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Brown began his cardiology practice in 1987. He was a member of numerous professional organizations including the  American Medical Association, American Heart Association, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the Louisiana and Shreveport medical societies. He was the chief of cardiology and director of the catherization laboratory of the HCA Highland Hospital, since Christus Medical Center, and the managing partner of Ark-La-Tex Cardiology, which he established in 1991 after a previous partnership suddenly dissolved.<ref name=obit/> 

Brown began his cardiology practice in 1987. He was a member of numerous professional organizations including the  American Medical Association, American Heart Association, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the Louisiana and Shreveport medical societies. He was the chief of cardiology and director of the catherization laboratory of the HCA Highland Hospital, since Christus Medical Center, and the managing partner of Ark-La-Tex Cardiology, which he established in 1991 after a previous partnership suddenly dissolved.<ref name=obit/> 

Outside of his medical duties, Dr. Brown was at his 2,000-acre Heartland 10/10 Ranch in Scottsville in Harrison County near Marshall in east [[Texas]], a type of ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' which he began as a weekend retreat for his family and since operated with his son, Craig Brown. Named for its -pound bass and 10-point bucks, Heartland hosts bass fishing and deer hunting. The genetics employed by the Browns, however, has produced even heavier bass and larger bucks than originally proposed.<ref name=tst> {{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/12/30/longtime-shreveport-cardiologist-dr-tommy-brown-passes/992441001/|title=Longtime Shreveport cardiologist Dr. Tommy Brown passes|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 1, 2018|author=Jimmy Watson|accessdate=January 2, 2018}}</ref> 

Outside of his medical duties, Dr. Brown was at his 2,000-acre Heartland 10/10 Ranch in Scottsville in Harrison County near Marshall in east [[Texas]], a type of ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' which he began as a weekend retreat for his family and since operated with his son, Craig Brown. Named for its -pound bass and 10-point bucks, Heartland hosts bass fishing and deer hunting. The genetics employed by the Browns, however, has produced even heavier bass and larger bucks than originally proposed.<ref name=tst>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/12/30/longtime-shreveport-cardiologist-dr-tommy-brown-passes/992441001/|title=Longtime Shreveport cardiologist Dr. Tommy Brown passes|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 1, 2018|author=Jimmy Watson|accessdate=January 2, 2018}}</ref> 

Dr. Brown was divorced from Diane Peppers Brown of Covington in St. Tammany Parish. In addition to their son, Craig of Shreveport, the Browns have a daughter, Kimberly Luminais and husband, Keith, of Mandeville, also in St. Tammany Parish. Dr. Brown still called his children "baby" even as they became adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2018/01/01/dr-tommy-browns-daughter-he-called-us-baby/994430001/|title=Dr. Tommy Brown’s daughter: ‘he called us baby’|author=Jimmy Watson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 2, 2018}}</ref> He had two granddaughters and two surviving sisters.<ref name=obit/> 

Dr. Brown was divorced from Diane Peppers Brown of Covington in St. Tammany Parish. In addition to their son, Craig of Shreveport, the Browns have a daughter, Kimberly Luminais and husband, Keith, of Mandeville, also in St. Tammany Parish. Dr. Brown still called his children "baby" even as they became adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2018/01/01/dr-tommy-browns-daughter-he-called-us-baby/994430001/|title=Dr. Tommy Brown’s daughter: ‘he called us baby’|author=Jimmy Watson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 2, 2018}}</ref> He had two granddaughters and two surviving sisters.<ref name=obit/>