Janice Brown
Professor
Medicine
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Janice (Wes) Brown specializes in the treatment of infectious complications that occur in patients who are receiving cancer treatments or are undergoing transplantation of solid organs or hematopoietic cells. She has been a member of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation faculty for more than twenty years and co-founded the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases consultation service. Dr. Brown’s special interest is to understand the nature of immunodeficiency resulting from an ever- evolving spectrum of targeted and immunomodulatory therapy. Her laboratory studies approaches to enhance and/or rebuild protective immunity. She is a leader in the design and execution of clinical trials of new treatments for infections that have significantly improved the outcomes of high-risk patients.
Research Interest
Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Blood and Marrow Transplantation / Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease
Publications
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Vashi N, Avedian R, Brown J, Arai S (2012) Successful Surgical and Medical Treatment of Rhizopus Osteomyelitis Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation ORTHOPEDICS 35: E1556-E1561
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Cloyd JM, Brown J, Sinclair T, Jenks D, Desai J, Longacre T,et al. (2014) Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis Initially Manifest as Hematochezia from Arterio-Enteric Fistula DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES 59: 2905-2908
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Storage TR, Segal J, Brown J (2015) Peritoneal Coccidioidomycosis: a Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASES 24: 527-530
