Radiology

Alan S. Brody, MD

Title

Staff Radiologist and Chief, Thoracic Imaging

Appointment

Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics

Email

alan.brody@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-8508

Fax

513-636-8145

Bio

After receiving his degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, Alan S. Brody, MD, did his internship at San Francisco General Hospital. He then completed Pediatric and Radiology Residencies at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Brody is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Radiology.

Dr. Brody completed his Pediatric Radiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1987.

From 1987-1993, he worked at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, where he was director of CT services. In 1993, Dr. Brody assumed the position of Chief of Pediatric Radiology at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ.

In 1995, Dr. Brody joined the Department of Radiology at Cincinnati Children's.

Credentials

AB: Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 1975.

MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1980.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1980-1983; Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1983-1986.

Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1986-1987.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1986; Radiology, 1986; Certificate of Additional Qualification in Pediatric Radiology, 1995.

Position History

1975-76 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
1983-86 Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Walnut Creek, California
1985 Memorial Medal, Association of University Radiologists
1987-93 Director of CT Section, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1989 John Caffey Award, Society for Pediatric Radiology
1994-95 Chief, Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Saint Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
1995-95 Staff Pediatric Radiologist, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996-95 Associate Professor of Radiology & Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999-present Associate Editor, Radiology
1999-present Professor of Radiology & Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999-present Director, National Resource Center for Imaging, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutic Development Network
2002-present Chair, National Resource Center Committee, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutic Development Network
2003-present Chief, Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, Ohio

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008

Research

Cystic fibrosis; computed tomography (CT) of the chest

Research Grants and Contracts

Brody, AS, PI: Therapeutic Development Network Resource Center for Imaging (TDN Imaging Core), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (TRAPNE03Y2), 11/01/04 - 10/31/05.

Brody, AS, PI: Therapeutic Development Center, TDN Committee Chair, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (TRAPNE03Y3), 04/01/03 - 10/31/05.

Trapnell, B, PI: Rare Lung Disease Clinical Research Network, National Institutes of Health (U54 RR019498), 09/30/03 - 07/31/08.

Publications, Most Recent

Davis, SD, Fordham, LA, Brody, AS, et al., Computed Tomography Reflects Lower Airway Inflammation and Tracks Changes in Early Cystic Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2007. 175 (9): p. 943-50.

Deterding, RR, Lavange, LM, Brody, AS, et al. Phase 2 Randomized Safety and Efficacy Trial of Nebulized Denufosol Tetrasodium in Cystic Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2007.

Brody, AS, Kosorok, MR, Li, Z, Broderick, LS, Foster, JL, Laxova, A, Bandla, H, Farrell, PM. Reproducibility of a scoring system for computed tomography scanning in cystic fibrosis.J Thorac Imaging, 2006 Mar; 21(1):14-21.

Brody, AS and Crotty, EJ, Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy (NEHI). Pediatr Radiol, December 2006; 36(12):1328.

Mahabee-Gittens, EM, Grupp-Phelan, J, Brody, AS, Donnelly, LF, Allen Bracey, SE, Duma, EM, Mallory, ML, Slap, GB. Identifying children with pneumonia in the emergency department. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2005; 44(5):427-35.

Brody, A.S. Imaging considerations: interstitial lung disease in children.Radiol Clin North Am, 2005. 43(2):391-403.

Brody, AS, Sucharew, H, Campbell, JD, Millard, SP, Molina, PL, Klein, JS, and Quan, J. Computed tomography correlates with pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2005. (9):1128-32.

Brody, AS, Tiddens, HA, Castile, RG, Coxson, HO, de Jong, PA, et al. Computed tomography in the evaluation of cystic fibrosis lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2005. 172(10):1246-52.

Brody, AS. Early morphologic changes in the lungs of asymptomatic infants and young children with cystic fibrosis.J Pediatr, 2004; 144:145-146.

Brody, AS. How can fetal lung volume be monitored?Radiology, 2004; 230:307-308.

Brody, AS. Scoring systems for CT in cystic fibrosis: who cares?Radiology, 2004;231(2):296-298.

Moss, RB, Rodman, D, Spencer, LT, Aitken, ML, Zeitlin, PL, Waltz, D, Milla, C, Brody, AS, Clancy, JP, Ramsey, B, Hamblett, N and Heald, AE. Repeated adeno-associated virus serotype 2 aerosol-mediated cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene transfer to the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis: a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Chest, 2004;125(2):509-521.

Brody, AS, Klein, JS, Molina, PL, Quan, J, Bean, JA and Wilmott, RW. High-resolution computed tomography in young patients with cystic fibrosis: distribution of abnormalities and correlation with pulmonary function tests.J Pediatr, 2004;145(1):32-38.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

Pediatric thoracic imaging; cystic fibrosis

Presentations, Most Recent

Brody, AS. Practical Approaches Risks/Benefits in Pediatric CT Imaging. Fleischner Society: Athens, Greece, June 11, 2007.

Brody, AS. Radiation Dose in High Risk Populations: Pediatrics. European Society for Thoracic Imaging: Athens, Greece, June 10, 2007.

Brody, AS. How to Foster Research in Pediatric Radiology. SPR: Miami, FL, April 21, 2007.

Brody, AS. Updates on Outcomes-HRCT. TDN: Seattle, WA, April 19, 2007.

Brody, AS. New Classification System in Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease. STR: Las Vegas, NV, March 25-29, 2007.

Brody, AS. Balancing Risks and Benefits in Medical Radiology. RSNA 92^nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 2006 Conference: Chicago, IL, November 27, 2006.

Brody, AS. Pediatric HRCT: Current Status. RSNA 92^nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 2006 Conference: Chicago, IL, November 26, 2006.

Brody, AS. Radiographic features of diffuse pediatric lung diseases. IAP 2006 Conference: Montreal, Canada, September 19, 2006.

Brody, AS. Grand Rounds. Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo: Buffalo, New York, July 13-14, 2006.

Brody, AS. CT Scanning as an Outcome Surrogate for Cystic Fibrosis Lung disease. Fleischer Society: Vienna, Austria, June 2006.

Cook, JC, DiPonio, E, Brody, AS, Slovis, TL. ALARA in Pediatric CT-Research in Beyond the Pediatric Radiologist. The International Pediatric Radiology Fifth Conjoint Meeting: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2006.