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Arthur M “Buzz” Brown
Arthur Brown
ChanTest's CEO Buzz Brown
Occupation(s)Founder, CEO, CSO

Arthur M. “Buzz” Brown, M.D., Ph.D. is ChanTest’s founder, Executive Chairman & CSO, and an Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine.

He is a trained cardiologist and physiologist with more than 30 years of experience in ion channels and their relationship to human disease and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Brown has established world-leading Physiology department at University of Texas Medical Branch, Baylor College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University.


Early Life and education[edit]

Early career[edit]

Career[edit]

ChanTest[edit]

ChanTest logo created in 2009?.
ChanTest logo created in 2009?.

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ChanRX[edit]

ChanRX logo created in 2010?.
ChanRX logo created in 2010?.

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Honors and contributions[edit]

Dr. Brown’s honors include the following:

  • Recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Service Award by the Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS) in 2013 [1]
  • Established Investigator of the American Heart Association [2]
  • Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award [3]
  • The Harry B van Dyke Awards for Excellence in Medical Research (Pharmacology), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • American Physiological Society Water B. Cannon Lecturer
  • Recipient of American Heart Association Basic Research Prize
  • Recipient of Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases
  • First Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section [4]
  • Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor in Medical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, (MA Honors), University of Oxford, England

Major contributions from his research laboratories to the field of ion channels include:

  • Invention of ion-selective liquid exchanger microelectrodes [5] ;
  • Description of membrane–delimited G protein effects on ion channels [5] ;
  • Identification of the pore of voltage-gated and inwardly rectifying potassium channels [5] ;
  • Specification of hERG potassium channel as lethal target for non-cardiac drugs, e.g., Seldane, Propulsid, etc. [5]
  • Discovery of drug-induced block of hERG trafficking as cause of arrhythmias.


Dr. Brown is currently a collaborator with the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) on cardiac safety issues. He holds nine patents on ion channel pharmacology, therapeutics and devices.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2013 Distinguished Service Award Recipient". Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ "The Rudy Clarenburg Lecture Series 1999". Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  3. ^ "College of Veterinary Medicine". Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Recipients of the Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship Award". Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d Glaser, Vicki (2008 Dec). "An interview with Arthur M. "Buzz" Brown, M.D., Ph.D.". Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 6 (6): 737–42. doi:10.1089. PMID 19231939. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |doi= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

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