Email

abbraun@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Hospital)

6720 Bertner Ave
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg

11/2002 - Heidelberg, Germany

Residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham

06/2009 - Birmingham, Alabama United States

Internal Medicine

Clinical Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Nephrology

Clinical Fellowship at Mayo Clinic

06/2014 - Rochester, Minnesota United States

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

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)

Honors & Awards

FCCP

American College of Chest Physicians

Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (06/2018)

Dr. med. (Summa cum Laude)

Doctoral Thesis: Ektope lymphatische Strukturen in der Synovialmembran von Patienten mit rheumatoider Arthritis (Ectopic lymphatic structures in the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis) Thesis Advisers: Dr. Cornelia Weyand, Dr. Jorg Goronzy (then at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, now at Stanford University, CA, USA)

Ruprecht-Karls University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany (04/2005)

Critical Care Faculty of the Year Award

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (05/2019)

Critical Care Faculty of the Year Award

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (06/2020)

Women of Excellence Award

The Women of Excellence Awards was established in 2018 to celebrate individuals who exemplify Baylor Values and demonstrate exceptional dedication to issues that affect women at Baylor College of Medicine, or in the larger community. Recipients will demonstrate this commitment through: Leadership in addressing diversity, equity and inclusion above and beyond their generally anticipated scope of responsibilities as a staff, faculty, trainee or student. Documented extraordinary contributions and accomplishments, within one or more of Baylor’s mission areas, that address issues that affect women at Baylor College of Medicine, or in the larger community.

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (03/2022)

Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

The annual Faculty Awards for Excellence in Patient Care honor outstanding contributions by Baylor faculty members to the College’s clinical mission.

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (12/2021)

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 pursued a nephrology fellowship at Harvard, at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and then trained as a fellow in critical care medicine 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 the 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 and the Education Committee of APCCMPD (Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors).
She is passionate about educating the next generation of critical care physicians and improving patient safety and quality of care in the ICU.
During her training, Dr. Braun conducted basic science research in immunology/rheumatology at the Mayo Clinic, in nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and clinical research about the role of vitamin D in critical care while at Harvard.

Selected Publications

• Braun AB, Litonjua AA, Moromizato T, Gibbons FK, Giovannucci E, Christopher KB. "Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and acute kidney injury in the critically ill.." Crit Care Med.2012/December;40(12):3170-9. Pubmed PMID: 22975885
• Braun AB, Gibbons FK, Litonjua AA, Giovannucci E, Christopher KB. "Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at critical care initiation is associated with increased mortality.." Crit Care Med.2012/January;40(1):63-72. Pubmed PMID: 21926604
• Braun A, Chang D, Mahadevappa K, Gibbons FK, Liu Y, Giovannucci E, Christopher KB. "Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and mortality in the critically ill.." Crit Care Med.2011/April;39(4):671-7. Pubmed PMID: 21242800
• Braun AB, Christopher KB. "Vitamin D in acute kidney injury.." Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets.2013/August;12:262-272. Pubmed PMID: 23782211

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American College of Chest Physicians

American College of Physicians

American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Member

European Society of Critical Care Medicine (ESICM)

Member

Skills

Critical Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography

Critical Care Nephrology

Medical Education

Critical Care Procedures

Simulation in Medical Education

Quality Improvement

Nutrition in Critical Care

Languages

German