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Brook Brouha
Personal information
Birth date
Birthplace
Citizenship
Medical License
October 18, 1972
Radford, VA
USA
CA, AZ, TX, UT, PA
Contact information
1319 Beryl St. San Diego, CA 92109
619-890-3600
[email protected]
Education
2010
2009-2010
2009
2006-2009
2005-2006
2005
2003
1994
Research Experience
2006
2002-2003
2000-2002
1998-2000
1997
1992-1996
Teaching Experience
2003
1996-2000
1994-1996
1994-1996
Recent Work History
2015-present
2014-present
2010-2015
2009-2010
2005-2009
Board Certified, Dermatopathology
Dermatopathology Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Cockerell & Assoc, Dallas, TX
Board Certified, Dermatology -- Fellow of The American Academy of Dermatology
Dermatology Residency, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Transitional Intern, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
M.D. Penn, Philadelphia, PA
Ph.D. (Genetics), Penn, Philadelphia, PA
B.A. (Biochemistry), Summa Cum Laude, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD Dept. of Dermatology (spring only), “Role of Vitamin D in Skin
Defense,” Laboratory of Richard Gallo MD/PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Dept. of Dermatology, Univ. of Utah,
“Apoptotic cleavage of Livin in Melanoma cells,” Laboratory of Douglas Grossman, MD PhD
PhD thesis, Penn, “Active L1s in the Human Genome,” Laboratory of Haig H. Kazazian Jr.,
MD
PhD rotation, Penn, “Role of Nuclear Ferritin in Corneal Epithelium,” Laboratory of Dwight
Stambolian, MD PhD
PhD rotation, Penn (summer only), “Sacrospinal innervation of Rat Bladder,” Laboratory of
Richard Miselis, VMD PhD
Predoctoral Fellow, NIH (summers only), “A Rat Model for Tardive Dyskinesia,” Laboratory
of Thomas Hyde, MD PhD
Abdominal fitness instructor, Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, UT
MCAT instructor, private tutor, Philadelphia, PA
MCAT instructor, Kaplan Test Review, Washington, DC
Public School Teacher, 8th grade science, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax VA
Owner, BrouhaDerma, San Diego, CA
Owner, Certified Dermatology, Inc. Yuma, AZ
Owner, Compass Dermatopathology, Inc. La Jolla, CA
Dermatologist (moonlighting- ½ day per week), Malouf Dermatology-Center for Skin and
Cosmetic Dermatology, Fort Worth, TX
Transitional internship (Scripps Mercy), Dermatology Residency (UCSD), Dermatopathology
Fellowship (UTSW)
Other Work Experience
1994-1996
Deck Construction (summers only), Phil Dileo Construction, Fairfax VA
1992-1993
Housekeeper (ski season only), Rustler Lodge, Alta, UT
1988
Lifeguard (summer only), Poplar Heights Pool, Falls Church, VA
1986-1996
Owner of landscaping business, Falls Church, VA
Scholastic Honors
UCSD Dermatology Residency (2006-2009)
2009
Pacific Dermatology Association, “Resident Case Presentation Contest,” Top Score by
audience. Portland, OR
2009
American Academy of Dermatology. “Dermpath diagnostics--Dermpath Bowl.” Third place
Nationally, Annual meeting, San Franscisco, CA
2009
American Academy of Dermatology. “Resident Jeopardy Competition.” Second Place
Nationally, Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Pacific Dermatology Association. “Clincopatholical Correlation Conference.” First place –
Best resident case. Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
2007
American Society for Dermatopathology. “Duel in Dermatopathology.” First place – Best
resident case presentation. Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD
Scripps Mercy Transitional Internship (2005-2006)
2006
Geller award for top research presentation “Developing a mouse model to investigate the role
of vitamin D in skin defense”
2006
EKG interpretation contest. Top overall score 32.5/33
University of Pennsylvania (1996-2005)
1996-2005
Pre-doctoral fellow, Penn, NIH NIGMS Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
2003
Dr. Roy G. Williams Award - meritorious research in basic medical sciences
