Brett E Fenster
MD, FACC
- Department of Medicine
- Assistant Professor
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Adults
Cardiology
Heart Problems Secondary to Lung Diseases, Cardiac Sarcoid
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Professional Memberships/Societies
American College of Cardiology (ACC)
American Heart Association (AHA)
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
Clinical Interests
Clinical interests include Cardiac MRI, Myocardial Perfusion SPECT and Coronary CT angiography.
Board Certified
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Nuclear Cardiology
Service
Education & Training
Education
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- MD, 1994-1999
Residencies
- Stanford University, School of Medicine
- Residency/Internship, 1999-2002
Fellowships
- Stanford University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Cardiac MRI, 2004-2005
- Stanford University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Cardiovascular Medicine, 2002-2005
Awards & Recognition
2004: Outstanding Clinical Fellow (Stanford University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
2003: Edwin Alderman Award for Clinical Research (Stanford University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
2002: Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Research (Stanford University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
2002: Charles Dorsey Armstrong Award (Clinical excellence in caring for patients, Stanford University, Department of Internal Medicine)
2002: Department of Medicine Award (Outstanding medical student in internal medicine, University of Chicago, Department of Medicine)
Recent or Important Publications
B. Fenster, F. Chan, H. Valentine, E Yang, M McConnell, G. Berry, P Yang. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for myocarditis: effective use in medical decision making. Circulation 2006 S2006 Jun 6;113(22):e842-3.
B. Fenster, M. McConnell. Imaging in Acute Dyspnea. Cardiovascular Imaging: A Handbook For Clinical Practice (European Society of Cardiology) 2005. pp. 153-164.
B. Fenster, P. Tsao, S. Rockson. Endothelial Dysfunction: Therapeutic Strategies for Treating Oxidant Stress. Am Heart J 2003 Aug;146(2):218-226.
Chen MC*, Ashley EA*, Deng DX-F, Tsalenko A, Deng A, Tabibiazar R, Ben-Dor A, Fenster B, Yang E, King JY, Fowler M, Robbins B, Johnson F, Bruhn L, McDonagh T, Dargie H, Yakhini Z, Tsao P, Quertermous T. Novel role for the potent endogenous inotrope apelin in human cardiac dysfunction. Circulation 2003 Sep; 108(12):1432-1439.
A. Lee, B. Fenster, H. Ito, K. Takeda, N. Bae, T. Hirai, Z. Yu, V. Ferrans, B. Howard, and T. Finkel. Ras Proteins Induce Senescence by Altering the Intracellular Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 24, No. 12, March 19, pp.7936-7940, 1999.
