John Brandt, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Albuquerque, NM

About the Speaker

Dr. John Brandt, whose training is in nephrology (kidney related diseases), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

He has co-authored 9 articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals, presented or published abstracts for 13 publications, and authored a chapter on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Thrombocytopenic Purpura published in Immunologic Renal Diseases. Amongst he articles and abstracts were:

"E. coli 0157:H7 associated hemolytic uremic syndrome after ingestion of contaminated hamburgers," published in 1994 in the Journal of Pediatrics;

"Two year follow-up of children with E. coli O157:H7-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)" presented to the American Society of Nephrology and published in the J Am Soc Nephrol, in 1995; and

"Early Coagulation Indices Predict Initial Outcome of Diarrhea Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (D+ HUS) - A Prospective, Multicenter. Society for Pediatric Research" given in Boston, 2000.

Prior to joining University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 1997, Dr. Brandt was a Clinical Instructor for University of Washington Children's Hospital, Division of Nephrology from 1996 to 1997. From 1995-1996, he was on the Clinical Staff in Pediatric Nephrology of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the Dept. of Pediatrics.

Dr. Brandt holds a B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary, an M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School, and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health. From 1992-1995, he held a Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and he was a Research Fellow from 1993-1994, at the Nephrology Research Lab there as well. He received Board Certification in 1998 with the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Nephrology.