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Molly A. Brewer, DVM, MD, MS

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

NPI Number: 1013989615
Academic Office Location: Obstetrics and Gynecology UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Phone:	800-579-7822 860-679-2100
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Committees & Organizations
Lab Rotations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BS	Texas A&M University	Biological Sciences
DVM	Texas A&M University	Veterinary Medicine
MD	SUNY Health Science Center	Medicine
MS	University of Michigan School of Public Health	Statistical Analysis and Clinical Research Design

Degree

Institution

Major

Texas A&M University

Biological Sciences

DVM

Texas A&M University

Veterinary Medicine

SUNY Health Science Center

Medicine

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Statistical Analysis and Clinical Research Design

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	Galloway Fellow
Residency	Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Training

Institution

Specialty

Fellowship

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Galloway Fellow

Residency

Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fellowship

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Outstanding Yound Alumna Award	SUNY Syracuse
Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Grants Selection Committee
Senior Academic Promotions Committee
John MIlerick Teaching Award Presented by the Fourth Year Obstetric and Gynecology Students
Top 5% reviewers for American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Invited to Attend Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers	Harvard School of Public Health
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Ovarian Cancer Research Program Integration Panel
Finalist: Women of Innovation in Connecticut
Department of Defense Concept Award, "Ovarian Cancer"
Best Doctors in America 2006-2022
Listed in Who's Who in Prevention	Arizona Cancer Center
Co-Chair of United Engineering Foundation Conference	Banff, Canada
Dean's Physician-Scientist Career Development Award	University of Arizona
Dean's Physician-Scientist Career Development Award/Nielsen Award	University of Arizona and Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona
Taskforce on the Treatment of Intraepithelial Neoplasia	AACR, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Berlex Foundation Participant	Berlex Foundation
Hal Lee, M.D. Scholarship Award	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Galloway Fellow	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Student Award for Exceptional OB/GYN Student	Robert E.L. Nesbitt Jr., M.D.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society	Alpha Omega Alpha
Academic Promotions Committee	SUNY
Honor Society for the Biological Sciences	Texas A&M University
Dean's List	Texas A&M University

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Outstanding Yound Alumna Award

SUNY Syracuse

Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Grants Selection Committee

Senior Academic Promotions Committee

John MIlerick Teaching Award Presented by the Fourth Year Obstetric and Gynecology Students

Top 5% reviewers for American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Invited to Attend Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers

Harvard School of Public Health

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Ovarian Cancer Research Program Integration Panel

Finalist: Women of Innovation in Connecticut

Department of Defense Concept Award, "Ovarian Cancer"

Best Doctors in America 2006-2022

Listed in Who's Who in Prevention

Arizona Cancer Center

Co-Chair of United Engineering Foundation Conference

Banff, Canada

Dean's Physician-Scientist Career Development Award

University of Arizona

Dean's Physician-Scientist Career Development Award/Nielsen Award

University of Arizona and Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona

Taskforce on the Treatment of Intraepithelial Neoplasia

AACR, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Berlex Foundation Participant

Berlex Foundation

Hal Lee, M.D. Scholarship Award

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Galloway Fellow

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Student Award for Exceptional OB/GYN Student

Robert E.L. Nesbitt Jr., M.D.

