Dr. Perry Brown, MD
Program Director
Publications:
Brown P and Zuckerman D. Help stop state's health-care decline. Guest Commentary, Idaho Press, March 12, 2023.
Brown P and Zuckerman D. Laws criminalizing medical care are weakening health care for Idahoans. Guest Opinion, Spokesman Review, March 11, 2023.
Mayer-Hamblett N, Brown P et al. Discontinuation versus continuation of hypertonic saline or dornase alfa in modulator treated people with cystic fibrosis (SIMPLIFY): results from two parallel, multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trials. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2022 Nov. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00434-9
Matias K, Brown P et al. Developing Cystic Fibrosis Patient Food Insecurity Education with Circle of Care Partnership. Poster, North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 3 - 5, 2022.
Liou TG, Brown PS et. al. Prospective Multicenter Randomized Patient Recruitment and Sample Collection to Enable Future Measurements of Sputum Biomarkers of Inflammation in an Observational Study of Cystic Fibrosis. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 26 April 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0705-0.
Brown P et. al. Evaluation of Food Insecurity in Adults and Children With Cystic Fibrosis: Community Case Study. Front. Public Health, 26 November 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00348
Mayer-Hamblett N, Brown P, et. al. Azithromycin for Early Pseudomonas Infection in Cystic Fibrosis: The Optimize Randomized Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Nov 1;198(9):1177-1187. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201802-0215OC.
Freedman SD, Brown P, et. al. Absorption and Safety with Sustained Use of RELiZORB Evaluation (ASSURE) Study in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Receiving Enteral Feeding. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2018 Oct;67(4):527-532. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002110
Freedman S, Orenstein D, Black P, Brown P, et. al. Increased Fat Absorption From Enteral Formula Through an In-line Digestive Cartridge in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2017 Jul;65(1):97-101.
Brown PS et al. Congress has a chance to correct a mistake and help 36,000 Idaho kids. Opinion, Idaho Statesman, October 15, 2017.
Presentations:
“Bronchiolitis: Clinical Review and Management”, St Luke’s Urgent Care CME Lecture Series, St Luke’s Health System, Boise, ID, December 9, 2022
Matias K, Brown P et al. "Developing Cystic Fibrosis Patient Food Insecurity Education with Circle of Care Partnership". Poster, North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 3 - 5, 2022
“A Review of 2021: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 19, 2021
“The FDA is Calling”, Human Subjects GCP Lecture Series, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA (via Zoom), February 9, 2021
“A Review of 2020: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 20, 2021
“Cystic Fibrosis Town Hall: 2020 NACFC Update”, Utah / Idaho Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Zoom, November 17, 2020
“A Review of 2019: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 15, 2020
“The Secret Sauce: Four High-Performing Sites Share Their Approach” [Panel], Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 29, 2019.
“Opioids and Chronic Pain: Pediatric Considerations”, Project Echo Idaho, Boise, ID, January 24, 2019
“A Review of 2018: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 16, 2019
“Newborn Hearing Screening, Congenital CMV, and Statutorily Mandated Care,” Idaho Perinatal Project Annual Conference, JUMP, Boise, ID, February 23, 2018
“Clinician Experiences: Integrating Research into Practice”, Northwest Participant and Clinical Interactions Network Annual Meeting, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, January 22, 2018
“A Review of 2017: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 17, 2018
“Challenges and Issues in CF Research Recruitment” [Panel], Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 1, 2017
“Evolving From a Tortoise to A Hare: A Site Perspective on Use of TDN Startup Metrics to Improve Efficiency and Decrease Startup Time”, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 3 and April 4, 2017
“A Review of 2016: Top Developments in Pediatrics”, Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID, January 18, 2017
Leadership / Community Engagement:
Co-Director
St Luke’s Cystic Fibrosis Center of Idaho
Boise, Idaho
January 2000 - present
Idaho Immunization Assessment Board
State of Idaho
August 2021 - present
Center Committee
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
March 2021 - present
Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
April 2019 - present
Therapeutics Development Network Steering Committee
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
January 2018 - December 2020
Protocol Review Committee
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network
October, 2016 - present
Research Medical Director, Pediatric Specialties and Cystic Fibrosis
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center
September 2014 - present
Legislative Advocacy Chair and Member of Executive Committee
Idaho Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
October, 2009 - January 2020
Member, Idaho Medicaid Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
January 2017 - present
January 2009 – December 2015
Member, Idaho Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
October 2007 – present
Dr. Savarra Mantzor, MD
Associate Program Director
Publications:
Peluso MJ, Luckett R, Mantzor S, Bedada AG, Saleeb P, Haverkamp M, Mosepele M, Haverkamp C, Maoto R, Prozesky D, Tapela N, Nkomazana O, Barak T. Strengthening medical training programmes by focusing on professional transitions: a national bridging programme to prepare medical school graduates for their role as medical interns in Botswana. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Dec 21;17(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12909- 017-1102-1.
