse.
The good news is, Better Health and Rehab will turn those thoughts upside down.
Through a combination of modern Western medicine AND proven Eastern healing techniques, Dr. Brown will help you get back to better health.
Get to Know Janice C. Brown, MD, MPH
I knew from an early age I wanted to be a doctor. My path to medical school was the road less travelled having taken 6 years off between undergraduate and medical school. Growing up on the island of St. Croix, I had access to fresh air, outside activities, organic food, and unlimited imagination. One day when I was a teenager, my mom became bedridden from back pain. I instinctively thought to massage her back. The results were immediate, she was able to get out of bed.
My experiences as a child followed me to adulthood. After I earned an undergraduate degree in Spanish at Columbia University, I pursued Massage Therapy at the former Swedish Institute in New York City. My fluency in Spanish led to my first job out of college as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Medical Center. All the while, I practiced massage therapy, learning various tools that would later serve me.
In 2004, I started medical school at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. I remained true to myself and applied for residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). It was the one speciality that allowed me to see patients get better and back on their feet.
Since then, my goal has been to guide my patients to better health and a better quality of life.
Education
Undergraduate
Columbia University, New York, NY
Medical School
New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Graduate School
School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Acupuncture School
Helms Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA
Our Mission
To practice medicine that is more personalized, with enough time to address the issues the patient is presenting with, and know we have done the best we can to help them achieve better health.
As an MD trained in Western medicine, but raised with the principles of Eastern medicine, Dr. Brown merges these two modalities in her approach to patient care. She practices functional medicine and acupuncture to provide a whole-person approach.