Brian Martin Kirmse, MD
Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist
Dr. Brian M. Kirmse is a board-certified pediatrician and clinical biochemical geneticist within the Division of Genetics and Metabolism at Nicklaus Children’s. He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida (2001). Dr. Kirmse completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Florida/Shands Hospital in Gainesville (2004). He then pursued fellowships in clinical genetics and clinical biochemical genetics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City (2007 & 2009). Dr. Kirmse also possesses a master of science degree in clinical translational science from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (2015), which he obtained while he was director of the newborn screening follow-up program at Children’s National Health System. His clinical, research and educational interests include inherited metabolic and mitochondrial disorders, newborn screening as a public health program and a paradigm for medicine, eliminating the pediatric diagnostic odyssey by increasing access to pediatric genomic medicine and teaching the next generation of pediatricians how to integrate genomics into front-line practice.
Dr. Kirmse is board certified in general pediatrics clinical genetics and clinical biochemical genetics. He is a member of the Education Committee Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Mitochondrial Medicine Society, Mitochondrial Research Society, Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases and the American Academy of Pediatrics. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and he has presented at medical conferences. Dr. Kirmse is committed to advancing the field of genetics through clinical practice, research and education. A list of his publications can be found here.
Dr. Kirmse is employed by Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (NCPS), the multispecialty medical group practice of Nicklaus Children’s Health System.