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David S. Brink, M.D.

Professor, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Department of Pathology

Courses Taught

Course co-director, Introduction to Pathology; Renal and pulmonary pathology lectures and laboratories; Gynecologic pathology team-based learning

Education

Fellowships
Forensic and pediatric pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Residency
Anatomic and clinical pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Post-Sophomore Pathology Fellowship
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Medical School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Practice Areas

  • Pediatric pathology
  • Renal pathology

Publications

  • Memon AA, Lentine KL, Brink D, Said M. The role of complement inhibitors in thrombotic microangiopathy with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clinical Nephrology 101(5):257-259, 2024. [PMID 38431825]
  • Ottomeyer M, Huddleston C, Berkovich RM, Brink DS, Koenig JM, Sobush KT. Early resection of a rare congenital pulmonary airway malformation causing severe progressive respiratory distress in a preterm neonate: A case report and review of the literature. BMJ Pedicatrics 23(1):238-246, 2023. [PMID 37173730]
  • Tamer MN, Brink DS, Bastani B, Miyata KN. Fibrillary glomerulonephritis diagnosed by an immunostaining for DNA-J heat-shock protein family member B9. Nephrology 28(4):255-256, 2023. [PMID 36760027]
  • Arbel LT, Phillips TM, Brink DS, Joshi P. Capillary hemangioma of the bladder in a pediatric patient. Urology Case Reports 42, 2022. [PMID 35106285]
  • Sharma A, Bourey RE, Edwards JC, Brink DS, Albert SG. Nephrotic range proteinuria associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis reversed with pioglitazone therapy in a patient with Dunnigan type lipodystrophy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2021; 172. [PMID: 33316307]

Book
  • Lechner AJ, Matuschak GM, Brink DS. Respiratory: An Integrated Approach to Disease (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012)

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Lecturer, Saint Louis University (2026)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Saint Louis University (2025)
  • Golden Apple Award for Medical Teaching, Saint Louis University (2016, 2023)
  • Outstanding Lecturer, second-year course, Saint Louis University (2019, 2021)
  • Outstanding Lecturer, first-year course, Saint Louis University (2020)
  • Faculty of the Year, Department of Pathology (2015)
  • Best Doctor, St. Louis Magazine (2011-2020)

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Children's Oncology Group

Community Work and Service

  • Case Review Team, Fetal Infant Mortality Review - General Health STL