StuartJ.BrinkMD

Pediatric Endocrinology • Newton Center, MA

Pediatric Diabetes Endocrinology, Pediatric Growth Disorder Endocrinology, Pediatric Thyroid Endocrinology

Senior Endocrinologist, New England Diabetes & Endocrinology Center (NEDEC)

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Office
New England Diabetes & Endocrinology Center (NEDEC)
196 Pleasant Street
Newton Center, MA 02459
Phone+1 781-572-4533

Fax+1 617-969-9123
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Summary

Pediatric, adolescent and young adult endocrinologist and diabetologist. Diabetes, insuln pumps and sensors, intensified control modeled after DCCT. Complications prevention. Identification and treatment of co-morbidities.

Growth hormone treatment as well as evaluation of short stature conditions; Congenital and acquired thyroid problems, diagnosis and treatment. Early and delayed puberty, adrenal and gonadal as well as pitutiatry and hypothalamic endocrine disorders. Lipid abnormalities. Vitamin D, osteoepenia and osteoporosis treatment.

International lecturing and education vis-a-vis pediatric, adolescent and young adult endocrine and diabetes problems in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Caribbean and Latin America.

Education & Training

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1977 - 1978
Joslin Diabetes CenterFellowship, Fellowship, Diabetes, 1977 - 1978
Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1976 - 1977
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterChief Residency, Pediatrics, 1975 - 1976
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1972 - 1976
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1972

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1976 - 2023
CA State Medical License 1973 - 1980
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Consultant Cambodia Ministry of Health
Honors Diploma Veliko Tarnova Municipality, Bulgaria, 2016
Cetatean de Onoare Municipiului Timisoara, Romania, 2016
Consultant Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China, 2016
ISPAD Lestradet Award for Pediatric Diabetes Education and Advocacy International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, 2011
ISPAD International Education Liaison Chairperson 2009 - present International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, 2009
ISPAD President 2006-8 International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), 2006
Grand Prix Romanian Society of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, 2005
AAP Pediatric Endocrinology Executive Committee 2003-09 American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003
Lilly International Partnership in Diabetes Award Eli Lilly, 2003
ADA Scientific Sessions Committee American Diabetes Association, 1999
Doctor Honoris Causa Universitatea de Medicine si Farmacie din Timisora Romania, 1999
Miembro Honorario Sociedad Dominicana de Endocrinologia y Nutricion, 1998
ADA President, Massachusetts Affiliate 1992-4; 1996-8 American Diabetes Association, 1992
ADA National Board of Directors 1991-1994 American Diabetes Association, 1991
ISPAD Secretary General 1991-94 & 1994-97 International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), 1991
ISPAD Steering Committee 1990-97 & 2005-10 International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, 1990
ADA Massachusetts Affiliate Executive Committee American Diabetes Association 1988-1998, 1988
JDF Ann Wolfe Award Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1988
ADA National Chair, Committee on Diabetes in Youth (CODY) 1987-1990 American Diabetes Association, 1987
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
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Clinical Trials