Musso MW, Vath RJ, Rabalais LS, Dunbar A, Bolton M, Tynes LL, Hosea S, Johnson AC, Caffery TS, Rhynes VK, Mantzor S, Miller B, Calongne LL. Improving Patient Safety Communication in Residency Programs by Incorporating Patient Safety Discussions Into Rounds. Ochsner J. 2017 Fall;17(3):273-276.
Kelly MS, Zheng J, Boiditswe S, Steenhoff AP, Feemster KA, Arscott-Mills T, Seme B, Ratshaa B, Rulaganyang I, Patel MZ, Mantzor S, Shah SS, Cunningham CK. Investigating mediators of the poor pneumonia outcomes of HIV-exposed, uninfected children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Nov 20.
Staiano AE, Beyl RA, Hsia DS, Katzmarzyk PT, Mantzor S, Newton RL, Jarrell A, Tyson P. Step tracking with goals increases children’s weight loss in a behavioral intervention. Accepted on March 29, 2017, by Childhood Obesity.
Richard J. Vath, MA, Mandi W. Musso, PhD, Lauren S. Rabalais, MPA, Alston Dunbar, III, MD, MBA, Stephen Hosea, MD, Angela C. Johnson, MD, Michael Bolton, MD, Vernon K. Rhynes, MD, MBA, Terrell S. Caffery, MD, L. Lee Tynes, MD, PhD, Savarra Mantzor, MD, Bahnsen Miller, MD,Laurinda L. Calongne, EdD. Graduate Medical Education as a Lever for Collaborative Change: One Institution’s Experience with a Campuswide Patient Safety Initiative. Oschner Journal 16: 81-84, 2016.
Presentations:
White Coat Ceremony Guest Speaker – DDT College of Medicine, Gaborone, Botswana, April 2019
“Examining the built-in assumptions of ‘northern’ developed teaching tools during implementation in the ‘southern’ context” – South African Association for Health Educationalists (SAAHE) 2018 Conference, Durban, South Africa, June 2018
“Creating Change Agents: The Role of Quality Improvement to Enhance Transformative Learning"
Botswana’s International HIV Conference, August 2016
Leadership / Community Engagement:
Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition Board Member
2022 - present
Quality Improvement Facilitator
Texas Children's Cancer Center - Global Hematology Oncology Pediatric Excellence Botswana
2017 - 2020
Resident Rotation Coordinator
Texas Children's Cancer Center - Global Hematology Oncology Pediatric Excellence Botswana
2017- 2020
Dr. Susan Bradford, MD
Leadership / Community Engagement:
State of Idaho Children at Risk Task Force
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
2010-present
State of Idaho Child Fatality Review Team
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
2018-present
Idaho Perinatal Project Board Member
Idaho Perinatal Project
2002-present
Dr. Asma Butt, MD
Publications:
Mian A, Gabra NI, Sharma T, Topal N, Gielecki J, Tubbs RS, Loukas M. Conjoined Twins: From Conception to Separation. Clin Anat. Apr
Presentations:
Butt AM, Eubanks RI. Diffuse bullous rash in a 13 month old: a case report. Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Feb 2016.
World War Z: The Zika Virus. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Department of Pediatrics. May 2016.
Dr. Jessie Duvall, MD
Publications:
Thompson HR, Duvall JL, Padrez R, Rosekrans N, Madsen KA. The impact of moderate-vigorous intensity physical education class immediately prior to standardized testing on student test-taking behaviors. Mental Health and Physical Activity. 2016; 11:7-12.
