Tomasz Brzoska, MPharm, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Education & Training

  • MPharm, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, 2009
  • PhD, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan, 2013
  • Visiting Fellow Researcher, Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, Poland, 2015
  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2016
Recent Publications

Dyer MR, Alexander W, Hassoune A, Chen Q, Brzoska T,, Alvikas J, Liu Y, Haldeman S, Plautz W, Loughran P, Li H, Boone B, Sadovsky Y, Sundd P, Zuckerbraun BS,, Neal MD. Platelet-derived extracellular vesicles released after trauma promote hemostasis and contribute to DVT in mice. The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2019; Oct;17(10): 1733-1745.


Vats R, Brzoska T, Bennewitz MF, Montanez MA, Tutuncuoglu E, Jonassaint J, Gutierrez E,, Watkins SC, Shiva S, Scott M, Morelli AE, Neal MD, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Sundd P. Platelet extracellular vesicles drive inflammasome-IL1ß-dependent lung injury in Sickle Cell Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019; Sep 9.: 10.1164/rccm.201807-1370OC.


Li ZG, Scott MJ, Brzoska T, Sundd P, Li YH, Billiar TR, Wilson MA, Wang P, Fan J:. Lung epithelial cell-derived IL-25 negatively regulates LPS-induced exosome release from macrophages. Military Medical Research. 2018; Jul 30;: 5(1):24.


Brzoska T,, Suzuki Y, Sano H, Tomczyk M,, Tanaka H, Urano T:. Imaging analyses of coagulation-dependent initiation of fibrinolysis on activated platelets and its modification by TAFI. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2017; Apr 3;117(4): 682-690.


Suzuki Y, Sano H, Tomczyk M, Brzoska T, Urano T. Activities of wild-type and variant tissue-type plasminogen activators retained on vascular endothelial cells. Federation of European Biochemical Societies Open Bio FEBS Open Bio. 2016; Apr 1;6(5): 469-76.


Tomczyk M, Suzuki Y,, Sano H, Brzoska T, Tanaka H, Urano T. Bidirectional functions of thrombin on fibrinolysis: Evidence of thrombin-dependent enhancement of fibrinolysis provided by spontaneous plasma clot lysis. Thrombosis Research. 2016; Jul;143: 28-33.


Brzoska T, Tanaka-Murakami A, Suzuki Y,, Sano H, Kanayama N, Urano T. Endogenously Generated Plasmin at Vascular Wall Injury Site Amplified the Lysine Binding Site-Dependent Plasminogen Accumulation in Microthrombi. PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science. 2015; 10(3): e0122196.


Brzoska T, Suzuki Y,, Mogami H,, Sano H,, Urano T. Binding of thrombin-activated platelets to a fibrin scaffold through aIIbß3 evokes phosphatidylserine exposure on their cell surface. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(2),: e55466.


Kramkowski K, Leszczynska A, Mogielnicki A, Chlopicki S,, Fedorowicz A, Grochal E,, Mann B, Brzoska T,, Urano T,, Motterlini R, Buczko W. Antithrombotic properties of water-soluble carbon monoxide-releasing molecules. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2012; Sep;32(9): 2149-2157.


Suzuki Y,, Yasui H, Brzoska T,, Mogami H, Urano T. Surface-retained tPA is essential for effective fibrinolysis on vascular endothelial cells. Blood. 2011; Sep 15;118(11): 3182-3185.

    Honors and Awards
  • Young Investigator Award - XXIII Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2011
  • Young Investigator Award - XXV Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2015
  • American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award, 2017
  • American Thoracic Society Abstract Award- Dallas, 2019
  • American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award- Florida, 2019