Curriculum Vitae

Cynthia A. Brandt, M.D., M.P.H.

Address

Yale Center for Medical Informatics

Yale University School of Medicine

333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208009

New Haven, CT 06520-8009

(203) 764-6713

cynthia.brandt@yale.edu

Education

University of Washington at Seattle

Seattle, WA, Master of Public Health

MPH: 1987 - 89

Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Loma Linda, CA, Doctorate of Medicine

MD: 1980 - 84

Loma Linda College of Arts and Sciences

Riverside, CA, Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry

BS: 1976 - 80

Medical Education

Yale Center for Medical Informatics

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

NIH/NLM Postdoctoral Fellowship, Medical Informatics

1995 - 1997

Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, WA, Preventive Medicine Residency

1987 - 89

Maricopa Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ, Transitional Internship

1984 - 85

Credentials

American Board of Preventive Medicine

Board Certified: General Preventive Medicine 1991

Board of Medical Examiners State of Kentucky

Expiration March 31 2007

Clinical Experience

Yale Center Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, July 2000 to present.

Associate Research Scientist. September 1997 to June, 2000.

Yale Center Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine

NIH/NLM Postdoctoral Fellow. 1995 - 1997.

Ireland Army Community Hospital, Ft Knox, KY

Director, Department of Quality Improvement. 1992 - 1995.

Chief, Preventive Medicine. 1989 - 1992.

Chief, Department of Radiology. 1990 - 1991.

Winn Army Community Hospital, Ft Stewart, GA

Preventive Medicine Officer/General Medicine Officer. 1985 - 1987.

Professional Societies

1987- American Public Health Association

1995- American Medical Informatics Association

2000- American Society for Clinical Trials

Honors and Awards

1996 Best Poster Award AMIA Fall Annual Symposium

Publications

Guzenhauser JD, Longfield JN, Brundage JF, Kaplan EL, Miller RN, Brandt CA. Epidemic streptococcal disease among

Army trainees, July 1989 through June 1991. Journal of Infectious Diseases.1995; 171 (1):124 - 31.

Brandt CA, Frawley SJ, Powsner SM, Shiffman RN, Miller PL. Visualizing immunization logic in a rule-based expert system.

Proceedings of the 1996 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium, Washington DC, October 1996, 835. Poster.

Brandt CA, Frawley SJ, Powsner SM, Shiffman RN, Miller PL. Visualizing the logic of a clinical guideline: A case study in

childhood immunization. Methods of Information in Medicine, 1997; 36: 179-83.

Fernandes LA, Brandt CA, Ruskin KJ, Powsner SM, Miller PL. Using semantic relationships between clinical terms to help

structure retrieval from the GASNet anesthesiology server. 17th International Symposium on Computing in Anesthesia and

Intensive Care, New Haven, CT, April 1997.

Miller PL, Frawley SJ, Brandt CA, Sayward FG. A prototype web site for immunization knowledge maintenance.

Proceedings of the 1997 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium, Nashville TN, October 1997, 293-7.

Brandt CA, Fernandes LA, Powsner SM, Miller PL. Using coded semantic relationships to retrieve and structure clinical

reference information. Extended Proceedings of the 1997 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium, Nashville TN, October 1997,

Paper presented as poster.

Shiffman RN, Brandt CA, Hoffman M, Wiig W, Fernandes LA. SEURAT: Scanned entry of structured data for a pediatric

health maintenance record. Extended Proceedings of the 1997 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium, Nashville TN, October 1997.

Paper presented as poster.

Nadkarni, PM, Brandt CA, Frawley S, Sayward FG, Einbinder R, Zelterman D, Schacter L, Miller PL. Managing

Attribute-Value Clinical Trials Data Using the ACT/DB Client-Server Database System. JAMIA, Mar/Apr 1998, 139-151.

Shiffman RN. Brandt CA. Freeman BG. Transition to a computer-based record using scannable, structured encounter

forms. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 151(12):1247-53, 1997 Dec.

