Andrew S Brem MD

Physician

593 Eddy St# ApcProvidence, RI 02903
Phone+1 401-444-5672
Fax+1 401-444-3944

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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Nephrology, 1977 - 1979
Brown UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1975 - 1977
MaineHealthInternship, Pediatrics, 1974 - 1975
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1974
Case Western Reserve UniversityB.A., Chemistry, 1970

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Certifications & Licensure

RI State Medical License 1979 - 2014
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Dean's Teaching Excellence Award Brown Medical School, 2004, 2007
Best Doctors in America 2003
Gift of Life Medical Award National Kidney Foundation, Massachusetts/Rhode Island Chapter, 1996

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
The Janus view: dual roles for hypoxia-inducible factor in renal repair after acute kidney injury.
Bohan Chen, Andrew S Brem, Rujun Gong
American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 2022-07-01
7 citations
Modulation of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase functions by the cloud of endogenous metabolites in a local microenvironment: The glycyrrhetinic acid-like factor (GALF)...
David J. Morris, Andrew S. Brem, Alex Odermatt
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2021-08-28
23 citations
Role of gut metabolism of adrenal corticosteroids and hypertension: clues gut-cleansing antibiotics give us.
David J. Morris, Andrew S. Brem
Physiological Genomics. 2019-03-01

Journal Articles

Targeting the activated mineralocorticoid receptor: Occam's razor revisited.
Brem, A.S., Morris, D.J., Li, X., Ge, Y., Shaw S. and Gong, R., Steroids, 1/1/2013
Targeting the activated mineralocorticoid receptor: Occam's razor revisited.
Brem, A.S., Kidney Int., 1/1/2012
Aldosterone induced fibrosis in the kidney: Questions and controversies.
Brem, A.S., Morris, D.J. and Gong R., American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1/1/2011

Books/Book Chapters

Encyclopedia of Hormones.
Chapter: Mineralocorticoids and Hypertension.
Page 700 - 704Morris, D.J. and Brem, A.S.Academic Press, San Diego, CA2003
Gellis and Kagan's Current Pediatric Therapy
Chapter: The Neurogenic Bladder.
Page 413 - 414Brem, A.S.Editors: Burg, F.D., Ingelfinger, J.R., Wald, E.R., Polin, R.A..W.B. Saunders Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 15th,1996
Pediatric Critical Care
Chapter: An Overview of Renal Structure and Function.
Page 659 - 669Brem, A.S.Editors: Fuhrman, B.P., Zimmerman, J.J..Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis1992

Abstracts/Posters

Pro-Fibrotic Effects of Aldosterone on Normal Heart and Aorta: Processes Attenuated by Endogenous Glucocorticoids and Their 11-Dehydro Metabolites.
72. Brem, A.S., Morris, D.J. and Gong, R., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol, 1/1/2010
Aldosterone induces pro-fibrotic changes in normal cultured renal epithelia: An effect modified by 11Beta-HSD activity.
Brem, A.S., Morris, D.J. and Gong, R., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol, 1/1/2008
COX-2 Co-localizes and Functionally Interacts with 11Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 1 in Kidney.
Brem, A.S., Gong R., Latif S.A., and Morris D.J., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol, 1/1/2007

Lectures

Pro-Fibrotic Effects of Aldosterone on Normal Heart and Aorta: Processes Attenuated by Endogenous Glucocorticoids and Their 11-Dehydro Metabolites.
American Society of Nephrology annual meeting, Denver. - 11/1/2010
Pro-fibrotic effects of aldosterone on normal kidney: Processes attenuated by renal metabolites of 11Beta-HSD.
36th International Aldosterone Conference, San Diego, CA. - 6/17/2010
Aldosterone induces pro-fibrotic changes in normal cultured renal epithelia: An effect modified by 11Beta-HSD activity.
American Society of Nephrology annual meeting, Philadelphia. - 11/1/2008

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