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) Start of enrollment: 1983 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guideline: Diabetic ketoacidosis in the time of COVID‐19 and resource‐limited settings‐role of subcutaneous insulin
Leena Priyambada, Joseph I. Wolfsdorf, Stuart Brink, Maria Fritsch, Ethel Codner, Kim C. Donaghue, Maria E. Craig> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2020 Dec 1
8 citations
ISPAD Position Statement on Type 1 Diabetes in Schools
Peter W Goss, A. Middlehurst, Carlo L. Acerini, Barbara J. Anderson, Natasa Bratina, Stuart Brink, Luis Eduardo Calliari, Gun Forsander, Jennifer L Goss, David M. Maah...> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2018 Nov 1
7 citations
Unresolved Issues in the Wake of Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism.
Marvin L. Mitchell, Ho-Wen Hsu, Stuart Brink, Rosalind S. Brown, Laurie E. Cohen, Mary M. Lee, Lynne L. Levitsky, Abdollah Sadeghi-Nejad, Leslie A. Soyka, Ksenia Tonyu...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2016 Jun 1
12 citations
An increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Romanian children aged 0 to 17 years.
Viorel Serban, Stuart J. Brink, Bogdan Timar, Alexandra Sima, Mihaela Vlad, Romulus Timar, Adrian Vlad> ;Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2015 Mar 1
19 citations
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014. Sick day management in children and adolescents with diabetes.
Stuart Brink, Dipesalema Joel, Lori M. Laffel, Warren Wei Rhen Lee, Birthe S. Olsen, Helen Phelan, Ragnar Hanas, Adolescent Diabetes> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2014 Sep 1
11 citations
Promoting Excellence in the Care of Pediatric Endocrine Diseases in the Developing World
Margaret Zacharin, Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Fernando Cassorla, Stuart Brink, Ragnar Hanas, Hugo L. Fideleff, AO Oduwole, Nalini S. Shah, Zeev Hochberg, Diabetes Active Me...> ;Pediatrics. 2013 Feb 1
Harry Dorchy and pediatric diabetology
Stuart J Brink> ;Revue Medicale De Bruxelles. 2010 Jan 1
1 citations
Pediatric and adolescent multidisciplinary diabetes team care
Stuart Brink> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2009 Nov 4
6 citations
Management of children and adolescents with diabetes requiring surgery
P. R. Betts, Stuart Brink, Martin Silink, Peter Swift, Joseph I. Wolfsdorf, Ragnar Hanas> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2009 Sep 1
6 citations
Management of children with diabetes requiring surgery.
P. R. Betts, Stuart Brink, Peter G.F. Swift, Martin Silink, Joseph I. Wolfsdorf, Ragnar Hanas> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2007 Aug 1
8 citations
Education and multidisciplinary team approach in childhood diabetes.
Stuart Brink, Francesco G Chiarelli> ;Acta Bio-Medica. 2004 Apr 1
56 citations
Insulin lispro lowers postprandial glucose in prepubertal children with diabetes.
Larry C. Deeb, John H. Holcombe, Rocco L. Brunelle, Sunita Zalani, Stuart Brink, Morris R. Jenner, Hilary Kitson, Kusiel Perlman, Martha Spencer> ;Pediatrics. 2001 Nov 1
26 citations
Complications of pediatric and adolescent type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Stuart J. Brink> ;Current Diabetes Reports. 2001 Aug 1
35 citations
Prospective analysis suggests susceptibility genes for deficiencies of IgA and several other immunoglobulins on the [HLA-B8, SC01, DR3] conserved extended haplotype.
Chester A. Alper, Deborah Marcus-Bagley, Z Awdeh, Margot S. Kruskall, George S. Eisenbarth, Stuart J. Brink, Aubrey J. Katz, Rosanne Stein, David H. Bing, Edmond J. Yu...> ;Tissue Antigens. 2000 Sep 1
23 citations
How to apply the experience from the diabetes control and complications trial to children and adolescents
Stuart J. Brink> ;Annals of Medicine. 1997 Oct 1
4 citations
So what's the difference between teenage boys and girls, anyway?
Stuart J. Brink> ;Diabetes Care. 1997 Nov 1
14 citations
Relationship Between Protein Complotypes and DNA Variant Haplotypes: Complotype-RFLP Constellations (CRC)
Susan Simon, L. Truedsson, Deborah Marcus-Bagley, Zuheir L. Awdeh, George S. Eisenbarth, Stuart J. Brink, Edmond J. Yunis, Chester A. Alper> ;Human Immunology. 1997 Sep 15
69 citations
Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Microsatellite Haplotypes in Relation to Extended Haplotypes, Susceptibility to Diseases Associated with the Major Histocompatibility Compl...
Antonio Garcia-Merino, Chester A. Alper, Koichiro Usuku, Deborah Marcus-Bagley, Robin R. Lincoln, Zuheir L. Awdeh, Edmond J. Yunis, George S. Eisenbarth, Stuart J. Bri...> ;Human Immunology. 1996 Sep 15
9 citations
A restriction fragment of the C2 gene is a unique marker for C2 deficiency and the uncommon C2 allele C2*B (a marker for type 1 diabetes).
Susan Simon, Z Awdeh, R D Campbell, P Ronco nd, Stuart J. Brink, George S. Eisenbarth, Edmond J. Yunis, Chester A. Alper> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1991 Dec 1
42 citations
Specific Association of HLA-DR4 With Increased Prevalence and Level of Insulin Autoantibodies in First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Type I Diabetes
Ralph Ziegler, Chester A. Alper, Z Awdeh, Luis Castaño, Stuart J. Brink, J. S. Soeldner, Richard A. Jackson, George S. Eisenbarth> ;Diabetes. 1991 Jun 1
321 citations
Genetic prediction of nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine.
Chester A. Alper, Margot S. Kruskall, Deborah Marcus-Bagley, Donald E. Craven, Aubrey J. Katz, Stuart J. Brink, Jules L. Dienstag, Zuheir L. Awdeh, Edmond J. Yunis> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1989 Sep 14
9 citations
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young-Adult Nutrition Issues in IDDM
Stuart J. Brink> ;Diabetes Care. 1988 Feb 1
183 citations
Self-Efficacy in Adolescent Girls and Boys With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Hildreth Youkilis Grossman, Stuart J. Brink, Stuart T. Hauser> ;Diabetes Care. 1987 May 1
13 citations
Progressive autoimmune beta cell insufficiency: occurrence in the absence of high-risk HLA alleles DR3, DR4.
George S. Eisenbarth, S. Srikanta, E. Fleischnick, Om P. Ganda, Richard A. Jackson, Stuart J. Brink, J. S. Soeldner, Edmond J. Yunis, Chester A. Alper> ;Diabetes Care. 1985 Sep 1
97 citations
Differential Sensitivity to β-Cell Secretagogues in “Early,” Type I Diabetes Mellitus
Om P. Ganda, S. Srikanta, Stuart J. Brink, M. A. Morris, Gleason Re, J. S. Soeldner, George S. Eisenbarth> ;Diabetes. 1984 Jun 1
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Books/Book Chapters

Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Brink SJ and Serban VEditors: Brink SJ and Serban V.Brumar, Timisoara
Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
Brink SJ, Lee WRW, Pillay K,Kleinebreil LNovoNordisk A/S, Baegsvard, DK2010
Practical Paediatric Endocrinology
Chapter: Diabetes in children and adolescents: basic training for healthcare professionals
Page 198 - 231Brink, S, Lee WRW, Pillay K.Editors: Zacharin M.Melbourne
Pediatric Endocrinology Clinical Update
Chapter: Turner Syndrome: Diagnosis and Endocrine Dilemmas
Page 74 - 102Brink SJEditors: Velea I, Paul C, Brink SJ.Mirton, Timisoara
Pediatric Endocrinology Clinical Update
Chapter: Down Syndrome: General Health and Endocrine Issues
Page 53 - 73Brink SJEditors: Velea I, Paul C, Brink SJ.Mirton, Timisoara
Evidence based Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Chapter: Type 1 diabetes mellitus in the very young child
Page 63 - 75Brink SJEditors: Allgrove J. Swift PGF, Greene S.Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
Vascular Involvement in Diabetes. Clinical, Experimental and Beyond
Chapter: Complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and teenagers
Page 375 - 388Brink SJEditors: Cheta, D.Karger, Basel, Switzerland
Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter: Diabetic ketoacidosis
Page 94 - 121Brink SJEditors: Chiarelli, F, Dahl-Jorgensen, K, Kiess W.Karger, Basel, Switzerland
Diabetes Mellitus. A Fundamental and Clinical Text, Third Edition
Chapter: Insulin treatment and home monitoring for type 1 diabetes mellitus
Page 683 - 700Brink SJEditors: LeRoith, D, Taylor SI and Olefsky JM.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
Diabetes Education Goals
Brink et alEditors: Brink S, Siminerio L, Hinnen-Hentzen D, Deeb LC, Daly AS, Anderson BJ and Agrin RJ.American Diabetes Association, Alexandria VA
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Authored Content

Insulin Past, Present and Future 100 Years from Leonard ThomopsonFebruary 2022

Committees

Committee member, Life for a Child, International Diabetes Federation 2013 - Present
Steering Committee Member, International Relations Committee, Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES) 2013 - Present
ISPAD International Education Liaison Chair, ISPAD International PostGraduate Education 2007 - 2016

Research History

DCCT Co-InvestigatorCo-Investigator, DCCT. Assisted in development and writing the treatment protocols for the DCCT as member of the study team at Joslin Clinic. Clinical trial participation with team at Massachusetts General Hospital.1982 - 1993

Professional Memberships

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - AACE
Member
American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Fellow
American Diabetes Association - ADA
Member, Past MA Chapter President & Board of Directors, Past National Board of Directors, Past National Chairperson, Council on Diabetes and Youth
International Diabetes Federation
Life Member
ISPAD International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Member, Past Advisory Board, Past Secretary-General, Past President
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES)
Member
The Endocrine Society (TES)
Member

Other Languages

Spanish

External Links

Stuart Brink MDhttp://www.DrStuartBrink.com
Stuart Brink MDhttp://www.NewEngDiabEndoCtr.com