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha

Academic Promotions Committee

SUNY

Honor Society for the Biological Sciences

Texas A&M University

Dean's List

Texas A&M University

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
American Gynecologic and Obstetric Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2009
Cancer Center Research Cabinet Committee	Research Committee	Member	External	State	2006	2006
Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) for review of applications submitted to the National Cancer Institute through the NIH extramural Loan Repayment Program	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2006	2019
SPORE in Ovarian and Gynecological Cancer Review Committee	Study Section	chair and reviewer	External	National	2005	2005
Program Committee, SGO Meeting	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2004	2004
Scientific Advisory Board, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, NY	Advisory Committee	Advisory Board	External	Local	2004
Gynecologic Cancer Research Applications	Professional/Scientific Organization	Department of Defense (DOD) Reviewer		National	2004	2009
National Institute of Health	Study Section	SBMI Medical Imaging Technologies Reviewer,	External	National	2004	2010
Third AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2004	2004
National Advisory Board for the Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging	Advisory Committee	Member	External	National	2003
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Cancer Prevention and Control Section, Technical Review Committee for Ovarian Cancer Research Applications	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State	2003	2003
Society of Gynecologic Oncologist (SGO)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2002
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2002
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Regional	2002	2006
United Engineering Foundation Conference, “Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery”, August 3-8, 2003, Banff, Canada	Professional/Scientific Organization	Co-Chairman	External	National	2002	2003
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI), Reviewer for Gynecologic Cancer SPORE Applications	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2002	2016
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2001
Arizona Cancer Center	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State	2001	2006
Gynecologic Cancer Applications	Study Section	Department of Energy (DOE) Reviewer,	External	National	2001	2001
Taskforce on the Treatment of Intraepithelial Neoplasia, AACR Member, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State	2000	2000
Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Local	2000
GOG Cancer Prevention and Control Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2000	2000
Academic Promotions Committee, SUNY	Education Committee	Member	External	University	1987	1987