Miller PL, Frawley SJ, Brandt C, Sayward FG: Tools for immunization guideline knowledge maintenance II: Automated

Web-based generation of user-customized test cases. Computers and Biomedical Research 31:190-208, 1998.

Nadkarni PM, Brandt C, Frawley SJ, Sayward FG, Einbinder R, Zelterman D, Schacter L, Miller PL: ACT/DB: A

client-server database system for managing attribute-value clinical trials data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics

Association 5:139-151, 1998.

Nadkarni P, Brandt C: Data extraction and ad hoc query of an entity-attribute-value database. Journal of the American

Medical Informatics Association 1998;5(6):511-527.

Shiffman RN. Brandt CA. Liaw Y. Corb GJ. A design model for computer-based guideline implementation based on

information management services. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 6(2):99-103, 1999 Mar-Apr.

Shiffman RN. Liaw Y. Brandt CA. Corb GJ. Computer-based guideline implementation systems: A systematic review of

functionality and effectiveness. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 6(2):104-114, 1999 Mar-Apr.

Corb GJ, Liaw Y, Brandt CA, Shiffman RN. An object-oriented framework for the development of computer-based

guideline implementations. Methods of Information in Medicine. 1999, 38(3):148-15.

Shiffman RN, Freudigman KA, Brandt CA, Liaw Y, Navedo DD. A Guideline Implementation System Using Handheld

Computers for Office Management of Asthma: Effects on Adherence and Patient Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2000, 105(4):

767-73.

Nadkarni P, Brandt C, Marenco L, WebEAV. Automatic Metadata-Driven generation of Web Interfaces to

Entity-Attribute-Value Databases. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 7(4):343-56, 2000 Jul-Aug.

Miller PL. Brandt C. Cheung K. Mattie M. Nadkarni P. Shiffman RN. The Yale Center for Medical Informatics: clinical,

neuro- and genomic informatics. MD Computing. 17(4):29-32, 2000 Jul-Aug.

Brandt CA, Nadkarni P, Marenco L, Karras BT, Lu C, Schacter L, Fisk JM, Miller PL. Re-engineering a Database for

Clinical Trials Management: Lessons for System Architects. Controlled Clinical Trials 21:440-461,2000.

Nadkarni P, Chen R, Brandt C. Concept Indexing for Production Databases: A Feasibility Study using the Unified Medical

Language System Metathesaurus. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 9(1):90-91, 2001 Jan-Feb.

Brandt CA, Nadkarni P. Web-based UMLS concept retrieval by automatic text scanning: a comparison of two methods.

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 64 (2001) 37-43.

Boland E. Monsod T. Delucia M. Brandt CA. Fernando S. Tamborlane WV. Limitations of Conventional Methods of

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Lessons learned from 3 days of continuous glucose sensing in pediatric patients with type

1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 24(11):1858-62, 2001 November.

Fernando, S. K., P. Nadkarni, Brandt, C (2001). "Generation of pedigree diagrams for web display using scalable vector

graphics from a clinical trials database." Proc AMIA Symp: 174-7.

Deshpande A, Brandt C, Nadkarni P. Metadata-driven ad hoc query of patient data: meeting the needs of clinical studies.

Journal of the Americal Medical Informatics Association. 9(4):369-82, 2002 Jul-Aug.

ABSTRACTS

Boland E, Brandt CA, Delucia M, Tamborlane WV. "Making Sense of Glucose Levels: Use of Continuous Glucose Sensors

(CGMS) in Children with Type 1 Diabetes." ADA Annual Meeting (2001).

Boland E, Delucia M, Brandt CA, Tamborlane WV. "Repeated use of the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS)

in Children with Well-Controlled TIDM Decreases the Frequency of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia without Sacrificing Metabolic

Control." ADA Annual Meeting (2002).

Delucia M, Boland E, Brandt CA, Vasconcelos M , Tamborlane WV.” How Low (And High) Can You Go? Nighttime

Sensor Glucose Levels in Healthy Children." ADA Annual Meeting (2002).