Dartmouth College (1990-1994)
1994
Summa cum laude – class rank 3/1047
1993
Francis Townsend Scientific Award - top biology student at Dartmouth College
1993
Junior year (Early) Phi Beta Kappa
1990-1994
Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5%)
1990-1994
7 academic citations –music, computer science, biology, education, biophysical chemistry,
economics
Departmental and University Activities
2009-2010
UT Southwestern Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds
2006-2009
University of California San Diego Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds
2005-2006
Scripps Mercy Hospital Grand Rounds
2002-2003
Utah Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds
2000-2004
Penn MD PhD Retreat
1999-2004
Penn MD PhD Grand Rounds
1998-2002
Penn Genetics Journal Club
Professional Societies and Activities
2013 -present
2009 -present
2007 -present
2007- 2009
2007
2002-2004
2002
1999-2002
2000
Mentoring Activities
2002
1999-2000
Noah Worcester Dermatologic Society
Pacific Dermatology Association, Executive Committee Member
American Academy of Dermatology
American Society for Dermatopathology
Society for Investigative Dermatology
Society for Investigative Dermatology
Human Genome Variation Society
American Society of Human Genetics
National M.D. Ph.D. Student conference
Joshua Schustak, undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania
Jessica Ngo, undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania
Extracurricular Activities
2010
Dallas Tuesday Night Cyclocross Mens B class series leader
2005-present
250+ days longboard or shortboard surfing
1990-present
750+ days alpine or telemark skiing
2002
24 hours of Snowshoe mountain bike race, 3 rd place co-ed pro, 4-man team manager
2002
Philadelphia Freedom Submission Fighting Tournament, 2 nd Place gi, 2nd place no-gi, Blue
Belt, 180-210lb weight class.
2001
Mr. Penn, bodybuilding, second place heavyweight
2001
Eastern Collegiate Criterium Road Race, 7th place, men’s A
2001
24 hours of Snowshoe mountain bike race, 4 th place co-ed pro, 4-man team captain
2001
Mid Atlantic Cup Mountain Bike Championship, 5th place expert/pro
2000
Eastern Collegiate Cycling Road Race, 2nd place, men’s B
2000
Mr. Penn, bodybuilding, contestant
1998-2002
Penn Cycling Mountain Bike Team Captain
1998-2000
Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals (finishes include cross-country, men’s A top 30%(19982000); downhill, men’s A 33/118 (1999); downhill, men’s B 2 nd overall (2000))
1997
Penn Cycling, Team won Eastern Collegiate Mountain Bike Championship. Individual 7 th
overall (Penn top rider)
1990-1992
Varsity letter, gymnastics, Dartmouth College
Invited Oral Presentations
 Brouha B, Bardan A, Ricotti C, Cockerell, C Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. Resident Case Presentation
Contest. Pacific Dermatology Assocoiation. Portland, OR 2009
 Brouha B, Lee P, Bardan A, O’Grady T, Hansen D. A rare cause of lower extremity purpura. Resident Case
Presentation Contest. Pacific Dermatology Assocoiation. San Francisco, CA 2008
 Brouha B, Lee P, Bardan A, O’Grady T, Hansen D. A rare cause of lower extremity purpura. Duel in
Dermatopathology Resident Competition. American Society of Dermatopathology. Baltimore, MD 2007.
 Brouha B, Lee P, Bardan A, O’Grady T, Hansen D. A rare cause of lower extremity purpura. Pacific
Dermatology Association. Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA 2008.
 Brouha B, Schauber J, Gallo R: Development of a mouse model to investigate the role for Vitamin D in Skin
Defense. Geller Research Competition, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA 2006.
 Brouha B, Liu T, Hanks A, Yan H, Grossman D: Apoptotic cleavage of livin in melanoma cells. Society for
Investigative Dermatology, Providence, RI, 2004
 Brouha B, Schustak J, Badge R, Farley A, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr: Active L1s in the human genome.
