Dr. Braverman is famous amongst his disciples not only for his clinical expertise, but also for his warmth, humor and literary flair.
NORTHPORT, NY, November 07, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Peter E. Braverman has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A dedicated medical professional with more than three decades of excellence in internal medicine and clinical education, Dr. Braverman has earned distinction as an internist and hospitalist physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Stony Brook University Medical Center. He is a renowned clinical educator and expert diagnostician, and has contributed to the education and training of hundreds of medical students and residents, who are now practicing throughout the nation.
Dr. Braverman grew up in Rockaway Beach, NY, attended Hunter High School, Columbia University, and then obtained his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993. He completed residency training in medicine at Johns Hopkins in 1996, and served on the Hopkins faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine. In 2002 he was appointed the first director of Johns Hopkins' inaugural hospitalist service. He moved to Long Island and joined Stony Brook University Hospital in 2006, where he furthered his reputation as one of the region's finest clinicians and medical educators. He holds a New York State medical license and has been board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1996. He also completed the ABIM's certification for "Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine," and he maintains memberships in the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Physicians. He was a star athlete in college, leading the Columbia's Men's "club" volleyball team over many varsity programs, and to a 2nd place finish, behind Princeton, in the 1988 Men's Ivy League championships. While most of his education was focused on biology and medicine, the doctor believes that it was Columbia's "Core Curriculum" in the humanities, and a minor in Philosophy, that really shaped his personality, and his love of thinking, the arts, and cultural history. "My favorite and most influential classroom professors in college included such luminaries as Sydney Morgenbesser, Wallace Gray and Jeffrey Perl."
Dr. Braverman is a firm proponent of the "bedside" style of medical education, in the tradition of William Osler, one of the founding fathers of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and medicine residency training program. And Dr. Braverman is also famous amongst his disciples not only for his clinical expertise, but also for his warmth, humor and literary flair, attributes that have been passed down and preserved through generations of Hopkins professors. He likes to point out that the teachers and mentors of those who trained him, were taught & mentored by the students of Dr. Osler himself. Amongst his prominent mentors was the renowned Hopkins hematologist Dr. William Robert Bell, so Dr. Braverman is particularly skilled in hematologic issues. He also has a special interest in the phenomenon known as "infectious encephalopathy," whereby infections cause mental status changes and delirium. ("It's why grandma often gets confused when she has a urinary tract infection," he says, "and it's far more common & prevalent than appreciated.") He's also fascinated by the process and pitfalls of medical diagnosis, and the applications of principles of cognitive decision-making in that process. And he's especially passionate about addressing and reducing the persistently high prevalence of diagnostic and medical errors. "Great diagnosticians are like great detectives. They start with a list of suspects, known as the differential diagnosis, and they analyze and follow the evidence, maintaining an awareness of the risks of premature closure, anchoring, false leads, red herrings, the limitations of tests, etc. The patient experience is important, but let's not forget that our number one primary job is to get the diagnosis right."
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