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James H. Brien, D.O. (born December 27, 1946, Dallas, Texas), is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialist and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics at Scott & White Memorial Hospital / Texas A & M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine in Temple, Texas. Briens' undergraduate education was at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, with a BS in Chemistry. He then attended the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas (now University of North Texas Health Science Center) from 1973-1977. Brien then entered active duty in the U.S. Army and trained in Pediarics at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, CO from 1977-1980. His Pediaric Infectious Diseases Fellowship was at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI from 1982-1984. After 20 years of active duty, with assignments at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, the 41st Combat Support Hospital with duty in Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990-1991, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and The Office of the Army Surgeon General, he retired from active duty in 1997 with the rank of Colonel. His special interests include visual and difficult diagnoses. Brien has written the visual diagnosis column, "What's Your Diagnosis?" in Infectious Diseases in Children for over 20 years.