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Anthony Breu, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, Brown University School of Medicine

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Anthony C. Breu, MD is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Medicine in General Internal Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He is also a full-time Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Breu has received numerous awards for his teaching and has held leadership positions at the VA Hospital and the Center for Bioethics since 2013.

Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Medicine

Director of Resident Education
VA Boston Healthcare System

Faculty Member
Harvard Medical School
Center for Bioethics

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Rowe KA, Ouchi K, Kennedy M, Breu A, Tolchin DW, Schwartz AW. Preparing Preclinical Medical Students for Routine Code Status Discussions: A Mixed-Methods Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Feb; 67(2):138-146. PMID: 37863372; PMCID: PMC11267244; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.10.017;

Ganatra RB, Reese ZA, Breu AC. Are Text Pages an Effective Nudge to Increase Attendance at Internal Medicine Morning Report Conferences? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Fed Pract. 2023 Oct; 40(10):352-357a. PMID: 38567300; PMCID: PMC10984682; DOI: 10.12788/fp.0423;

Ganatra RB, Breu AC, Ronan MV. Which patients hospitalized with alcohol withdrawal syndrome should receive high-dose parenteral thiamine? Cleve Clin J Med. 2023 Jan 03; 90(1):22-25.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Ronan, Matthew

PMID: 36596597

Bhatnagar A, Ananthakrishan S, Rifkin I, Breu AC. A Veteran Presenting for Low Testosterone and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Fed Pract. 2022 Oct; 39(10):406-409a.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Rifkin, Ian

PMID: 36744013; PMCID: PMC9896365; DOI: 10.12788/fp.0326;

Merz LE, Jindal S, Shahal T, Serrao R, Breu AC. A Veteran With Recurrent, Painful Knee Effusion. Fed Pract. 2022 Jul; 39(7):315-319.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Serrao, Richard
Jindal, Shivani
Shahal, Talya

PMID: 36425346; PMCID: PMC9648581; DOI: 10.12788/fp.0295;

Breu AC, Rodman A. The Last Beat: Contemporary Ethical Controversies Surrounding Determination of Cardiopulmonary Death. Chest. 2022 02; 161(2):519-523. PMID: 35131058

Breu AC, Cooper AZ. Tweetorials: Digital scholarship deserving of inclusion in promotion portfolios. Med Teach. 2022 Apr; 44(4):450-452. PMID: 35099358

Ganatra RB, Breu AC, Ronan MV. Clinical guideline highlights for the hospitalist: 2020 American Society of Addiction Medicine clinical practice guideline on alcohol withdrawal management. J Hosp Med. 2022 Jan; 17(1):47-49.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Ronan, Matthew

PMID: 34910619

Breu AC, Abrams HR, Manning KD, Cooper AZ. Tweetorials for Medical Educators. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Oct; 13(5):723-725. PMID: 34721803; PMCID: PMC8527945; DOI: 10.4300/JGME-D-21-00767.1;

Rodman A, Breu AC. The Last Breath: Historical Controversies Surrounding Determination of Cardiopulmonary Death. Chest. 2022 02; 161(2):514-518. PMID: 34400157

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Bilal M, Aby ES, Mahmood S, Chiang AL, Breu AC, Charabaty A. Standardized reporting of gastroenterology-related social media scholarship for career advancement. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 08; 18(8):519-520. PMID: 34099909

Barlow B, Barlow A, Breu AC. Things We Do for No Reason™: Universal Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis in Low-Risk Hospitalized Medical Patients. J Hosp Med. 2021 05; 16(5):301-303. PMID: 33357322

Clark K, Goldstein R, Maron B, Breu AC. A Veteran Presenting With Chronic Progressive Dyspnea on Exertion. Fed Pract. 2020 Nov; 37(11):522-526.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Maron, Bradley
Goldstein, Ronald

PMID: 33328718; PMCID: PMC7735459; DOI: 10.12788/fp.0066;

Jaffe RC, O'Glasser AY, Brooks M, Chapman M, Breu AC, Wray CM. Your @Attending Will #Tweet You Now: Using Twitter in Medical Education. Acad Med. 2020 10; 95(10):1618. PMID: 32195691

