Education:
- May, 1967-May, 1971 BA Bard College (Science).
- June, 1971-May, 74 MD Medical College of Virginia Oct,1972-May,76 PhD Medical College of Virginia (Microbiology) Postgraduate Training.
- June,1976-June, 1977 Intern in Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland.
- June, 1977-June, 78 Resident in Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland.
- June, 1978-June, 1980 Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago.
Faculty Appointments:
- 1980-84 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine.
- 1984-86 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine.
- 1986-94 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine.
- 1994-98 Assistant Professor of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York University.
- 1998-20 Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University.
- 2000-06 Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas.
- 2000-06 Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas.
- 2000-06 Professor of Microbiology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas.
- 2006-17 Professor of Emergency Medicine, Case Western School of Medicine, Case Western University.
- 2006-17 Professor of Internal Medicine, Case Western School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.
Administrative Appointments:
- July, 1980-June, 1984 - Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA.
- June, 1984-July, 86 Associate Director of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine Stanford University Hospitals.
- July, 1986- June, 94 Private Practice Internal Medicine, Los Angeles CA.
- July,1994-Jan, 2000 Vice Chairman, Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Weill College of Medicine.
- Jan, 2000-October, 06 Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas.
- October, 2006-February 17 Inaugural Program Director, Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University.
- Feb, 2017-Feb, 2020 Program Director, Emergency Medicine, Sanz-Laniado Hospital, Netanyah, Israel.
- March, 2020- Jan 1, 2022 Inaugural Program Director, Emergency Medicine, Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Einstein Health Network.
- Jan 1, 2022-present - personal time.
- Brenner BE, Bond JS: Apparent stabilization of rat liver lysosomes by cytosol and serum proteins. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 1977;154:517-521.
- Brenner BE, Thorgeirsson G: Association between chronic eosinophilic pneumonia and histolytic lymphoma. Am. J. Med. Sci.1979;278:83-88.
- Brenner BE, Vitullo: Necrotizing fasciitis. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1982;11:384-386.
- Brenner BE, Simon RR: Management of salicylate intoxication. Drugs. 1982;24:335-340.
- Simon RR, Bailey T, Abraham EA, Brenner BE: A new technique for securing a chest tube. Ann. Emerg Med. 1982;9:619-621.
- Simon RR, Brenner BE: Emergency cricothyroidotomy in the patient with massive neck swelling. I. Anatomic aspects. Critical Care Medicine. 1983;11:114-118.
- Simon RR, Brenner BE: Emergency cricothyroidotomy in the patient with massive neck swelling. II. Clinical aspects. Critical Care Medicine, 1983;11:119-123.
- Abraham EA, Brenner BE, Simon RR: Pyelonephritis versus cystitis Ann. Emerg. Med. 1983;12:228-234.
- Brenner BE, Abraham EA, Simon RR: Position and diaphoresis in acute asthma. Am. J. Med. 1983;74:1005-1009.
- Brenner BE, Simon RR: Anorectal emergencies. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1983;12:367-376.
- Brenner, BE: Bronchial asthma in adults: presentation to the emergency department, Part I. Pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation and differential diagnosis. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1983;1:50-70.
- Brenner, BE: Bronchial asthma in adults: Emergency presentation and care. Part II. Acute respiratory failure, treatment and recommendations. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1983;3:306-333.
- Brenner BE, Simon RR: Glossitis and dysgeusia. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1983;3:367-376.
- Brenner BE, Simon RR: The specialty of emergency medicine. J. Emerg. Med. 1984;1:349-352.
- Brenner BE, Simon RR: Electrolytes in an emergency center. Part I. Significance of a high anion gap. Am. J. Med. 1985;79:289-296.
- Brenner BE: The acute asthmatic in the emergency department: The decision to admit or discharge. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1985;3:74-77.
- Brenner BE, Kauffman J: Reluctance of internists and medical nurses to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:1763-1769.
- Brenner BE: The willingness of male homosexuals to perform mouth-to mouth resuscitation. Resuscitation. 1994;27: 23-30.
- Brenner BE, Stark B, and J. Kauffman. Reluctance of medical house staff to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an inpatient setting. Resuscitation. 1995;28:185-193.
- Brenner BE, and J Kauffman Response to cardiac arrests in a hospital setting: delays in ventilation. Resuscitation. 1996;31:17-23.
- Brenner BE, Kauffman J, Sachter J. Comparison of the reluctance of house staff of metropolitan and suburban hospitals to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Resuscitation. 1996;31:5-12.
