Leadership
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to the developments in this field. This global group represents some of the world's thought leaders in this area,
who are prominent in respiratory publications, international and local societies and research initiatives. Click on the
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Leadership
Sidney S. Braman
COPDforum Co-Chair, MD, FACP, FCCP, Professor of Medicine
United States
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Place of work
The Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island
Hospital.
Experience
Sidney Braman has been Professor of Medicine and The Division
Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at The Alpert
Medical School of Brown University since 2000. Since 1973, he has
also been Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Rhode
Island Hospital. He received his bachelor's degree from Franklin
and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and his medical
degree from Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia. He
subsequently completed fellowships at the University of
Pennsylvania and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and a
residency and internship in internal medicine at Philadelphia
General Hospital.
Professor Braman received the American College of Chest
Physicians' GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory
Health Award for 2007-2010. This award was given to develop a
chronic care model for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
and its co-morbidities. His research and scholarly interests are
primarily related to COPD and asthma, and the investigation of new
approaches in the treatment of airway disease. Professor Braman is
the past-President of the American College of Chest Physicians and
has been a member of the Board of Directors of the CHEST
Foundation. He is also a member and former Board member of the
American Thoracic Society and was Chairman of its Clinical Problems
Assembly and International Conference Committee. He has served as
President of the staff association of the Rhode Island Hospital and
as member of the Board of Trustees of the hospital.
A selection of Professor Braman's recent publications are listed
below.
Recent publications
Braman SS, Vigg A. The National Asthma
Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines: will they
improve the quality of care in America? Med Health R I
2008;91(6):166-8.
Braman SS, Hanania NA. Asthma in older adults.
Clin Chest Med 2007;28(4):685-702.
Mannino DM, Braman SS. The epidemiology and
economics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac
Soc 2007;4(7):502-6.
Braman SS. The global burden of asthma. Chest
2006;130(1 Suppl):4S-12S.
Braman SS. Proceedings from an ACCP
International Roundtable Conference. Chest 2006;130(1
Suppl):1S-3S.
Braman SS. Postinfectious cough: ACCP
evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2006;129(1
Suppl):138S-146S.
Braman SS. Chronic cough due to chronic
bronchitis: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest
2006;129(1 Suppl):104S-115S.
Braman SS. Chronic cough due to acute
bronchitis: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest
2006;129(1 Suppl):95S-103S.
Irwin RS, Baumann MH, Bolser DC, Boulet LP, Braman
SS, Brightling CE, Brown KK, Canning BJ, Chang AB,
Dicpinigaitis PV, Eccles R, Glomb WB, Goldstein LB, Graham LM,
Hargreave FE, Kvale PA, Lewis SZ, McCool FD, McCrory DC, Prakash
UB, Pratter MR, Rosen MJ, Schulman E, Shannon JJ, Smith Hammond C,
Tarlo SM; American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Diagnosis
and management of cough executive summary: ACCP evidence-based
clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2006;129(1 Suppl):1S-23S.
Braman SS. Asthma in the elderly. Exp Lung Res
2005 Sep;31 Suppl 1:6-7.