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    Ursula C Brewster, MD

    Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
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    Training Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship

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    Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

    Training Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship

    Biography

    Dr. Brewster is a clinician educator in the Department of Medicine. She did her undergraduate work at Yale college and then went to Dartmouth Medical School. Her Internal Medicine Internship and Residency was at Yale New Haven Hospital. Following this, she did her fellowship at Yale in Nephrology and stayed on as faculty in the Nephrology Section.
    As a clinician-educator, Dr. Brewster's focus is primarily on the care of patients with kidney disease and on the education of the fellows and housestaff. She functions as the Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship program and is the Firm Chief of the Peters Medical Firm, a medical house staff teaching firm dedicated to the specialized care of patients with kidney disease.
    In her clinical practice, she is a general nephrologist, seeing patients with chronic kidney disease or electrolyte disturbances, but has a subspecialized interest in the care of pregnant women with underlying kidney disease or hypertension. She practices both in the outpatient Yale Nephrology clinic, as well as on the inpatient acute nephrology consultative services. She is dedicated to the care of patients with end-stage kidney disease, and so sees patients in the outpatient dialysis clinics locally - with a more focused interest on home dialysis therapies.

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    Education & Training

    MD
    Dartmouth School of Medicine (1998)
    BA
    Yale University (1994)

    Research

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    Medical Research Interests

    Dialysis; Hemodialysis Solutions; Hemodynamics; Kidney; Nephrology

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    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Ursula C Brewster's published research.

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Housestaff

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      Yale School of Medicine, Academic Advisory Board, Yale Physician Assistant Program

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      Yale New Haven Hospital, Mortality Review

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      Yale New Haven Hospital, Medical Leadership Council

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      American Society of Nephrology, Match Task Force

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Ursula C. Brewster, MD, treats patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney inflammation, including young adults and pregnant women with kidney disease or hypertension.

    “It is an exciting time to be in nephrology,” Dr. Brewster says. “Science and medicine are rapidly moving forward across all areas of study. There are a lot of new developments enhancing our understanding of this process that could lead to new therapies for patients I see who are pregnant with high blood pressure or kidney problems.”

    Dr. Brewster is an associate professor of medicine (nephrology) at Yale School of Medicine. Her research interests are largely focused on the hemodialysis patient population.

    Clinical Specialties

    Nephrology

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    Board Certifications

    • Nephrology

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Latest Certification Date
      2014
      Original Certification Date
      2004
    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Latest Certification Date
      2011
      Original Certification Date
      2001

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