Human Genome Variation Society, Baltimore, MD, 2002.
 Brouha B, Schustak J, Badge R, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr: Active L1s in the human genome. East Coast
Retrotransposon meeting, Fort Detrick, MD, 2002.
 Brouha B, Meischl C, Ostertag E, deBoer M, Zhang Y, Neijens H, Roos D, Kazazian HH Jr: Retrotransposition
in human maternal meiosis I. Penn MD PhD student retreat, Bryn Mawr, PA. 2002.
 Brouha B, Badge RM, Ostertag E, Smit AF, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr: Toward a complete understanding of
active L1s in the human genome. American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, CA, 2001.
 Brouha B, Miselis R: Sacrospinal innervation of rat bladder, Penn Neuroscience student retreat, Philadelphia,
PA, 1997.
Publications (Peer-reviewed)
 Athalye L, Hamman MS, Dill S, Cunningham B, Brouha B. Congenital eosinophilic annular erythema, In
preparation. 2011
 Ali L, Gladsjo K, Brouha B, Cockerell C. A Patient with rapidly enlarging noduloulcerative lesions (Lues
Maligna). In Press, Archives of Dermatology.
 Ali L, Brouha B, Bardan A, Hansen D. A cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma on the chest of a young
girl. In press. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
 Ali L, Brouha B, Ricotti C, Lili Li, Bardan A, Cockerell, X-Linked Dominant Conradi Hunnerman Happle
Syndrome. American Journal of Dermatopathology, May;33(3)316, 331 2011
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Chisholm C, Brouha B, Lee P, Hnasen D, Cockerell C. Lower Extremity Purpura in a Woman with Psychosis
(Scurvy). Archives of Dermatology, Oct 146(10): 1167-72 2010.
Chiang, C, Brouha B, Romero L, Erythematous Plaques involving calves, Archives of dermatology, Archives of
Dermatology, Sep;145(9);1053-8. 2009
Schauber J, Dorschner RA, Yamasaki K, Brouha B, Gallo R: Control of the innate epithelial antimicrobial
response is cell-type specific and dependent on relevant microenvironmental stimuli. Immunology. 118(4):509519, 2006.
Brouha B, Yan H, Liu T, Raj D, Biddle D, Lee R, Grossman D: Proteolytic cleavage of Livin (ML-IAP) in
apoptotic melanoma cells potentially mediated by a non-canonical caspase. Journal of Dermatological Science.
(43)189-200, 2006.
Liu T, Biddle D, Hanks A, Brouha B, Yan H, Lee R, Leachman S, Grossman D: Activation of dual apoptotic
pathways in human melanocytes and protection by survivin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
126(10):2247-2256, 2006.
Lavie L, Maldener E, Brouha B, Meese E, Mayer J: The human L1 promoter: variable transcription initiation
sites and a major impact of upstream flanking sequence on promoter activity. Genome Research. 14:2253-2260,
2004.
Liu T, Brouha B, Grossman D: Rapid induction of mitochondrial events and caspase-independent apoptosis in
survivin-targeted melanoma cells. Oncogene. 23:1 39-48, 2004.
Brouha B, Schustak J, Badge R, Lutz-Prigge S, Farley A, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr: Hot L1s account for the
bulk of retrotransposition in the human population. PNAS. 100:5280-85, 2003.
Brouha B, Meischl C, Ostertag E, deBoer M, Zhang Y, Neijens H, Roos D, Kazazian HH Jr: Evidence
consistent with human L1 retrotransposition in maternal meiosis I. American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(2):
327-36, 2002.
Abstracts and Posters
 Brouha B, Glass J, Calame A. A rare case of Restrictive Dermopathy. CPC presentation. Pacific Dermatology
Association. Annual Meeting. Pasadena, CA 2010.
 Brouha B, Peckham R, Calame A. A rare case of Hunter Syndrome. CPC presentation. Pacific Dermatology
Association. Annual Meeting. Pasadena, CA 2010.
