Ursula C. Brewster, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

B.A., 1994: Yale College
M.D., 1998: Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: Yale University

E-mail: ursula.brewster@yale.edu

Chronic kidney disease is an epidemic in this country. As a clinician-educator, my focus is primarily on the care of patients with renal disease and on the education of the fellows and housestaff. In my clinical practice, I see patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. I work closely with the fellows on the care of those patients in the hospital and intensive care units with end stage renal disease, CKD or acute renal failure. I have an interest in the contribution of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to renal disease and in the role of toxic exposures in progression of CKD. The role of infection and preservation of dialysis access in ESRD patients is also an interest.

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References

Brewster UC, Perazella MA: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and the kidney: Effects on kidney disease. Am J Med 2004; 116:263-272

Brewster UC, Coca SG, Reilly RF, Perazella MA: Effect of intravenous iron on hemodialysis catheter microbial colonization and blood-borne infection. Nephrology (in press 2005)

Rifkin B, Brewster UC, Aruny JA, Perazella MA: Percutaneous Balloon Cryoplasty: A New Therapy for Rapidly Recurrent Anastomotic Venous Stenoses of Hemodialysis Grafts. AJKD (in press 2005)

Brewster UC, Perazella MA: A review of chronic lead intoxication: An unrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease. Am J Med Sci 2004; 327:341-347