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Elizabeth Brown, M.D.

Elizabeth Brown, M.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics

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  • Education
    Medical School
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2001)
    Residency
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    University of Pennsylvania/The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2006), Pediatric Nephrology
    Fellowship
    Children's Hospital Boston (2009), Pediatric Nephrology
    Graduate School
    Harvard Medical School (2010)
    Other Post Graduate Training
    Harvard Medical School (2010)
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Tubuloreticular Inclusions in the Absence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and HIV Infection: A Report of Three Pediatric Cases.
    Elmaghrabi A, Brown E, Khin E, Hassler J, Hendricks AR Case Rep Nephrol Dial 2017 May-Aug 7 2 91-101
    Mice with mutant Inf2 show impaired podocyte and slit diaphragm integrity in response to protamine-induced kidney injury.
    Subramanian B, Sun H, Yan P, Charoonratana VT, Higgs HN, Wang F, Lai KV, Valenzuela DM, Brown EJ, Schlöndorff JS, Pollak MR Kidney Int. 2016 Jun
    Genetic testing for nephrotic syndrome and FSGS in the era of next-generation sequencing.
    Brown EJ, Pollak MR, Barua M Kidney Int. 2014 Mar
    Mutations in the INF2 gene account for a significant proportion of familial but not sporadic focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.
    Barua M, Brown EJ, Charoonratana VT, Genovese G, Sun H, Pollak MR Kidney Int. 2013 Feb 83 2 316-22
    Rho activation of mDia formins is modulated by an interaction with inverted formin 2 (INF2).
    Sun H, Schlondorff JS, Brown EJ, Higgs HN, Pollak MR Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011 Feb 108 7 2933-8
    Mutations in the formin gene INF2 cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
    Brown EJ, Schlöndorff JS, Becker DJ, Tsukaguchi H, Tonna SJ, Uscinski AL, Higgs HN, Henderson JM, Pollak MR Nat. Genet. 2010 Jan 42 1 72-6
    The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes.
    Steppan CM, Bailey ST, Bhat S, Brown EJ, Banerjee RR, Wright CM, Patel HR, Ahima RS, Lazar MA Nature 2001 Jan 409 6818 307-12
    A family of tissue-specific resistin-like molecules.
    Steppan CM, Brown EJ, Wright CM, Bhat S, Banerjee RR, Dai CY, Enders GH, Silberg DG, Wen X, Wu GD, Lazar MA Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2001 Jan 98 2 502-6
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (2001)
    • American Society of Nephrology (2005)
    • American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2005)
    • International Pediatric Nephrology Association (2010)