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Scar matrix drives Piezo1 mediated stromal inflammation leading to placenta accreta spectrum.
Wenqiang, Du; Novin, Ashkan; Liu, Yamin; Afzal, Junaid; Suhail, Yasir; Liu, Shaofei; Gavin, Nicole R; Jorgensen, Jennifer R; Morosky, Christopher M; Figueroa, Reinaldo; Schmidt, Tannin A; Sanders, Melinda; Brewer, Molly A; Kshitiz Nature communications 2024 Sep;15(1):8379
Complementary anti-cancer pathways triggered by inhibition of sideroflexin 4 in ovarian cancer.
Tesfay, Lia; Paul, Bibbin T; Hegde, Poornima; Brewer, Molly; Habbani, Samrin; Jellison, Evan; Moore, Timothy; Wu, Hao; Torti, Suzy V; Torti, Frank M Scientific reports 2022 Nov;12(1):19936
Correction: Proteogenomic Characterization of Ovarian HGSC Implicates Mitotic Kinases, Replication Stress in Observed Chromosomal Instability.
McDermott, Jason E; Arshad, Osama A; Petyuk, Vladislav A; Fu, Yi; Gritsenko, Marina A; Clauss, Therese R; Moore, Ronald J; Schepmoes, Athena A; Zhao, Rui; Monroe, Matthew E; Schnaubelt, Michael; Tsai, Chia-Feng; Payne, Samuel H; Huang, Chen; Wang, Liang-Bo; Foltz, Steven; Wyczalkowski, Matthew; Wu, Yige; Song, Ehwang; Brewer, Molly A; Thiagarajan, Mathangi; Kinsinger, Christopher R; Robles, Ana I; Boja, Emily S; Rodriguez, Henry; Chan, Daniel W; Zhang, Bing; Zhang, Zhen; Ding, Li; Smith, Richard D; Liu, Tao; Rodland, Karin D; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium Cell reports. Medicine 2020 Aug;1(5):
Proteogenomic Characterization of Ovarian HGSC Implicates Mitotic Kinases, Replication Stress in Observed Chromosomal Instability.
McDermott, Jason E; Arshad, Osama A; Petyuk, Vladislav A; Fu, Yi; Gritsenko, Marina A; Clauss, Therese R; Moore, Ronald J; Schepmoes, Athena A; Zhao, Rui; Monroe, Matthew E; Schnaubelt, Michael; Tsai, Chia-Feng; Payne, Samuel H; Huang, Chen; Wang, Liang-Bo; Foltz, Steven; Wyczalkowski, Matthew; Wu, Yige; Song, Ehwang; Brewer, Molly A; Thiagarajan, Mathangi; Kinsinger, Christopher R; Robles, Ana I; Boja, Emily S; Rodriguez, Henry; Chan, Daniel W; Zhang, Bing; Zhang, Zhen; Ding, Li; Smith, Richard D; Liu, Tao; Rodland, Karin D; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium Cell reports. Medicine 2020 Apr;1(1):
Front-line chemo-immunotherapy with carboplatin-paclitaxel using oregovomab indirect immunization in advanced ovarian cancer: A randomized phase II study.
Brewer, Molly; Angioli, Roberto; Scambia, Giovani; Lorusso, Domenica; Terranova, Corrado; Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti; Raspagliesi, Francesco; Scollo, Paolo; Plotti, Francessco; Ferrandina, Gabriella; Salutari, Vanda; Ricci, Caterina; Braly, Patricia; Holloway, Robert; Method, Michael; Madiyalakan, Madi; Bayever, Eliel; Nicodemus, Christopher Gynecologic oncology 2020 Jan;
Sexual Health, Mental Health, and Beliefs About Cancer Treatments Among Women Attending a Gynecologic Oncology Clinic.
Eaton, Lisa; Kueck, Angela; Maksut, Jessica; Gordon, Lori; Metersky, Karen; Miga, Ashley; Brewer, Molly; Siembida, Elizabeth; Bradley, Alison Sexual medicine 2017 Sep;5(3):e175-e183
Iron addiction: a novel therapeutic target in ovarian cancer.
Basuli, D; Tesfay, L; Deng, Z; Paul, B; Yamamoto, Y; Ning, G; Xian, W; McKeon, F; Lynch, M; Crum, C P; Hegde, P; Brewer, M; Wang, X; Miller, L D; Dyment, N; Torti, F M; Torti, S V Oncogene 2017 Mar;364089-4099
3D texture analysis for classification of second harmonic generation images of human ovarian cancer.
Wen, Bruce; Campbell, Kirby R; Tilbury, Karissa; Nadiarnykh, Oleg; Brewer, Molly A; Patankar, Manish; Singh, Vikas; Eliceiri, Kevin W; Campagnola, Paul J Scientific reports 2016 Oct;635734
Characterizing optical properties and spatial heterogeneity of human ovarian tissue using spatial frequency domain imaging.
Nandy, Sreyankar; Mostafa, Atahar; Kumavor, Patrick D; Sanders, Melinda; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Journal of biomedical optics 2016 Oct;21(10):101402
Coregistered photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging and classification of ovarian cancer: ex vivo and in vivo studies.
Salehi, Hassan S; Li, Hai; Merkulov, Alex; Kumavor, Patrick D; Vavadi, Hamed; Sanders, Melinda; Kueck, Angela; Brewer, Molly A; Zhu, Quing Journal of biomedical optics 2016 Apr;21(4):46006
Correlating optical coherence elastography based strain measurements with collagen content of the human ovarian tissue.
Nandy, Sreyankar; Salehi, Hassan S; Wang, Tianheng; Wang, Xiaohong; Sanders, Melinda; Kueck, Angela; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Biomedical optics express 2015 Oct;6(10):3806-11
In Vitro and In Vivo Correlates of Physiologic and Neoplastic Human Fallopian Tube Stem Cells.
Yamamoto, Yusuke; Ning, Gang; Howitt, Brooke E; Mehra, Karishma; Wu, Lingyan; Wang, Xia; Hong, Yue; Kern, Florian; Wei, Tay Seok; Zhang, Ting; Nagarajan, Niranjan; Basuli, Debargha; Torti, Suzy; Brewer, Molly; Choolani, Mahesh; McKeon, Frank; Crum, Christopher P; Xian, Wa The Journal of pathology 2015 Sep;238519-530
Inhibition of DNA methyltransferases, histone deacetylases and lysine-specific demethylase-1 suppresses the tumorigenicity of the ovarian cancer ascites cell line SKOV3.
Meng, Fanliang; Sun, Guiqin; Zhong, Mei; Yu, Yanhong; Brewer, Molly A International journal of oncology 2013 Aug;43(2):495-502
Anticancer efficacy of cisplatin and trichostatin A or 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on ovarian cancer.
Meng, F; Sun, G; Zhong, M; Yu, Y; Brewer, M A British journal of cancer 2013 Feb;108(3):579-86
Quantitative analysis of estimated scattering coefficient and phase retardation for ovarian tissue characterization.
Yang, Yi; Wang, Tianheng; Wang, Xiaohong; Sanders, Melinda; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Biomedical optics express 2012 Jul;3(7):1548-56
Chemotherapy in pregnancy.
Brewer, Molly; Kueck, Angela; Runowicz, Carolyn D Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Dec;54(4):602-18
Optical scattering coefficient estimated by optical coherence tomography correlates with collagen content in ovarian tissue.
Yang, Yi; Wang, Tianheng; Biswal, Nrusingh C; Wang, Xiaohong; Sanders, Melinda; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Journal of biomedical optics 2011 Sep;16(9):090504
Attitudes toward direct-to-consumer advertisements and online genetic testing among high-risk women participating in a hereditary cancer clinic.
Perez, Giselle K; Cruess, Dean G; Cruess, Stacy; Brewer, Molly; Stroop, Jennifer; Schwartz, Robin; Greenstein, Robert Journal of health communication 2011 Jul;16(6):607-28
Potential role of coregistered photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging in ovarian cancer detection and characterization.
Aguirre, Andres; Ardeshirpour, Yasaman; Sanders, Mary M; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Translational oncology 2011 Jan;4(1):29-37
Alterations of the extracellular matrix in ovarian cancer studied by Second Harmonic Generation imaging microscopy.
Nadiarnykh, Oleg; LaComb, Ronald B; Brewer, Molly A; Campagnola, Paul J BMC cancer 2010 Jan;1094
Laparoscopic optical coherence tomography imaging of human ovarian cancer.
Hariri, Lida P; Bonnema, Garret T; Schmidt, Kathy; Winkler, Amy M; Korde, Vrushali; Hatch, Kenneth D; Davis, John R; Brewer, Molly A; Barton, Jennifer K Gynecologic oncology 2009 Aug;114(2):188-94
A prototype hybrid intraoperative probe for ovarian cancer detection.
Gamelin, John; Yang, Yi; Biswal, Nrushingh; Chen, Yueli; Yan, Shikui; Zhang, Xiaoguang; Karemeddini, Mozafareddin; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Optics express 2009 Apr;17(9):7245-58
Ovarian neoplasm development by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) in a chemically-induced rat model of ovarian failure.
Hoyer, P B; Davis, J R; Bedrnicek, J B; Marion, S L; Christian, P J; Barton, J K; Brewer, M A Gynecologic oncology 2009 Mar;112(3):610-5
Endogenous optical biomarkers of ovarian cancer evaluated with multiphoton microscopy.
Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel D; Brewer, Molly A; Utzinger, Urs Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2007 Oct;16(10):2048-57
Complementary anti-cancer pathways triggered by inhibition of sideroflexin 4 in ovarian cancer. .
Tesfay L, Paul BT, Hegde P, Brewer M, Habbani S, Jellison E, Moore T, Wu H, Torti SV, Torti FM Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 19;12(1):19936. doi:

