Elizabeth J. Brown, MD
Pediatric Nephrologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2001)
- Residency
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital (2009), Pediatric Nephrology
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (2006), Pediatric Nephrology - Graduate School
- Harvard Medical School (2010)
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Nephrology
Conditions
- Acid-base and Electrolyte Disorders
- Acute Glomerulonephritis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Alport Syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- Berger's Disease (IgA Nephropathy)
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Congenital Kidney Abnormalities
- Cystinuria (Inherited Kidney Stone Disorder)
- Duplex Kidney
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Glomerular Filtration Disorders
- Glomerulopathy
- Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Horseshoe Kidney
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypercalcemia
- Kidney Failure
- Kidney Tumors
- Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
- Nephrolithiasis (Kidney and Ureteral Stones)
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Obstructive Uropathy
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Proteinuria (Excess Protein in Urine)
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Chronic kidney disease
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Publications
- Genetic testing for nephrotic syndrome and FSGS in the era of next-generation sequencing. Brown EJ, Pollak MR, Barua M Kidney international 2014 Mar
- 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 Nature genetics 2010 Jan 42 1 72-6
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2001)
- American Society of Nephrology (2005)
- International Pediatric Nephrology Association (2010)
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2005)
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialists (2021)