Marilyn R. Brown, M.D.
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Marilyn R. Brown, M.D.
About Me
Dr. Brown teaches a Pediatric Gastroenterology Elective for Pediatric Residents and fourth year medical students as well as coordinates the Pediatric GI electives for medical students and residents.
Dr. Brown earned her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, New York. Subsequently, she completed her residency in Pediatrics at The Genesee Hospital, Rochester General Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital. She also completed a Fellowship in Physiology at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Faculty Appointments
Professor Emerita - Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SMD)
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
NIH Trainee in Medicine (Gastroenterology), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1967 - 1970
Associate Resident in Pediatrics, Rochester General Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 1964 - 1965
Assistant Resident in Pediatrics, The Genesee Hospital and
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 1963 - 1964
Mixed Medicine-Pediatrics Internship, The Genesee Hospital,
Rochester, NY 1962 - 1963
Physiology Fellowship, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1961 - 1962
Education
MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Medicine. 1962
A.B. | Cornell University. 1957
Awards
Albert Kaiser Medal of the Rochester Academy of Medicine. 2013
Cambridge Who's Who. 2010
Best Doctors in America. 2007 - 2013
Rochester Academy of Medicine Award of Merit. 2005
Ruth A Lawrence Faculty Service Award. 2004
Research
Prokinetic agents in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in premature infants with Abhay Bhatt MD, Robert Sinkin MD, and Ronnie Guillet MD, 1998.
Limited Access Protocol for the Use of Oral Cisapride in the Treatment o...
Prokinetic agents in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in premature infants with Abhay Bhatt MD, Robert Sinkin MD, and Ronnie Guillet MD, 1998.
Limited Access Protocol for the Use of Oral Cisapride in the Treatment of Pediatric Patients with Refractory Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and other Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders with Thomas M Rossi MD, 1999-2009.
3rd Generation Low Profile Balloon Gastrostomy Tube Insertion, Removal and Performance Study with Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories. Marilyn R. Brown with TM Rossi, TL Miller and RE Quiros 2001-2.
An open label, randomized, multiple dose, parallel multicenter study of Axid (Nizatidine) in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in pediatric subjects age 5days –18 years. Reliant Pharmaceuticals. Tracie L. Miller, Marilyn R. Brown. 2001.
Phase 3 double-masked, placebo-controlled study of alicaforsen (ISIS 2302), an Antisense Inhibitor of ICAM-1, for the treatment of patients with active Crohn's disease. ISIS Pharmaceuticals. Tracie L. Miller, Marilyn R. Brown, 2002.
A Phase II, Multi-Center, Open-Label Long-Term Study of the Safety Tolerability and Effectiveness of Intravenous antergren (natalizumab) in Adolescent Crohn's Disease. ELAN Pharmaceuticals. Tracie L. Miller, Brown MR. Completed 2005.
Pathways of differentiation of blood mononuclear cells in children with inflammatory bowel disease with Christopher Ritchlin, Juan Villalona, Cary Qualia, Marilyn R. Brown,Thomas Rossi, Koorosh Kooros and Natalie Sikka. IRB approved 05, several patients studied.
Brown MR, Nicchitta, J. Healthy habit goals for elevated body mass index: A program for the PCP. Tested in three Pediatric offices. Review done, Summer 2006.
Duration of pancreatic enzyme elevation in acute pancreatitis. Cary Qualia, Thomas Rossi, Brown MR, Asad Ullah. IRB approval 3/07
Specificity of the polyclonal antibody test system for human elastase-1 in stool in Cystic Fibrosis. Villalona J, Qualia C, Brown MR, Ren CL, Rossi T,. Data collection completed 3/07. Dr. Villalona writing up.
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in children: A retrospective review. Villalona, J, Brown MR, Rossi, TR, Katzman,P, Mathur, J. Finished in spring 06, waiting for Juan Villalona to finish the manuscript.
Evaluation of esophageal mucosa for filaggrin expression in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Qualia, C, Brown MR, Lisa Beck, Rossi, TR. Letter to Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology by Dr. Beck.
Review of Bravo pH studies in the Golisano Children's Hospital @ Strong Pediatric GI practice. Wahaj Zaidi, Thomas Rossi, Marilyn R. Brown. Poster In progress.
A phase 3, multi-center, randomized study to evaluate the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of the Human Anti-TNF Monoclonal antibody Adalimumab in pediatric subjects with moderate to severe Crohn's disease. Abbott Laboratories. Marilyn R. Brown. 2007-2009.
Hepatic portal eosinophilia in an adolescent girl taking tacrolimus after liver transplantation. Rene P. Myers, Anne B. Fender, Marilyn R. Brown, Charlotte K Ryan. Submitted to Pediatric Transplantation, August 2007, rejected
Choledochal cysts in children: Experience in New Delhi, India. Deepak Sobti, Devendra Gupta, Marilyn R. Brown. Poster presentation at Annual Poster Session of the Department of Pediatrics, October 2007.
Microarray analysis of peripheral blood and tissues of patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases. Christopher Ritchlin, Edward Schwartz and others. IRB approval 6/07.
