Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Travel Medicine
Medical Director, Infusion and Respiratory Services
Address
Baystate Infectious Diseases
3300 Main Street, Suites 3C&D
Springfield, MA 01199
413.794.5376
Education
Infectious Diseases Fellowship
New England Medical Center Hospital
Boston, MA
Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston, MA
Medicine Residency
New England Medical Center Hospital
Boston, MA
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sicneces
Washington, DC
Areas of Interest
Nosocomial infections
Community acquired pneumonia
Skin/skin structure infectious
Professional Service
Reviewer, CHEST
Reviewer, Clinical Infectious Disease
Publications
SELECTED
Harwell JI and Brown RB. The drug-resistant pneumococcus. CHEST 2000; 117:530-541
Granowitz, EV, Skulsky EJ, Benson RM, Wright J, McCall JL, Cohen ER, Smithline EC, and Brown RB. Exposure to increased pressure or hyperbaric oxygen suppresses interferon-gamma secretion in whole blood cultures of healthy humans. Undersea Hyperbaric Med 2003; 29: 216-225
Brown RB, Iannini P, Gross P, and Kunkel M. Impact of initial antibiotic choice on clinical outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia CHEST 2003; 123:1503-1511
Martorell C, Engelman R, Corl A, and Brown RB. Surgical site infections in cardiac surgery: an eleven-year perspective. Amer Jour Infect Cont 2004; 32:63-68
Sharma R, Loomis W, and Brown RB. Impact of mandatory infectious disease in-patient consultation on outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Amer J Med Sci . 2005; 330:60-64.
Paez A, Brown RB, Wilk, P, Bourgeault R, and Rauch C. Rapid loss of daptomycin 77. Susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates from an infective endocarditis patient. Infectious Dis Clin Pract. 2006 14:322-324.