Ursula C Brewster, MD
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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.
Education & Training
- MDDartmouth School of Medicine (1998)
- BAYale University (1994)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Recognition for Excellence in Patient Care Award (Peters Firm) | Yale University Department of Internal Medicine | 2014 |
Edwin C. Cadman Teaching Award | Yale Primary Care Residency Program | 2013 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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American Society of Nephrology, Workforce and Training Committee | Vice Chair | 2021 - 2022 |
National Kidney Foundation, Annual Meeting 2021 | Planning Committee | 2021 |
National Kidney Foundation, Annual Meeting 2020 | Planning Committee | 2020 |
Yale New Haven Hospital, Mortality Review | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
American Society of Nephrology, Match Task Force | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
Yale New Haven Hospital, CKD Advisory | Committee Member | 2017 - 2018 |
Yale School of Medicine, Discharge Day Firm Project | Member | 2016 |
Yale New Haven Hospital, Medical Leadership Council | Council Member | 2016 - Present |
Yale New Haven Hospital, Annual Graduate Medical Education Retreat | Planning Committee | 2014 - 2017 |
Yale School of Medicine, Academic Advisory Board, Yale Physician Assistant Program | Board Member | 2014 - Present |
Yale New Haven Hospital, Inpatient Steering | Committee Member | 2012 - 2015 |
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Clinical Competency | Chair | 2012 - 2015 |
Yale School of Medicine, Internal Sub-committee of the Graduate Medical Education Committee | Member | 2009 - 2010 |
Yale New Haven Hospital, Medicine Operations Council | Council Member | 2007 - 2015 |
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Housestaff | Mentor | 2007 - 2009 |
Yale School of Medicine, Working Group on Medical Leave Policy (GME) | Member | 2007 |
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Housestaff Professionalism Seminar | Advisor | 2006 - 2014 |
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Housestaff | Interviewer | 2006 - Present |
Yale School of Medicine, Physician Associate, Thesis | Advisor | 2004 - 2013 |
Yale School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education | Committee Member | 2003 - 2014 |
Departments & Organizations
- Chronic Kidney Disease Program
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures