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Andrea Barbara Braun, M.D., Dr. med.

Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine

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Position

Assistant Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Address

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Hospital)
6720 Bertner Ave
Houston, Texas 77030
United States
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Work)
6720 Bertner Ave
Houston, Texas 77030
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Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, McNair Campus (Mailing)
7200 Cambridge St., 8th Floor, Suite 8A
Houston, Texas 77030
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Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, McNair Campus (Shipping)
7200 Cambridge St., 8th Floor, Suite 8A
Houston, Texas 77030
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Certifications

  • Assistant Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Board certified in Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Medical Specialities

  • Board certified in Nephrology
    American Board of Medical Specialties

  • Board certified in Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Associate Program Director
    Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Testamur Status, Critical Care Echocardiography
    National Board of Echocardiography (NBE)

Education

  • MD from Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
    11/2002 - Heidelberg Germany
  • Residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham
    06/2009 - Birmingham, Alabama United States

  • Clinical Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts United States

  • Clinical Fellowship at Mayo Clinic
    06/2014 - Rochester, Minnesota United States

Language

  • English

Gender

  • Female

Professional Statement

Dr. Andrea Braun is board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine. After graduating from the prestigious Ruprecht-Karls University Medical School in Heidelberg, Germany, she pursued training in the UK, Germany, and then moved to the US, where she received her internal medicine residency training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She then pursued a nephrology fellowship at Harvard, at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her critical care training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Currently, Dr. Braun practices critical care in the ICU at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is also Associate Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Braun is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) and serves on the Education Outcomes Subcommittee of Chest. She is passionate about educating the next generation of critical care physicians, and has an interest in developing interactive learning methods beyond the traditional lecture format. In addition to Medical Education, Dr. Braun is involved in Quality Improvement in the ICU. During her training, Dr. Braun has conducted basic science research in immunology/rheumatology for a year at the Mayo Clinic, and in nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During nephrology fellowship at Harvard, she was involved in clinical research about the role of vitamin D in critical care.

Professional Achievements

  • FCCP
    American College of Chest Physicians

  • Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
    06/2018 - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

  • Dr. med. (Summa cum Laude)
    04/2005 - Ruprecht-Karls University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Critical Care Faculty of the Year Award
    05/2019 - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

  • Critical Care Faculty of the Year Award
    06/2020 - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Professional Specialties

  • Critical Care Medicine

  • Nephrology

  • Internal Medicine

Memberships

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine

  • American College of Chest Physicians

  • American College of Physicians

  • American Thoracic Society (ATS)

  • European Society of Critical Care Medicine (ESICM)