2007-present Co-Investigator, Autism Treatment Network: University of Rochester
ATN-INV-07-16. Principal investigator, Susan Hyman, MD. (Total direct costs: $150,000/yr x 3 yrs)
Koorosh Kooros, Heidi Connelly, Susan Hyman, Marilyn R. Brown. Sleep Studies with gastroesophageal reflux studies in children with autism spectrum disorder, 2010.
Publications
Journal Articles
Sood V, Mohanty P, Brown M
Pediatric annals.. 2012 June 41 (6):7-10. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mallah HS, Brown MR, Rossi TM, Block RC
The Journal of pediatrics.. 2010 February 156 (2):324-6.e1. Epub 1900 01 01.
Jejunal Atresia and Cystic Fibrosis in a Newborn Male Infant: A Case Report.
Katzman P J, Villalona J, Rossi TM, Brown MR.
Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2009; 9: 1-6.
Qualia CM, Baldwin CD, Rossi TM, Wang H, Brown MR
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 2008 September 47 (3):327-33. Epub 1900 01 01.
Qualia CM, Brown MR, Leung AK, Robson WL, Janner D, Zouros A, McClure C, Wycliffe N, Barron S
Pediatrics in review. 2007 May 28 (5):193-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Luck RP, Soltani MA, Villalona JF, Lehman RK, Brown MR, Kooros K, Kwon JM
Pediatrics in review. 2007 March 28 (3):111-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Qualia CM, Brown MR, Ryan CK, Rossi TM
Gastroenterology & hepatology.. 2007 March 3 (3):208-11. Epub 1900 01 01.
Index of Suspicion: Failure to Thrive: More than just nutritional and social causes, a case report
Villalona J, Brown MR, Lehman R, Kooros K, Rossi TR.
Pediatric Review. 2007; 28(3): 111-117.
Index of Suspicion:Colonic Polyposis a cause of rectal bleeding anemia and failure to thrive
Qualia CM, Brown MR.
Pediatric Review. 2007; 28(5): 193-195.
Qualia CM, Katzman PJ, Brown MR, Kooros K
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society.. 2007 10 (5):391-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Eosinophilic esophagitis in adolescents.
Villalona J, Brown MR, Kooros K, Rossi, TR, Shah A, Katzman P.
Submitted for publication to American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2006; .
Esophageal Parakeratosis in a Pediatric Patient.
Villalona J, Brown MR, Katzman P.
Submitted to Gastroenterology for Image of the Month. 2006; .
Teitelbaum DH, Tracy TF, Aouthmany MM, Llanos A, Brown MB, Yu S, Brown MR, Shulman RJ, Hirschl RB, Derusso PA, Cox J, Dahlgren J, Groner JI, Strouse PJ
Pediatrics.. 2005 May 115 (5):1332-40. Epub 1900 01 01.
Jejunal Atresia and Cystic Fibrosis in a Newborn Male Infant
Katzman P, Villalona J, Rossi TR, Brown MR.
Submitted to Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2005; .
Parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis in neonates: multivariate analysis of the potential protective effect of taurine
Spencer AU, Yu S, Tracy TF, Aouthmany MM, Llanos A, Brown MB, Brown M, Shulman RJ, Hirschl RB, Derusso PA, Cox J, Dahlgren J, Strouse PJ, Groner JI, Teitelbaum DH.
J Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2005; 29(5): 337-344.
Liver function tests are not always tests of liver function.
Korones DN, Brown MR, Palis J.
American Journal of Hematology. 2001; 66(1): 46-8.
Siafakas CG, Ryan CK, Brown MR, Miller TL
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 2000 June 95 (6):1572-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Siafakas CG, Brown MR, Miller TL
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1999 July 29 (1):95-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Siafakas CG, Miller TL, Brown MR
Gastroenterology.. 1998 December 115 (6):1316, 1616. Epub 1900 01 01.
Riepenhoff-Talty M, Gouvea V, Evans MJ, Svensson L, Hoffenberg E, Sokol RJ, Uhnoo I, Greenberg SJ, Schäkel K, Zhaori G, Fitzgerald J, Chong S, el-Yousef M, Nemeth A, Brown M, Piccoli D, Hyams J, Ruffin D, Rossi T
The Journal of infectious diseases.. 1996 July 174 (1):8-15. Epub 1900 01 01.
Nakada SY, Brown MR, Rabinowitz R
The Journal of urology.. 1994 September 152 (3):978-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Goldstein B, Brown MR, Hulbert WC, Rabinowitz R
Critical care medicine.. 1991 April 19 (4):578-86. Epub 1900 01 01.
Alonso EM, Zdunek TM, Brown MR, Yousefzadeh DK, Whitington PF
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1991 February 12 (2):283-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Thunberg BJ, Golub L, Maniscalco WM, Cox C, Shapiro DL
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1989 July 9 (1):21-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Forbes GB, Brown MR, Welle SL, Underwood LE
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 1989 April 49 (4):608-11. Epub 1900 01 01.
Forbes GB, Brown MR
Journal of the American Dietetic Association.. 1989 April 89 (4):499-502. Epub 1900 01 01.
Pearson RD, Swenson I, Schenk EA, Klish WJ, Brown MR
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1989 February 8 (2):259-65. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cohen HJ, Brown MR, Hamilton D, Lyons-Patterson J, Avissar N, Liegey P
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 1989 January 49 (1):132-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Forbes GB, Brown MR, Griffiths HJ
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 1988 June 47 (6):929-31. Epub 1900 01 01.
Forbes GB, Brown MR, Welle SL, Lipinski BA
The British journal of nutrition.. 1986 July 56 (1):1-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Cohen HJ, Lyons JM, Curtis TW, Thunberg B, Cochran WJ, Klish WJ
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 1986 April 43 (4):549-54. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cochran WJ, Klish WJ, Brown MR, Lyons JM, Curtis T
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1985 August 4 (4):668-73. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weinberg RJ, Tipton G, Klish WJ, Brown MR
Pediatrics.. 1984 August 74 (2):250-3. Epub 1900 01 01.
Putnam TC, Lawrence RA, Wood BP, Campbell MA, Emmens RW, Brown MR, Klish WJ
Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics.. 1984 April 158 (4):344-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Klish WJ, Hollander J, Campbell MA, Forbes GB
The American journal of clinical nutrition.. 1983 July 38 (1):20-31. Epub 1900 01 01.
Infantile colic
Brown MR.
Clinical Practice Update. 1983; 2(7): 25-26.
Weight control program for children and adolescents
Braunschweig A, Brown MR.
Nutrition News. 1983; 46(3): 11-12.
Patton ML, Brown MR, Lewis A, Baran DT
Mineral and electrolyte metabolism.. 1983 9 (3):151-3. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weinberg RJ, Klish WJ, Brown MR, Smalley JR, Emmens RW
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1983 2 (1):171-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weinberg RJ, Klish WJ, Smalley JR, Brown MR, Putnam TC
The Journal of pediatrics.. 1982 September 101 (3):406-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Smalley JR, Klish WJ, Brown MR, Campbell MA
Clinical pediatrics.. 1982 April 21 (4):220. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bowel dysfunction in children with meningomyelocoele: A survey of Spina Bifida centers in the United States and Canada
Liptak GS, Masiulis BS, Brown MR, Campbell MA.
Spina Bifida Therapy. 1982; 4(4): 195.
Smalley JR, Klish WJ, Campbell MA, Brown MR
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.. 1982 1 (3):361-3. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Gordon A, Campbell MA, Chey WY
New York state journal of medicine.. 1980 October 80 (11):1681-3. Epub 1900 01 01.
Enck RE, Betts RF, Brown MR, Miller G
Transfusion.. 1979 19 (1):32-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Putnam TC
New York state journal of medicine.. 1978 January 78 (1):27-30. Epub 1900 01 01.
Annals of internal medicine.. 1977 March 86 (3):272-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mangla JC, Kim YM, Brown MR, Schwob D, Hanson SE
The American journal of gastroenterology.. 1976 February 65 (2):121-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Brown MR, Lillibridge CB
Clinical pediatrics.. 1975 January 14 (1):76-82. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lillibridge CB, Brown MR, Hall JG
Pediatrics.. 1974 June 53 (6):913-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Acalculous biliary pain in children; cholecystokinin (CCK)-cholescintigraphy in the evaluation of chronic recurrent abdominal pain (submitted but not published).
Siafakas CG, Brown MR, Ryan CK, Miller TL.
Eosinophilic esophagitis in adolescents
Villalona J, Brown MR, Kooros K, Rossi, TR, Shah A, Katzman P.
Submitted for publication to American Journal of Gastroenterology (May 2006). .
Failure to Thrive: More than just nutritional and social causes, a case report
Villalona J, Brown MR, Lehman R, Kooros K, Rossi TR.
Submitted to Pediatrics in Review (May 2006). .
Esophageal Parakeratosis in a Pediatric Patient
Villalona J, Brown MR, Katzman P.
Submitted to Gastroenterology for Image of the Month, May 2006. .
Books
Merck Manual (1994)
Chapter: Obesity in Adolescence
Authors: Brown MR
Publisher: Merck and Company 1994
Principles and Practice of Pediatrics (1994)
Chapter: Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Revised 1997, 2003, 2005 for new editions)
Authors: Brown MR
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA 1994
Textbook of Adolescent Medicine (1992)
Chapter: Constipation in the Adolescent
Authors: Brown MR
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA 1992
Merck Manual (1990)
Chapter: Obesity in Adolescence
Authors: Brown MR
Publisher: Merck and Company, Whitehouse Station, NJ 1990
Essential and Toxic Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease (1988)
Chapter: Clinical physiological and biochemical consequences of human selenium deficiency
Authors: Cohen HJ, Brown MR, Lyons J, Avissar N, Hamilton D, Liegey P
Publisher: Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY 1988
A Family Guide for Helping the Child with Spina Bifida (1981)
Chapter: Bowel care for the child with Spina Bifida
Authors: Brown MR, Campbell MA, Lillibridge CB
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL 1981
Locations
995 Senator Keating Blvd, Bldg E, Ste 340
Rochester, NY 14618-2779