Jeffrey Brent
Medical toxicologist
Jeffrey A. Brent is a medical toxicologist who is a distinguished clinical professor of medicine and emergency medicine at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine. In addition, he is a professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. He is also the past president of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, was editor in chief of the journal Toxicological Reviews, and was a member of the board of directors of the American College of Medical Toxicology. Previously, most of Brent's research focused on the use of fomepizole as a treatment for both methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning, and he led a trial of this drug which resulted in the FDA approving it in December 1997. Currently, Brent serves as Director of the Toxicology Investigators Consortium, an NIH, CDC and FDA supported multi center research and surveillance group. Brent is also a senior editor of the textbook "Critical Care Toxicology: Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient", originally published in 2005, and now in its second edition, which was published in 2017.
Education
Brent graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry, as well as a master's degree in molecular biology. He completed his PhD in biochemistry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and earned his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo's School of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in medical toxicology at Denver Health Medical Center, a residency at Emory University and an internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Career
He was initially appointed to the University of Colorado in 1987 as an instructor, and then was promoted to assistant professor, then associate, then full, and finally to distinguished professor.
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