DenysePThornley-BrownMD

Nephrology • Birmingham, AL

Professor Emerita, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Education & Training

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineFellowship, Nephrology, 1988 - 1990
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Howard University College of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1993 - 2024
GA State Medical License 1987 - 2005
OH State Medical License 1990 - 1994
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

27 citations
Differing effects of antihypertensive drugs on the incidence of diabetes mellitus among patients with hypertensive kidney disease.
Denyse Thornley-Brown, Xuelei Wang, Jackson T. Wright, Otelio S. Randall, Edgar R. Miller
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006-04-10
119 citations
Genome-Wide Association and Trans-ethnic Meta-Analysis for Advanced Diabetic Kidney Disease: Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND).
Sudha K. Iyengar, John R. Sedor, Barry I. Freedman, W. H. Linda Kao, Matthias Kretzler
Plos Genetics. 2015-08-25
25 citations
Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci for type 2 diabetes-attributed end-stage kidney disease in African Americans
Meijian Guan, Jacob M. Keaton, Latchezar Dimitrov, Pamela J. Hicks, Jianzhao Xu
Human Genomics. 2019-05-15

Grant Support

Oral Citrulline &Arginine In Patients W/ Sickle Cell DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources1999–2002
ACE Inhibitor In Sickle Cell NephropathyNational Center For Research Resources1998–1999
Loss Of Kidney Function In Sickle Cell DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources1997
Renal Hemodynamics In Sickle Cell DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources1995