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Wunnie Brima, M.D., Ph.D.

Wunnie Brima, M.D., Ph.D.

UR Medicine Faculty The University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19 departments. URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Accountable Health Partner Accountable Health Partners (AHP) is a network of over 2,000 community and UR medical faculty and a dozen leading hospitals throughout the region. AHP offers a full range of care.
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Contact

Office (585) 275-4757
Administrative (585) 275-4912

About Me

Languages

English, Czech

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine - Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Internal Medicine, Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai. 2015 - 2017

Internship, Internal Medicine, Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai. 2014 - 2015

Fellowship, Research, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. 2013 - 2014

Education

MD | Charles University (Prague). 2008

Publications

Journal Articles

Reuniting overnutrition and undernutrition, macronutrients, and micronutrients.

Kim M, Basharat A, Santosh R, Mehdi SF, Razvi Z, Yoo SK, Lowell B, Kumar A, Brima W, Danoff A, Dankner R, Bergman M, Pavlov VA, Yang H, Roth J

Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews.. 2019 January 35 (1):e3072. Epub 10/04/2018.

Is metformin poised for a second career as an antimicrobial?

Malik F, Mehdi SF, Ali H, Patel P, Basharat A, Kumar A, Ashok F, Stein J, Brima W, Malhotra P, Roth J

Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews.. 2018 May 34 (4):e2975. Epub 02/20/2018.

Obesity paradox, obesity orthodox, and the metabolic syndrome: An approach to unity.

Roth J, Sahota N, Patel P, Mehdi SF, Wiese MM, Mahboob HB, Bravo M, Eden DJ, Bashir MA, Kumar A, Alsaati F, Kurland IJ, Brima W, Danoff A, Szulc AL, Pavlov VA, Tracey KJ, Yang H

Molecular medicine.. 2017 February 22 :873-885. Epub 11/16/2016.

Preeclampsia: Updates in Pathogenesis, Definitions, and Guidelines.

Phipps E, Prasanna D, Brima W, Jim B

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN.. 2016 June 611 (6):1102-1113. Epub 04/19/2016.

The brighter (and evolutionarily older) face of the metabolic syndrome: evidence from Trypanosoma cruzi infection in CD-1 mice.

Brima W, Eden DJ, Mehdi SF, Bravo M, Wiese MM, Stein J, Almonte V, Zhao D, Kurland I, Pessin JE, Zima T, Tanowitz HB, Weiss LM, Roth J, Nagajyothi F

Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews.. 2015 May 31 (4):346-359. Epub 03/06/2015.

Prediction of preeclampsia-bench to bedside.

Acharya A, Brima W, Burugu S, Rege T

Current hypertension reports.. 2014 November 16 (11):491. Epub 1900 01 01.

The protective effects of erythropoietin on rat glomerular podocytes in culture are modulated by extracellular matrix proteins.

Krtil J, Pláteník J, ?u?ík N, Brima W, Tesa? V, Zima T

Kidney & blood pressure research.. 2013 38 (1):142-55. Epub 03/15/2014.