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Richard B. Brown, MD

 
Medicine Department   Image  
Infectious Diseases Division
  • 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.
 
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