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Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street, Fl 4
New Haven, CT 06511
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  • Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 4
    New Haven, CT 06511
  • Melanoma Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 8
    New Haven, CT 06511

David A. Braun, MD, PhD

Medical Oncology, Genitourinary Oncology
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Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Board Certified in
Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology

Biography

David A. Braun, MD, PhD, specializes in medical oncology and hematology, focusing on the treatment of kidney cancers.

As an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Braun is dedicated to advancing the understanding and application of immune therapies in kidney cancer.

Immune therapy is a treatment that helps the body’s own defense system, the immune system, fight cancer. Normally, the immune system might not recognize cancer cells because they can disguise themselves. Immune therapy works by removing the "brakes" that prevent the immune system from attacking cancer, allowing it to better target and destroy cancer cells.

Dr. Braun’s research involves exploring how the environment around kidney cancer cells affects treatment and finding specific targets on cancer cells to develop personalized therapies for diseases like renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Braun received his doctoral degree in computational biology from New York University and his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a fellowship in adult oncology through the Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care program.

Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman Yale Scholar

Education & Training

  • Instructor
    Harvard Medical School (2021)
  • Physician
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2021)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School (2019)
  • Chief Medical Resident
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2017)
  • Clinical Fellow
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2016)
  • Resident
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2015)
  • Intern
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2014)
  • MD
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2013)
  • PhD
    Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, Computational Biology (2012)
  • AB
    Princeton University, Molecular Biology (2006)

Additional Information

Locations
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Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street, Fl 4
New Haven, CT 06511
1 of 2
  • Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 4
    New Haven, CT 06511
  • Melanoma Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 8
    New Haven, CT 06511

Biography

David A. Braun, MD, PhD, specializes in medical oncology and hematology, focusing on the treatment of kidney cancers.

As an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Braun is dedicated to advancing the understanding and application of immune therapies in kidney cancer.

Immune therapy is a treatment that helps the body’s own defense system, the immune system, fight cancer. Normally, the immune system might not recognize cancer cells because they can disguise themselves. Immune therapy works by removing the "brakes" that prevent the immune system from attacking cancer, allowing it to better target and destroy cancer cells.

Dr. Braun’s research involves exploring how the environment around kidney cancer cells affects treatment and finding specific targets on cancer cells to develop personalized therapies for diseases like renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Braun received his doctoral degree in computational biology from New York University and his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a fellowship in adult oncology through the Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care program.

Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman Yale Scholar

Education & Training

  • Instructor
    Harvard Medical School (2021)
  • Physician
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2021)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School (2019)
  • Chief Medical Resident
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2017)
  • Clinical Fellow
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2016)
  • Resident
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2015)
  • Intern
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2014)
  • MD
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2013)
  • PhD
    Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, Computational Biology (2012)
  • AB
    Princeton University, Molecular Biology (2006)

Additional Information

Locations
1
Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street, Fl 4
New Haven, CT 06511
1 of 2
  • Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 4
    New Haven, CT 06511
  • Melanoma Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 8
    New Haven, CT 06511
1
Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street, Fl 4
New Haven, CT 06511
1 of 2
  • Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 4
    New Haven, CT 06511
  • Melanoma Program
    Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
    35 Park Street, Fl 8
    New Haven, CT 06511