Luc Brion, MD

Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

luc.brion@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Director, Fellowship Training Program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine;

Alternate PI, UTSW at Dallas, NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research Network;

Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Perinatology

Education

ResidencyAlbert Einstein Coll. Hosp. (1986)
FellowshipMontefiore Medical Center (1985)
FellowshipCliniques Universitaires (1983)
FellowshipInstiut Edith Cavell (1982)
FellowshipHospital for Sick Children (1982)
ResidencyInstiut Edith Cavell (1981)
InternshipHopital Universitaire Saint-Pierre (1979)
Medical SchoolUniversite Libre de Bruxelles (1976)

Research Interests

Interventions to reduce morbidity in preterm infants

Publications

Routine use of diuretics in very-low birth-weight infants in the absence of supporting evidence.

Stewart AL, Brion LP, Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2011 Oct; 31 (10):633-4

Perinatal Acidosis and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Preterm Infants of 33 to 35 Weeks' Gestation.

Chalak LF, Rollins N, Morriss MC, Brion LP, Heyne R, Sánchez PJ, The Journal of pediatrics, 2011 Oct;

Diuretics for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants.

Stewart A, Brion LP, Soll R, Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2011 ; 12:CD001454

Diuretics acting on the distal renal tubule for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease.

Stewart A, Brion LP, Ambrosio-Perez I, Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2011 ; 9:CD001817

Intravenous or enteral loop diuretics for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease.

Stewart A, Brion LP, Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2011 ; 9:CD001453

Splanchnic tissue oxygenation, but not brain tissue oxygenation, increases after feeds in stable preterm neonates tolerating full bolus orogastric feeding.

Dave V, Brion LP, Campbell DE, Scheiner M, Raab C, Nafday SM, Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2009 Mar; 29 (3):213-8

Nasal CPAP or intubation at birth for very preterm infants.

Morley CJ, Davis PG, Doyle LW, Brion LP, Hascoet JM, Carlin JB, The New England journal of medicine, 2008 Feb; 358 (7):700-8

Risk of resistance associated with fluconazole prophylaxis: systematic review.

Brion LP, Uko SE, Goldman DL, The Journal of infection, 2007 Jun; 54 (6):521-9

Frequency analysis of air and skin temperature in neonates in servo-controlled incubators.

De La Fuente L, Campbell DE, Rios A, Grieg A, Graff M, Brion LP, Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2006 May; 26 (5):301-5

Diffuse basal ganglia or thalamus hyperechogenicity in preterm infants.

Soghier LM, Vega M, Aref K, Reinersman GT, Koenigsberg M, Kogan M, Bello J, Romano J, Hoffman T, Brion LP, Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2006 Apr; 26 (4):230-6

Honors/Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America

(2011)

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd

New York Metro Area Top Doctors (2006)

Recognition by program directors for special contribution

COGME, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, bronx, NY (2006)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of obstreticians and Gynecologists

American Medical Association

Society of Pediatric Research