WILLIAM T. BRAND, JR., M.D.

Education: 

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1972-1974                       

Bachelor Associates Degree (Highest Distinction), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1974-1976 

Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1976-1980

 Postdoctoral Training:

Internal Medicine Internship, Brooke Army Medical Center,  Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1980-1983 

  Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Walter Reed Army Medical Group, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984-1986 

Academic and Hospital Appointments:

 Staff Internist

Lyster Army Community Hospital

Fort Rucker, Alabama

July 1983 - June 1984

Emergency Room Physician

Southeast Alabama Medical Center

Dothan, Alabama

January 1985 – June 1985

Teaching Fellow, Internal Medicine

Uniforms Services University of the Health Sciences

Bethesda, Maryland

July 1985 – June 1986

Staff Gastroenterologist

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

July 1986

Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

August 1986 – July 1987

Director, Gastroenterology Service

July 1987 – July 1988

Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, GA  30905-5650

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Medicine

Medical College of Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

September 1987 – July 1988

 Honors and Awards:

 Phi Beta Kappa

 Robert C. Bryan Pathology Award

Medical College of Virginia, 1977

 Army Commendation Medal

 Professional Societies:

             American Medical Association

            American College of Physicians

            American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

            American Gastroenterological Association      

 Abstracts:

 W. Brand, S. Shay, D. Peura, G. Oliver, L. Johnson, “A Comparison of Reflux Test Parameters and Patient Demographics in Different Patient Groups Defines by the Severity of Endoscopic Esophagitis”, Gastroenterology 90:1353 (1986)

 Presentations:

W. Brand, S. Shay, D. Peura, G. Oliver, L. Johnson, “A Comparison of Reflux Test Parameters and Patient Demographics in Different Patient Groups Defines by the Severity of Endoscopic Esophagitis”.

Presented at 14^th Annual William Beaumont Gastrointestinal Symposium, Present

Concepts in Internal Medicine, Army Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians, San Francisco, CA 7-11 Oct 1985.

Presented at Poster Session, American Gastroenterological Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Ca May 17-23 1986.

“Rectal Syphilis”, Talk Presented at William Clark Gastrointestinal Society Meeting, Washington, D.C. May 1986.

 Seminar Participation: 

Course Director, Tenth Annual Regional Day on Internal Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA 18 March 1988, Topic: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Update”.

 Current Positions:

 Chief of Staff, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Chairman, Endoscopy Committee, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Member, Cancer Control Committee, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Member, Finance Committee, Richmond Academy of Medicine

 Previous Positions:

 Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Assistant Chief of Staff, Henrico Doctor’s Hospital

Secretary, Medical Staff, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Member at Large, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Chairman, Medical Review Committee, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Member, Endoscopy Committee, Retreat Hospital

 Clinical Trials Experience:

 Janssen – Gastroparesis

Abbott Pharmaceutical – Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Cortec – H-pylori

Sandoz – Crohn’s Disease

Reid-Rowell – Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Schering-Plough Corp. – Hepatitis C

Amgen – Hepatitis C

Astra Merck – Hepatitis C

Procter & Gamble – Ulcerative Colitis

Solvay – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (diarrhea)

Wyeth Research – Crohn’s Disease