Roy G Brower
Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Roy G. Brower is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and critical care medicine. Dr. Brower serves as the medical director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit. He earned his M.D. from Johns Hopkins. He completed his residency and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Brower's research interests include ventilation-associated lung injury, ARDS, and clinical and translational research in acute lung injury. He served as reviewer for the Johns Hopkins Hospital 2015-2016 Antibiotics Guidelines. He has been recognized with several honors, including the Departmental Teaching Award from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly of the American Thoracic Society. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Research Interest
Ventilation-associated lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Clinical and translational research in acute lung injury; Respiratory failure; Acute Lung Injury; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Critical Care Medicine
Publications
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Denney JA, Capanni F, Herrera P, Dulanto A, Roldan R, Paz E, Jaymez AA, Chirinos EE, Portugal J, Quispe R, Brower RG, Checkley W; INTENSIVOS Cohort Study. "Establishment of a prospective cohort of mechanically ventilated patients in five intensive care units in Lima, Peru: protocol and organisational characteristics of participating centres." BMJ Open. 2015 Jan 16;5(1):e005803.
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Amato MB, Meade MO, Slutsky AS, Brochard L, Costa EL, Schoenfeld DA, Stewart TE, Briel M, Talmor D, Mercat A, Richard JC, Carvalho CR, Brower RG. "Driving pressure and survival in the acute respiratory distress syndrome." N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 19;372(8):747-55.
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Truong AD, Kho ME, Brower RG, Feldman DR, Colantuoni E, Needham DM. "Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on cytokines in peripheral blood for healthy participants: a prospective, single-blinded Study." Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2015 Oct 16.