Mikolajczyk AE, Ufere N, Breu AC, Parikh ND, Garcia-Tsao G, Tapper EB. #LiverTwitter: An Emerging Tool for Liver Education and Research. Hepatol Commun. 2020 Aug; 4(8):1229-1233. PMID: 32766481; PMCID: PMC7395060; DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1539;

Breu AC. From Tweetstorm to Tweetorials: Threaded Tweets as a Tool for Medical Education and Knowledge Dissemination. Semin Nephrol. 2020 May; 40(3):273-278. PMID: 32560775

Kanjee Z, Bauer KA, Breu AC, Burns R. Should You Treat This Acutely Ill Medical Inpatient With Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis?: Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ann Intern Med. 2020 04 07; 172(7):484-491.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Bauer, Kenneth Alan

PMID: 32252085

Reese Z, Weller J, Rangachari D, Schlechter B, Breu AC. A Veteran Presenting With Altered Mental Status and Clonus. Fed Pract. 2020 Apr; 37(4):165-169.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Weller, Jason

PMID: 32322147; PMCID: PMC7173642

Kearney L, Swamy L, Brock M, Wiener R, Strymish J, Huang Q, Breu AC. A Veteran With a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. Fed Pract. 2020 Jan; 37(1):38-41.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Swamy, Lakshman
Kearney, Lauren
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 32047354; PMCID: PMC7010343

Breu AC. Why Is a Cow? Curiosity, Tweetorials, and the Return to Why. N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 19; 381(12):1097-1098. PMID: 31532957

Li J, Strymish J, William J, Breu AC. A Veteran Presenting With Leg Swelling, Dyspnea, and Proteinuria. Fed Pract. 2019 Sep; 36(9):420-424. PMID: 31571810; PMCID: PMC6752811

Breu AC, Tapper EB. Reply. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 04; 17(5):1006. PMID: 30902230

Sivashanker K, Berkoff S, Reddy S, Breu AC, Jones K, Festin F. The Medico-Legal, Ethical, and Clinical Challenges of Psychiatric Advance Directives. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2019 Mar/Apr; 27(2):119-126.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Festin, Fe Erlita
Sivashanker, Karthik

PMID: 30855526

Fehnel CR, Li JX, Breu AC. A Veteran With Acute Progressive Encephalopathy of Unknown Etiology. Fed Pract. 2019 Jan; 36(1):30-34. PMID: 30766415; PMCID: PMC6366584

Breu AC, Axon RN. Acute Treatment of Hypertensive Urgency. J Hosp Med. 2018 12 01; 13(12):860-862. PMID: 30379139; DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3086;

Breu AC. Clinician-Patient Discussions of Successful CPR-The Vegetable Clause. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 10 01; 178(10):1299-1300. PMID: 30128558; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4066;

Breu AC, Patwardhan VR, Nayor J, Ringwala JN, Devore ZG, Ganatra RB, Hathorn KE, Horton L, Iriana S, Tapper EB. A Multicenter Study Into Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 05; 17(6):1201-1203. PMID: 30103039; DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.08.016;

Swamy L, Monach P, Fine A, Breu AC. A Veteran With Fibromyalgia Presenting With Dyspnea. Fed Pract. 2018 Aug; 35(8):22-25.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Swamy, Lakshman
Monach, Paul

PMID: 30766377; PMCID: PMC6263444

Breu AC. The Inaccuracy of Accuracy. South Med J. 2018 03; 111(3):166-167. PMID: 29505653; DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000771;

Swamy L, Worsham C, Bialas MJ, Wertz C, Thornton D, Breu A, Ronan M. The 60-Minute Root Cause Analysis: A Workshop to Engage Interdisciplinary Clinicians in Quality Improvement. MedEdPORTAL. 2018 02 15; 14:10685.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Thornton, David
Swamy, Lakshman
Ronan, Matthew

PMID: 30800885; PMCID: PMC6342415; DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10685;

Ganatra RB, Weber HC, Breu AC. A Veteran With Alcohol Use Disorder and Acute Pancreatitis. Fed Pract. 2018 Feb; 35(2):34-39.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Weber, H.