 Jackson M, Hamman M, Gladsjo J, Garcia B, O’Grady T, Brouha B. Congenital Eosinophilic Annular
Erythema. Abstract #1085 American Society of Dermatopathology. San Francisco, CA 2008.
 Brouha B, Bardan A, O'Grady T. Disseminated, but unilateral, HSV2 infection. Abstract. Pacific Dermatology
Association. Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA 2008.
 Brouha B, Lee P, Bardan A, O’Grady T, Hansen D. A rare cause of lower extremity purpura. Abstract #1058
American Society of Dermatopathology. Baltimore, MD 2007.
 Brouha B, Bardan A, O’Grady T, Hansen D. Cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the chest wall of
a young girl. Abstract #1036 American Society of Dermatopathology. Baltimore, MD 2007.
 Brouha B, Bardan A, O’Grady T. Desmoplastic trichilemomma: a rare presentation in the axilla. Abstract
#1081 American Society of Dermatopathology. Baltimore, MD 2007.
 Schauber J, Dorschner R, Coda A, Buchau A, Brouha B, Liu P, Kiken D, Helfrich Y, Kang S, Elalieh, H,
Steinmeyer A, Zugel U, Bikle D, Modlin R, Gallo R: Injury enhances TLR2 function and antimicrobial peptide
expression through a vitamin D dependent mechanism. Abstract: Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
127(S1): A778, 2007.
 Poster presentation: Society for Investigative Dermatology, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
 Brouha B, Tiku A, Goradia A, Myers J: Infectious Hemoptysis with no Signs of Infection, Clinical Vignette
Competition. Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, poster presentation, Chicago, IL 2005.
 Brouha B, Liu T, Hanks A, Yan H, Grossman D: Apoptotic cleavage of livin in melanoma cells. Abstract:
Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 122(3): A150, 2004.
 Poster presentation: Society for Investigative Dermatology, Providence, RI, 2004.
 Biddle D, Hanks A, Liu T, Brouha B, Grossman D: 4-tert-butylphenol and UVB stimulate distinct apoptotic
pathways in human melanocytes.. Abstract: Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(4), 2003.
 Poster presentation: Society for Investigative Dermatology, Miami, FL, 2003.
 Liu, T, Brouha B, Grossman D: Survivin targeting triggers rapid translocation of apoptosis inducing factor in
melanoma cells. Abstract: Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(4), 2003.
 Poster presentation: Society for Investigative Dermatology, Miami, FL, 2003.
Brouha B, Badge RM, Schustak J, Moran JM, Kazazian HH Jr.: Active L1 retrotransposons in the human
genome. Abstract: American Journal of Human Genetics. 61(4): supplement, 2002.
 Poster presentation: American Society for Human Genetics, Baltimore, MD 2002.
 Brouha B, Badge RM, Ostertag E, Smit AF, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr.: Toward a complete understanding of
active L1s in the human genome. Abstract: American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(4): supplement, 2001.
 Brouha B, Brooks D, Stambolian D: Role of nuclear ferritin in human corneal epithelial cells, Penn MD PhD
student retreat, poster presentation, Bryn Mawr, PA, 2000.
Featured in
 Powel, K. Stipend Survival: Nature. 428: 102-103, 2004. Most downloaded article of the month.
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References:
 Dr. Clay Cockerell, Fellowship Director, UT Southwestern, Dermatopathology [email protected] 490500-5062
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Dr. Shiela Friedlander, Rady Children’s Hospital/UCSD Department of Dermatology (dermatology residency
faculty advisor) [email protected] 858-755-3038
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Dr. Richard Gallo, Professor and Chief, Division of Dermatology, UCSD (dermatology residency program
director), [email protected] 619-742-7784
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Dr. Haig Kazazian, Chair, Department of Genetics, Penn (PhD thesis advisor). [email protected],
215-898-3582
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Dr. Thomas Hyde, Senior Scientist, Clinical Brain Disorder’s Branch, NIH (undergraduate research advisor).
[email protected], 301-613-5964