Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Robert C. Brooks, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program

Staff Physician, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Office: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 130-U
University Drive C
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
 
Phone: 412-688-6113
Fax: 412-688-6916
E-mail: robert.brooks@med.va.gov
Education
BA, Williams College, 1984
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991
Training
Internship, University of Washington, Seattle, 1992
Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, 1994
Chief Resident, Seattle VA Medical Center, 1995
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Medical education
Perioperative medicine
 
Profile
Dr. Brooks is a clinician-educator, based clinically at the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System. He is active in medical education at all levels. His work includes serving as associate program director and VA site director for the University of Pittsburgh Medicine Residency Program; teaching first-year through fourth-year medical students and coordinating an elective in advanced outpatient medicine for the fourth-year students; and teaching a course on faculty development for postgraduate trainees in the Clinician Educator Training Program. His research interests include perioperative medicine, alcohol abuse, and medical education.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Title: Comparison of angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery in diabetics: seven-year outcome of the BARI Trial
Author(s): Detre KM, Brooks RC, Brooks MM
Year: 2003
Journal: In: Braunwald E, ed. Harrison’s Advances in Cardiology. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
Volume:
Page(s): 266-271
Title: Is warfarin really underused in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Author(s): Weisbord SD, Whittle J, Brooks RC
Year: 2001
Journal: Journal of General Internal Medicine
Volume: 16
Page(s): 743-749
Title: Clinical trials of revascularization therapy in diabetics
Author(s): Brooks RC, Detre KM
Year: 2000
Journal: Current Opinion in Cardiology
Volume: 15
Page(s): 287-292
Title: Diagnostic dilemmas in polymyalgia rheumatica
Author(s): Brooks RC, McGee SR
Year: 1997
Journal: Archives of Internal Medicine
Volume: 157
Page(s): 162
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