CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Michael E. Brewer, PhD, MD, F.A.C.E.P.,F.A.A.F.P.
4673 Highway 280 East, Suite 112, Birmingham, Al 35242
Office: (205) 980-8099 Fax: (205) 980-2606
Education
- 1967-1970 - University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486,
Major: Chemistry, Minor: Biology
- 1970-1971 - University of Alabama at Birmingham (U.A.B.),
Birmingham, Alabama 35294, Major: Biology, Minor: Chemistry,
Degree: B.S.
- 1973-1976 - University of Alabama at Birmingham,
(U.A.B.) Birmingham, Alabama 35294, Major: Biology-Microbial Physiology,
Degree: Ph.D., Thesis: Macromolecular Synthesis in
Microcystis aeruginosa Kuetz emend Elenkin
- 1976-1980 - University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham,
Alabama 35294, Degree: M.D.,
- 1984, 1997 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- 1981 - University of Alabama at Birmingham (U.A.B)
BREMSS, Certificate in Advanced Trauma Life Support
- 1983 - Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons,
BREMSS, Instructor Course: A.T.L.S.
- 1994 - American Medical Association, Physician's Recognition Award
(Every 3 years since 1994), Continuing Medical Education
Residency:
- 1980-1981 - Flexible Resident - Carraway Methodist Medical Center,
Birmingham, Alabama
Certification:
- 1981 - Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
- 1988 - American Board of Emergency Medicine
1988 - Fellow American College of Emergency Medicine
- 1998 - American Board of Emergency Medicine, Recertification
- 1998 - American Association of Physician Specialist,
Board Of Certification in Family Practice
Professional Positions:
- 3/73 - 3/75 Teaching Fellow, Department of Biology, UAB
- 3/75 - 6/76 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, UAB
- 6/75 - 9/75 Coordinator of General Laboratories, UAB
- 6/77 - 9/77 Special Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology
and Institute of Dental Research, UAB
- 7/81 - 10/87 Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine Department, Norwood Clinic, Inc., Carraway Methodist Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama
- 7/81 - 7/85 Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine Department
Bessemer Carraway Medical Center,
Bessemer, Alabama
- 10/82 - 10/85 On-line Medical Director (BREMSS)
Carraway Methodist Medical Center,
Birmingham, Alabama 35234
- 7/84 - 9/87 Medical Director, Life Saver Air Transport Program,
Carraway Methodist Medical Center,
Birmingham, Alabama
- 1987 - 1994 Family Practice, Inverness Family Health Center
Birmingham, Alabama
- 1994 - present Medical Director, Family Practice, Inverness Family
Medicine
4673 Highway 280 East, Suite 112
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Hospital Privileges:
Active Staff: HealthSouth Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama and
Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Professional Organizations:
American Medical Association, American College of Emergency Physicians,American Academy of Family Physicians, Jefferson County Medical Society
Alabama Chapter, American Academy of Family Physician, Alabama Medical Association, Medical Association, State of Alabama
Abstracts of Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
- Cell Cycle Studies on Microcystis aeruginosa. M.E. Brewer, D. Jones, and J. Gauthier.
Proceedings of 55th and 56th Meetings of the Southeastern Branch of the
American Society for Microbiology, p.3 (1975)
- The Degree of Gas Vacuolation in Microcystis aeruginosa Growing in
Continuous Culture. M.E. Brewer and D. Jones.
Alabama Academy of Science (1976)
- Effect of Growth Rate and Light Intensity on Relative Vacuolation of
Microcystis aeruginosa in Continuous Culture. M.E. Brewer and
D.D. Jones. Assoc. Southeastern Biol. Bull. 23, 30 (1976).
- Macromolecular Synthesis During the Cell Cycle of Microcystis
aeruginosa. M.E. Brewer, D.D. Jones, and J.J. Gauthier.
76th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,
p. 130 (1976)
- Variable Sensitivity of Selected Microorganisms to the Bactericidal
Effect of Human Lactoferrin. M. E. Brewer, M. Lynch, J. Gauthier,
and R. Arnold. Proceedings of the 59th and 60th Meetings of the
Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology,
p. 11 (1977).
- Life Saver: A Complete Team Approach Incorporated Into A
Hospital Based Program. R.P. Carraway, M.E. Brewer, B.R. Lewis,
R.A. Shaw, R.W. Berry, L. Watson.
51st Annual Assembly of the Southeastern Congress.
Atlanta, Georgia, (April 1983).
- Why A Physician? Aeromedical Transport Of The Trauma Victim.
R.P. Carraway, M.E. Brewer, B.R. Lewis, R.A. Shaw, and V.F. Szymela.
(1984)
- The Bactericidal Activity of Human Lactoferrin. R. Arnold, J. Babb,
M.E. Brewer, J. Gauthier, and J. McGhee. 78th Annual Meeting of the
American Society for Microbiology, p. 19 (1978).
- A True Rarity: E.D. Physician/Flight Nurse On Every Flight: A Critical
Part of Life Saver (Alabama's Airborne Emergency Service).
R.P. Carraway, M.E. Brewer, B.R. Lewis, V.F. Szymela and R.A. Shaw.
Publications:
- 1. Brewer, M.E. Macromolecular Synthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa
Kuetz emend Elenkin, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alabama at
Birmingham (UAB), 1976.
- 2. Roland, R.R., Brewer, M.E., and Gauthier, J.J., Bactericidial Activity
Of Human Lactoferrin: Sensitivity of a Variety of Microorganisms.
Infection and Immunity, p. 28, 393 (1980).
- 3. Carraway, R.P., Brewer, M.E., Lewis, B.R., Shaw, R.A., Berry, R.A.
and Watson, L., Life Saver: A Complete Team Approach Incorporated
Into A Hospital Based Program. The American Surgeon, p. 173 (1984).
- 4. Brewer, M.E. and Glasgow, B.J., Adult Testicular Torsion. Urology,
XXVII, No. 4, p. 356 (1986).
- 5. Brewer, M.E., Lewis, B.R., Szymela, V.F., and Carraway, R.P., Air
Transport Of Critical Patients In Alabama, The First Four Year's
Experience. Alabama Medicine, 55, No. 8, p. 25 (1986).
- 6. Carraway, R.P., Brewer, M.E., Lewis, B.R., Shaw, R.A., and Szymela,
V.F., Why a Physician?: Aeromedical Transport Of The Trauma Victim.
The Journal Of Trauma, 24, No. 7, p.650 (1984).
Clinical Trials:
Cerenex
- Imitrex, Migraine Treatment 01/94-01/96
Parke-Davis
- Adopt/Accupril, Hypertension 06/93-03/94
- A-Time/Accupril, Hypertension 01/96-01/97
- Ascend, Hypertension 07/94-01/95
- Target, Hypertension 1997
Lederle
- Prostep, Smoking Cessation 02/94-02/95
- Lozol, Hypertension and CHF 10/92-12/92
Rhone-Poulene Rorer
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia 1994
Otsuka America
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia 1995
Bayer
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia 1996
- Acute Maxillary Sinusitis 1996
- Acute Maxillary Sinusitis 1998
Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia 1997
Astra Merck, Inc.
- Hypertension 1998-1999
Hoechst Marion Roussell
- Gaining Experience Trial 1998
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia 1999-2000
Merck & Co.
- USMAP, Migraine 1999
- N.O. R. A. 1999
Solvay
- Hypertension 2000
Glaxo-Wellcome
- Hyperlipidemia 2000