Balkin EM, Ort K, Goldsby R, Duvall J, Kim CD. Pocket Reference Card Improves Pediatric Resident Comfort in Caring for Children at End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2016 Oct 28. PMID: 27792463
Duvall JL, Christopher AS, Gerrish S, Swoboda S, Davis G, Beyer C, et al. “Health care workers must take steps to dismantle racism in industry.” Idaho Press, 27 June. 2020. Op-ed. https://www.idahopress.com/opinion/guest_opinions/guest-opinion-health-care-workers-must-take-steps-to-dismantle-racism-in-industry/article_3af7d2a6-efe3-57d6-bf37-a4961e749d42.html
Swoboda S, Duvall JL. “Another transgender bill in Idaho puts government ahead of doctors.” The Mercury News, 21 February. 2020. Op-ed. https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article240482376.html
Patel L, Duvall JL, Chung E. “Permanently separating immigrant mothers and children is an abhorrent plan.” The Mercury News, 10 March. 2017. Op-ed. https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/10/opinion-permanently-separating-immigrant-mothers-and-children-is-an-abhorrent-plan/
Presentations:
Christopher AS, Duvall JL, Davis G, Harris-Neustaedter L (2020, September 9). Racism and Health: Widening Disparities in the COVID Era. Project Echo, Boise, ID, United States (via Zoom). https://youtu.be/8LTpqqGHaxg?t=489
Duvall JL, Maddox J, Swoboda SL, King K (2020, April 28). Pediatric Considerations for CoVID 19. Project Echo, Boise, ID, United States (via Zoom). https://youtu.be/P3hE-BAWRC8?t=497
Duvall JL, Johnson N (2020, June 18). Issues of Privilege, Race, & Social Justice. Boise VAMC Psychology Postdoctoral Residency in Clinical Psychology.
Duvall JL, (2017, October 7), Creating a Safe Space. Everyone Belongs Here Symposium.
Leadership / Community Engagement:
Co-Facilitator and Founding Organizer
Idaho Health Equity Collective
2020 - Present
Medical Director and Advisory Member DEI Committee and Medical Committees
Camp Unalayee
2019 - Present
Medical Director, Advisory Member Risk Management and DEI Committees
Alzar School
2020 - Present
Member
Everyone Belongs Here Community Group
2016 - 2018
National Co-President
Student Physicians for Social Responsibility
2010 - 2011
Dr. Thomas Patterson, MD
Presentations:
Beyond ACE's Idaho Perinatal Conference - February 2023
Full Circle Health Executive Leadership Team - January 2023
Autism Echo Idaho - Care of School-aged Children with Autism Through the Lens of Trauma Informed Care and Positive Childhood Experiences - January 2023
Grand Rounds Pediatric Year in Review - January 2023
Idaho Perinatal Nurse Leadership Summit - Beyond ACES - October 2022
Strengthening Families Training Institute Annual Conference - ACES Learning Collaborative - March 2022
ECHO Autism lecture on Autism and Constipation- March 2022
ACMS Winter Clinics lecture on Covid as an ACE and Trauma Care and Update on care of the Febrile Infant 7-60 days-February 2022
Idaho Perinatal Conference- Covid as an Ace -February 2022
Considering Covid as an ACE – Grand Rounds St Luke’s Sept 2021
Considering Covid as an ACE – Echo Idaho-Behavioral Health in Primary Care- October 2021
Trauma ACES and Substance Use Disorder – Idaho Echo Project-Opioids, Pain and Substance Use Disorders- June 2020
Resilience in Pediatrics-Idaho Echo Project August 2020
St Luke’s Children’s Medical Direct of Children’s Quality Improvement
St Luke’s Grand Rounds on Adverse Childhood Experiences- April 2019
Idaho Medical Association- Adverse Childhood Experiences -July 2019
St Luke’s Children’s Medical Direct of Children’s Quality Improvement
Vaccine Update and the Hesitant Parent- IMA Annual Meeting lecture April 2018
Pediatric Obesity a Growing Epidemic- IMA Annual Meeting lecture April 2018
School Nurses Organization- Idaho – Strep Pharyngitis July 2018
Leadership / Community Engagement:
National Nominating Committee Representative for District 8
American Academy of Pediatrics
2020 - present
Frequent presenter on Adverse Childhood Events and Trauma-Informed Care
Idaho Project Echo
2020 - present
Medical Director of Children’s Quality Improvement
St Luke’s Children’s Hospital
2014 - 2019
Maintenance of Certification - Portfolio Sponsor Medical Director
American Board of Pediatrics
2018 - 2019
Chapter Forum Management Committee Representative for District 8
American Academy of Pediatrics
2015 - 2018
PEDIATRICS RESIDENT SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY (selected)
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024
2023-2024 Selected Resident Presentations
Sivani Kuruvada (April, 2023) "The prevalence of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom in young women and its effects on body image," Presented at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in India.