EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• A.B. with Honors, Swarthmore College, 1964, Swarthmore PA
• M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons 1968, New York, N.Y.
• Intern, Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital 1969, N.C.
• Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Univ. of Washington 1971-1973, Seattle, WA.
• Gastroenterology Fellow, Univ. of Washington 1974-1976, Seattle, WA.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Instructor in Medicine, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., 1978-1979
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Washington Seattle WA., 1978-1979
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, 1979-1980
• Assistant Prof..of Medicine and Head, Div. of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, 1980-1985
• Associate Prof. of Medicine and Head, Div. of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, 1985-1991
• Associate Prof., Associate Chair and Director of Education, Department of Medicine State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1994-1998
• Associate Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Student Education, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1998-2000
• Professor of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2000 – present

• Staff Scientist,NIAID, Tranplantation Immunology Branch, NIH, Bethesda MD, 1969-71
• Staff Physician, VAMC Medical Comprehensive Care Unit, Seattle WA., 1976-1979
• Associate Medical Staff Member, Univ. Hospital, Seattle WA., 1977-1979
• Associate Medical Staff Member, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA., 1977-1979
• Chief, Gastroenterology Section, Medical Service, VAMC, Northport, NY 1979-1987
• Attending Physician, Univ. Hosp., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1980-1986
• Senior Attending Physician Univ. Hosp. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1986 – present
• Staff Physician VAMC, Northport, NY, 1987 – 1998
• Special Assistant to the President on Science Teaching, Colgate Univ.,Hamilton NY,1991
• Director, Residency Program Dept. of Med. SOM, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1994-1998
• Director, Student Education Prog. Dept. of Med., SOM SUNY at Stony Brook,1994-2000

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate, 1969
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Certified, 1973
• District of Columbia, #4535, 1969
• State of Washington, #12165, 1971
• State of New York, #137952, 1979

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL HONORS

• Assoc. of American Medical Colleges, Foreign Fellowship for Medical Students, 1968
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1979
• Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology, 1981
• Veterans Administration Service Award, 1982
• Invited Delegate, Gastroenterology Delegation to the People’s Republic of China, People to People International, 1986
• Visiting Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, January 29 – 30, 1987
• Member, Gastroenterology Leadership Council, GI Fellowship Core Curriculum Project, 1994-1995
• Final Competition Judge, National Associates Competition, American College of Physicians San Diego, CA, 1998
• Laureate Award, New York Chapter, American College of Physicians, 2005

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Obesity, Esophageal Reflux and Esophageal Cancer
• Abdominal Pain and Functional GI Disorders
• Colon Cancer Screening           

• Brand DL. Early attrition from college science: those students who could have but didn’t. J College Science Teaching Dec. 1994/Jan 1995; XXIV, no.3:180-2.
• Georgsson M, Brand DL.  Dysphagia and esophageal obstruction.  In: Rakel, RE, ed. Conn’s Current Therapy 1996.  Philadelphia:WB Saunders Co, 1996: pgs 461-463.
• Cohan GA, Hearney EG, Brand DL.  A block and continuity model for a primary care psychosocial curriculum.  Academic Medicine 1996; 71:556-557.
• Praissman M, Brand DL, Praissman LA, Walden M, Fay ME, Lane BP, Manoukian A, Lu Y-M. Autoradiographic identification of a gastrin receptor on the human parietal cell. Regulatory Peptides 1998; 73: 183-190.
• Anderson JC, Hubbard P, Grimson R, Alpern Z, Ells PF, Messina CR, Brand DL. Prevalence of colorectal neoplasia in smokers.  Am J Gastroenterology 2003; 98:2777-2783.
• Anderson JC, Hubbard P, Grimson R, Alpern Z, Ells PF, Messina CR, Brand DL. Predictors of proximal colorectal neoplasia in patients with normal distal colon.  AM J Gastroenterology 2004; 99:472-477.
• Anderson JC, Alpern ZA, Datchlallah F, Martin C, Hubbard-Ells P, Grimson R, Ells PF, Messina CR, Brand DL.  Increased BMI as a high risk target of colorectal neoplasia in female patients.  Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.  In press.

1. Anderson JC, Messina Cr, Kessler S, Ells PF, Alpern Z, Pollack BJ, Brand DL, Birk JW. Is there an association between type of alcohol consumed and colorectal neoplasia? Gastroenterology 2001; 120:A-257.
2. Anderson JC, Alpern Z, Lane B, Ells PF, Ells P, Brand DL.  Predictors of large and small (Topic Forum Session).  Gastroenterology 2003;124:A-78.
3. Anderson JC, Alpern Z, Lane B, Ells PF, Ells P, Brand DL.  Predictors of proximal neoplasia. (Topic Forum Session).  Gastroenterology 2003;124:A-79.
4. Thomas M. Brand D, Walker G, Ainapudi R, Komaroff E, Ahmad A, Walters L,
5. Brathwaite C.  GERD symptoms and objective reflux: highly prevalent in morbid obesity.
6. AM J Gastroenterology 2004; 99:No.10.
7. Oommen S, Birk JW, Walter G, Gold J, Brand DL.  The BRAVO pH capsule
8. Reviewed: an analysis of its safety and performance in 342 cases.  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2006; 63:No. 5: AB244.