Dr. Brodsky graduated from Syracuse University in 1970 and from the Upstate Medical Center/Syracuse in 1974.  Educational honors included The Faigle Award for Outstanding Senior (1970) and The Gurman Award for Outstanding Senior (1974).  He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honorary Society.  In 1977 Dr. Brodsky completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center and was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.  In 1987 he was recognized for Advanced Achievement in Internal Medicine.

Since 1977, he has been a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and the Montgomery County Medical Society. He is also a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians.

Dr. Brodsky served as Assistant Clinical Professor at the Georgetown University Medical School from 1983 through 1996.  Since 2005, he has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center and an active participant in the school's clinical apprenticeship program.