- Hew P, Brenner BE. Reluctance of paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. J Emerg Med. 15: 279-284,1997.
- Brenner B, Cheng D, Van D. Impact of level of training among emergency medicine and internal medicine house staff and applicants on reluctance to perform CPR. Resuscitation 33:203-211, 1997.
- Brenner B and Kohn MS. Acute asthma: to admit or discharge? Am J Emerg Med 16: 69-75, 1998.
- Emonds ML, Camargo Jr CA , Saunders LD, Brenner BE, and Rowe BH. Inhaled corticosteroids for acute asthma following emergency department discharge (Protocol for a Cochrane Review). In: the Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2000. Oxford: Update Software.
- Brenner B, Van DC, Lazar E, Camargo C. Determinants of physician reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. J Clin Epidemiol 53:1054-1061, 2000.
- Brenner BE, Chavda K, Camargo C. Effectiveness of the inhaled corticosteroid flunisolide on patients discharge from the emergency department with acute asthma. Ann Emerg Med, 36:427-437, 2000.
- Brenner BE, Near Fatal Asthma (International ECC and CPR Guidelines 2000. Part 8. Advanced Challenges in Resuscitation. Section 3. Special Challenges), Circulation 102 (suppl1):237-240, 2000.
- Brenner BE. Anaphylaxis (International ECC and CPR Guidelines 2000. Part 8. Advanced Challenges in Resuscitation. Section 3. Special Challenges), Circulation 102 (suppl1):241-243, 2000.
- Diner B, Brenner BE, Camargo CA Jr. Inaccuracy of “personal best” peak expiratory flow rate reported by inner city patients with acute asthma. J Asthma 38:1-6, 2001.
- Brenner BE, Chavda K, Karras D, Karakarum M, Camargo C. Circadian Differences Among 4096 Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Asthma. Crit Care Med 29: 1124-1129, 2001.
- Edmonds ML, Camargo CA Jr, Brenner BE, Rowe BH. The replacement of oral corticosteroids with of acute asthma following emergency department discharge; a meta-analysis. Chest 121:1798-1805, 2002.
- Morag RM, Murdock L, Kahn ZA, Heller MJ, Brenner BE. Do patients with syncope require hospital admission if the emergency department evaluation is not diagnostic? J Emerg Med 27: 339-343, 2004.
- Clark S, Bock SA, Gaeta TJ, Brenner BE, Cydulka RK, Camargo CA Jr. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004; 113: 347-352.
- Morag R, DeSouza S, Brenner BE. Procedures on the recently dead: what if we were to ask? Arch Intern Med 2005; 165: 92-96.
- Brenner BE, Robinson C, Duda W, Kass L. A case of low back pain. Israeli J Emerg Med 2005; 5 (2): 23-25.
- Brenner BE, Palmer J, Bean A. An interesting case of lethargy. Israeli J Emerg Med. 2005; 5 (4) 9-12.
- Brenner BE, Grewal S, Mazal B, Camargo CA. Relationship between phase of menstrual cycle and ED Visits for acute asthma. Thorax 2005 60:806-809.
- Baren JM, Boudreaux ED, Brenner BE, Cydulka RK, Rowe BH, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. Randomized controlled trial of emergency department interventions to improve primary care follow-up for patients with acute asthma. Chest 2006; 129:257-265.
- Clark S, Pelletier AJ, Brenner BE, Lang D, Strunk RC, Camargo CA. Feasibility of a National Fatal Asthma Registry: More Evidence of IRB Variation in Evaluation of a Standard protocol. J Asthma, 2006 43:19-23.
- Brenner, B, Harney, JT, Ahmed, BA, Jeffus, BC, Unal, R, Mehta JL, and Kilic, F Plasma serotonin levels and the platelet serotonin transporter. J Neurochemistry 2007; 102:206-215.
- Tsai CL, Brenner BE, Camargo CA Jr. Circadian-rhythm differences among emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation. Chronobiol Int 2007; 24 (4) :699-713.
- Vargas PA, Brenner BE, Clark S, Boudreaux, Camargo CA Jr. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among children presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma: a multicenter study. Pediatr Pulm 2007; 42 (7): 646-655.
- Henning P, Brenner B, Brunner K, Zimmerman H. Hemodynamic instability following an avulsion of the corona mortis artery secondary to a benign pubic ramus fracture. J Trauma. 2007, 62 (6) : E14-17.