Conference Papers

Endometrial Cancer: Is This a New Disease?Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2017;37:435-442. doi: 10.14694/EDBK_175666.
Moore K, Brewer MA. 2017 Jun;37435-442
Integrated optical coherence tomography, ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging for ovarian tissue characterization.
Yang, Yi; Li, Xiang; Wang, Tianheng; Kumavor, Patrick D; Aguirre, Andres; Shung, Kirk K; Zhou, Qifa; Sanders, Melinda; Brewer, Molly; Zhu, Quing Biomedical optics express 2011 Sep;2(9):2551-61
Laparoscopic optical coherence tomographic imaging of human ovarian cancer
Hariri L.P., Bonnema G.T., Schmidt K., Korde V., Winkler A.M., Hatch K., Brewer M., Barton J.K. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 2009 Jan;7169
Photoacoustic characterization of ovarian tissue
Aguirre A., Gamelin J., Guo P., Yan S., Sanders M., Brewer M., Zhu Q. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 2009 Jan;7177
Laparoscopic optical coherence tomographic imaging of human ovarian cancer
Hariri L.P., Bonnema G.T., Schmidt K., Hatch K., Brewer M., Barton J.K. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 2008 Jan;6851
Second harmonic generation imaging studies of diseased states
Nadiarnykh O., LaComb R.B., Brewer M.A., Campagnola P.J. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 Jan;14(SUPPL. 2):736-737

