Dr. Todd I Braun MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1235 Old York Rd Suite 220 Abington PA, 19001About
Dr. Todd Braun is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Abington, PA. Dr. Braun specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
MCP HAHNEMANN UNIV (FORMERLY ALLEGHENY UNIV) 1981
HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Purulent pericarditis with tamponade in a postpartum patient due to group F streptococcus.
- Nocardial brain abscesses in a pregnant woman.
- Strongyloidiasis in an institution for mentally retarded adults.
- An unusual thromboembolic complication of a Greenfield vena caval filter.
- Group B streptococcal meningitis in a pregnant woman before the onset of labor.
Awards
- 2010-2014 Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
Professional Memberships
- Member Abington Health Physicians
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