PMID: 30766341; PMCID: PMC6248223

Ganatra RB, Swamy L, Worsham C, Frosch Z, Breu AC. A Mission for Graduate Medical Education at VA. Fed Pract. 2017 Oct; 34(10):12-15.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Swamy, Lakshman

PMID: 30766234; PMCID: PMC6370407

Linsenmeyer K, Gupta K, Strymish JM, Dhanani M, Brecher SM, Breu AC. Culture if spikes? Indications and yield of blood cultures in hospitalized medical patients. J Hosp Med. 2016 May; 11(5):336-40.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Gupta, Kalpana
Linsenmeyer, Katherine
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 26762577; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2541;

Breu A. Practical reviews in hospital medicine. 2016.

Worsham C, Breu AC. The Safe Use of Propofol--Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Jan; 176(1):140.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Worsham, Christopher

PMID: 26747672; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7201;

Breu AC, Theisen-Toupal J, Feldman LS. Serum and red blood cell folate testing on hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2015 Nov; 10(11):753-5. PMID: 26463111; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2385;

Worsham C, Ackrivo J, Breu AC. Prompt Extubation After Intensive Care Unit Procedures: A Teachable Moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Sep; 175(9):1447-8.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Worsham, Christopher

PMID: 26193488; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3656;

Sharma RK, Breu AC. Making progress with code status documentation. J Hosp Med. 2015 Aug; 10(8):553-4. PMID: 25873559; PMCID: PMC4516597; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2349;

Breu A. Procedure supervision protocol. 2015.
Breu A. Hip fracture protocol. 2015.

Theisen-Toupal J, Horowitz G, Breu A. Low yield of outpatient serum folate testing: eleven years of experience. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Oct; 174(10):1696-7. PMID: 25111789; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3593;

Breu AC, Herzig SJ. Differentiating DNI from DNR: combating code status conflation. J Hosp Med. 2014 Oct; 9(10):669-70. PMID: 24978058; PMCID: PMC5240781; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2234;

Theisen-Toupal J, Breu AC, Mattison ML, Arnaout R. Diagnostic yield of head computed tomography for the hospitalized medical patient with delirium. J Hosp Med. 2014 Aug; 9(8):497-501. PMID: 24733711; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2198;

Breu AC, Allen-Dicker J, Mueller S, Palamara K, Hinami K, Herzig SJ. Hospitalist and primary care physician perspectives on medication management of chronic conditions for hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2014 May; 9(5):303-9. PMID: 24616183; PMCID: PMC4017338; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2137;

Jesus JE, Allen MB, Michael GE, Donnino MW, Grossman SA, Hale CP, Breu AC, Bracey A, O'Connor JL, Fisher J. Preferences for resuscitation and intubation among patients with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate orders. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Jul; 88(7):658-65. PMID: 23809316; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.04.010;

Theisen-Toupal J, Horowitz GL, Breu AC. Utility, charge, and cost of inpatient and emergency department serum folate testing. J Hosp Med. 2013 Feb; 8(2):91-5. PMID: 23169580; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1994;

Xu S, Williams ME, Pavlakis M, Breu AC. The UNOS 'preferential allocation' concept proposal for the allocation of deceased donor kidney transplants: implications for patients with diabetes. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Mar; 27(3):869-71. PMID: 22287657; DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr768;

Breu A. How patients can remember their doctor's name. 2012. View Publication
Breu A. Advanced Directives. Hospital Medicine Clinics. 2012; 1(2):e254-e264.
Li J, Breu A. Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hospital Medicine Clinics. 2011; 1(1):e50-e61.
Breu A, Li J. Issues at the End of Life. Hospital Medicine Clinics. 2011; 1(1):e124-e131.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 51 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018 and 2020

Bar chart showing 51 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018 and 2020

Year	Publications
2011	2
2012	4
2013	1
2014	4
2015	5
2016	3
2017	1
2018	7
2019	5
2020	7
2021	4
2022	5
2023	3

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2016 Boston Medical Center: Joel G. Caslowitz Award

2015 VA Boston Hospital: Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award

2014-2015 Harvard Medical School: Excellence in Tutoring Award

2012 Hospitalist Teacher of the Year

2012 Outstanding Teacher

2012 Harvard Medical School: Excellence in Tutoring Award

2009-2011 Katherine Swan Ginsberg Fellow

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