Reviews

Endometrial cancer: a review and current management strategies: part II.
Burke, William M; Orr, James; Leitao, Mario; Salom, Emery; Gehrig, Paola; Olawaiye, Alexander B; Brewer, Molly; Boruta, Dave; Herzog, Thomas J; Shahin, Fadi Abu Gynecologic oncology 2014 Jun;134(2):393-402
Endometrial cancer: a review and current management strategies: part I.
Burke, William M; Orr, James; Leitao, Mario; Salom, Emery; Gehrig, Paola; Olawaiye, Alexander B; Brewer, Molly; Boruta, Dave; Villella, Jeannine; Villella, Jeanine; Herzog, Tom; Abu Shahin, Fadi Gynecologic oncology 2014 Jun;134(2):385-92
The potential of biologic network models in understanding the etiopathogenesis of ovarian cancer.
Khalil, I; Brewer, M A; Neyarapally, T; Runowicz, C D Gynecologic oncology 2010 Feb;116(2):282-5

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
National Toxicity Program invited workshop attendee and invited presentation on ovarian cancer.	Talk	NTP and NIEHS	2007
Cervical intraepithelial lesions	Talk	International Symposium on Predictive Oncology and Therapy, Pasteur Institute	2002	Paris, France
Optical imaging of the cervix	Talk	International Conference on Cervical Cancer	2002	Houston, Texas
Epithelial ovarian cancer: Role of fluorescence spectroscopy	Talk	United Engineering Foundation	2001	Banff, Canada
Prevention of ovarian cancer	Talk	Marriott Medical Center Hotel and The University of	2000	Houston, Texas
Oral contraceptives and retinoids for ovarian cancer chemoprevention	Talk	University of Utah Health Science Center	2000	Salt Lake City, Utah
New imaging modalities for ovarian cancer	Talk	Ovarian Cancer Research Fund	2000	New York, NY
A review of the challenges in the prevention, progression and treatment of ovarian cancer	Talk	Joint Working Group on Quantitative In Vivo Functional Imaging in Oncology meeting	1999	Washington D.C.
Update on chemotherapeutic treatment of ovarian dysgerminoma	Talk	American Radium Society	1999
Ovarian Cancer	Poster	National Cancer Institute, and the US Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health	1999	Washington, DC
A system for rapid acquisition of excitation emission matrices in vivo: instruments and studies	Talk	The OSA Biomedical Topical meeting	1998

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

National Toxicity Program invited workshop attendee and invited presentation on ovarian cancer.

Talk

NTP and NIEHS

2007

Cervical intraepithelial lesions

Talk

International Symposium on Predictive Oncology and Therapy, Pasteur Institute

2002

Paris, France

Optical imaging of the cervix

Talk

International Conference on Cervical Cancer

2002

Houston, Texas

Epithelial ovarian cancer: Role of fluorescence spectroscopy

Talk

United Engineering Foundation

2001

Banff, Canada

Prevention of ovarian cancer

Talk

Marriott Medical Center Hotel and The University of

2000

Houston, Texas

Oral contraceptives and retinoids for ovarian cancer chemoprevention

Talk

University of Utah Health Science Center

2000

Salt Lake City, Utah

New imaging modalities for ovarian cancer

Talk

Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

2000

New York, NY

A review of the challenges in the prevention, progression and treatment of ovarian cancer

Talk

Joint Working Group on Quantitative In Vivo Functional Imaging in Oncology meeting

1999

Washington D.C.

Update on chemotherapeutic treatment of ovarian dysgerminoma

Talk

American Radium Society

1999

Ovarian Cancer

Poster

National Cancer Institute, and the US Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health

1999

Washington, DC

A system for rapid acquisition of excitation emission matrices in vivo: instruments and studies

Talk

The OSA Biomedical Topical meeting

1998