Sabine Brouxhon, MD

Sabine Brouxhon, M.D., a clinician scientist, joined our Department of Emergency Medicine on January 1, 2009 as Associate Professor.  Dr. Brouxhon serves as an attending of the Emergency Department in Stony Brook University Hospital, as well as pursues fully funded basic science/translational research programs in her laboratory.
 
Dr. Brouxhon obtained her M.D. with Distinctions in Research as well as completed Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Rochester. She started her academic career at her alma mater in 2002 as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and physician attending at Strong Memorial and Highland Hospital Emergency Departments.  Dr. Brouxhon also moonlighted at a rural hospital (Soldiers & Sailors) while in her last year of residency training. In addition to clinical endeavors, Dr. Brouxhon received over 5 years of post doctoral research training at the University of Rochester, where she held joint appointments in the Departments of Surgery and Dermatology.  

Her research interests are in cancer research and wound healing. As a clinician-scientist, Dr Brouxhon is an advocate of interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate clinical practice with basic science research, so that her research can progress from the bench- to - bedside - to - curb. Dr. Brouxhon has enjoyed continuous research funding for more than 10 years through the Emergency Medicine Foundation, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Wilmot Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Komen Foundation. Currently, Dr. Brouxhon is a recipient of 2 NIH grants, one from the National Cancer Institute and another from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, as well as a grant from the Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation. Recently, Stony Brook University, in support of Dr. Brouxhon’s cutting edge research, is in the process of filing an application with the United States Patent Office for her invention on the use of a new chemotherapeutic agent for epithelial cancers.