- Schatz, M, Kazzi A, Brenner BE, Camargo C, Corbridge T, Krishan J, Nowak R, Rachelefsky G: Joint task force report: Supplemental recommendations for the management and follow-up of asthma exacerbations. Introduction, Proc Am Thorac Soc, 2009; 6:353-356
- Nowak R, Corbridge T, Brenner, BE: Noninvasive ventilation. Proc Am Thorac Soc, 2009; 6:367-370.
- Brenner BE, Corbridge T, Kazzi A: Intubation and mechanical ventilation of the asthmatic patient in respiratory failure. Proc Am Thorac Soc, 2009;6:371-379.
- Schatz, M, Kazzi A, Brenner BE, Camargo C, Corbridge T, Krishan J, Nowak R, Rachelefsky G: Joint task force report: Supplemental recommendations for the management and follow-up of asthma exacerbations. Introduction, J Emer Med, 2009; 37:S1-5.
- Nowak R, Corbridge T, Brenner BE: Noninvasive ventilation. J Emer Med, 2009; 37:S18-22.
- Brenner BE, Corbridge T, Kazzi A: Intubation and mechanical ventilation of the asthmatic patient in respiratory failure. J Emer Med, 2009;37:S23-24.
- Schatz, M, Kazzi A, Brenner BE, Camargo C, Corbridge T, Krishan J, Nowak R, Rachelefsky G: Joint task force report: Supplemental recommendations for the management and follow-up of asthma exacerbations. Introduction, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2009; 124:S1-4.
- Nowak R, Corbridge T, Brenner, BE: Noninvasive ventilation. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2009; 124: S15-8.
- Brenner BE, Corbridge T, Kazzi A: Intubation and mechanical ventilation of the asthmatic patient in respiratory failure. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2009; 124:S19-28.
- Namkug Kim, Jennie B. Mickelson, Barry E. Brenner, Charlotte A. Haws, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, and Perry F. Renshaw. Altitude, Gun Ownership, Rural Areas, and Suicide. Am J Psychiatry 2011; 168 (1):49-54.
- Brenner BE, Cheng D, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. Positive association between altitude and suicide in 2,584 U.S. counties High Altitude Med Biol, 2011; 12(1): 31-5.
- Edmonds ML, Milan SJ, Brenner BE, Camargo CA Jr, Rowe BH. Inhaled steroids for acute asthma following emergency department discharge. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; Dec 12; 12:CD002316.
- Totten VY, Bryant TK, Chandar AK, Hoch WB, Hunter SL, Patel NJ, Brenner BE. Perspectives on visitors in the emergency department: their role and importance. J Emerg Med 2013; 46:113-119.
- Nowak R, Farrar JR, Brenner BE, Lewis L, Silverman RS, Emerman C, Hays DP, Russell WS, Schmitz N, Miller J, Singer E, Camargo CA Jr, Wood J. Customizing anaphylaxis guidelines for emergency medicine. 2013; J. Emerg Med 45:299-306.
- Hasegawa K, Brenner BE, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. Emergency department visits for acute asthma by adults who ran out of their inhaled medications. Allergy Asthma Proc 2014; 35: e42-e50.
- Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH1; Jane C. Bittner, MPH1; Stephanie A. Nonas, MD2; Samantha J. Stoll, MD, MPH1; Taketo Watase, MD, MBA3; Susan Gabriel, MSc4; Vivian Herrera, MPH4; and Barry E. Brenner, MD, PhD, Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH1 on behalf of the Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration-37 Investigators. Underutilization of guideline-recommended chronic asthma management in children hospitalized to the intensive care unit: A multicenter observational study. Ann Allergy 2015; 115: 10-165.
- Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH1; Jason Ahn, MD, MPA1; Mark A. Brown, MD2; Valerie G. Press, MD, MPH3; Susan Gabriel, MSc4; Vivian Herrera, MPH4; Jane C. Bittner, MPH1; Barry E. Brenner MD, PhD and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH1 on behalf of the MARC-37 Investigators. Children and Adults with Frequent Hospitalizations for Asthma Exacerbation, 2012-2013: A Multicenter Observational Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015 Sept-Oct; 3(5) 751-8.
- Hasegawa K, Brenner BE, Nowak RM, Trent SA, Herrera V, Gabriel S, Bittner JC, Camargo CA Jr. Association of guideline-concordant acute asthma care in the emergency department with shorter hospital length-of-stay: A multicenter observational study. Acad Emerg Med 2016; 23:616-22.