Dr. Luc P Brion has published >130 manuscripts, 15 chapters, 20 clinical guidelines and presented >130 abstracts. During his training in pediatrics and in neonatology, he participated and conducted studies on growth, nutrition and assessment of renal function in neonates and children. As Faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York (AECOM), he was funded for years by the NIH, American Heart Association, Genentech Foundation, and Pharmacia for basic sciences research in developmental nephrology, specifically renal acid secretion, carbonic anhydrase, pathophysiological effects of acidosis and growth. Dr. Brion has served on the IRB at AECOM. Dr. Brion was Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at AECOM in 1997-2006. He was Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW), Dallas, TX, in 2007-2019. Dr. Brion's current research interest includes (1) improving nutrition and growth in very preterm and very low birth weight infants to decrease mortality and morbidity including necrotizing enterocolitis and to optimize neurodevelopment and to reduce signs suggestive of metabolic syndrome in high-risk preterm infants and (2) using evidence-based medicine to improve mortality and morbidity in neonates. Dr. Brion retired on April 10, 2023 and is now Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, UTSW.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics
summa cum laude
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Medical Doctor 1976
Summa cum laude
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Special Bachelor's Degree in Pediatrics, 1981
Summa Cum Laude
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Medical Sciences Candidate, 1972
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
01 Apr 2023 - present
Professor of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
01 Nov 2006 - 01 Apr 2023
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Sep 1998 - 01 Oct 2006
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Sep 1992 - 01 Aug 1998
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Sep 1987 - 01 Aug 1992
Instructor in Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Jul 1986 - 01 Aug 1987
Residency in Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Jul 1985 - 01 Jun 1986
Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
01 Jul 1983 - 01 Jun 1985
Clinical Fellow in Neonatology
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
01 Jul 1981 - 01 Jun 1982