James Stinson Brown was a Canadian surgeon who specialized in treatment of the deaf. He was born on 24 February 1923 in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Abner John Brown and his wife Lillian "Lilly" Roben Kidd. He graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1949 and came to England to study ear, nose and throat medicine at the University of London. While there he also played professional hockey. Having passed the fellowship in 1952 he returned to Canada in 1956 to establish a practice in Calgary, Alberta. He was consultant in otolaryngology to the Calgary General and Banff Mineral Springs Hospitals. After retiring from the hospitals he continued work part-time in a medical practice in Banff and, in 2004, he was given an honorary doctorate by Brandon University who named a campus building after him and his wife. He married Margaret "Lucille" Millions and they had five children; John, Mary Ann, David, Michele and Joyce. He died at his home in Calgary on 1 May 2009 aged 86 years and his papers were donated to the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medical Archives.