 As Gouverneur director, Brown instituted several policies that were ahead of their time in a clinic most of whose patients lived in poverty.For example, he ensured the waiting rooms were comfortable and that, rather than waiting for hours, patients could make appointments just as patients could in more affluent neighborhoods.And when he learned that Puerto Rican women often failed to show up for their Ob/Gyn appointments because their husbands resisted their being examined by male doctors, Brown sought out female Ob/Gyn physicians to serve these patients.