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Department
LocationTexas Medical Center
Specialty
Kidney (Renal)
Phone: 832-824-3800
Fax: 832-825-9330
Address
6701 Fannin Street
11th Floor
Houston, TX 77030
Michael C. Braun, MD, FASN
Chief of Renal Service
Professor, Renal Section Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIH/NIAID | Fellowship | Immunology | 2001 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital/Univ. of Cincinnati | Fellowship | Pediatric Nephrology | 1997 |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University | Residency | Pediatrics | 1993 |
| University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 1990 |
About
Dr. Braun is dedicated to providing outstanding clinic care in the context of innovative clinical and translational research. His clinical interests include membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, disorders of complement proteins, renal transplantation, disease recurrence in renal transplantation, end-stage renal disease, dialysis, acute Kidney Injury, nephrotic syndrome, kidney and urinary tract anomalies, and hypertension.
Clinical Interests:
• Complement-mediated Kidney Diseases
• Glomerulonephritis
• Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
Research Interests:
Dr. Braun is an NIH-funded investigator with a research focus on autoimmune renal diseases. He has published extensively on the role of complement proteins in renal injury in both animal models and in patients with kidney disease.
• Complement-mediated Kidney Diseases
• MPGN (membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis)
• Mechanisms of hypertensive kidney injury
• Animal models of disease
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Member |
| American Association of Immunologists (AAI) | Member |
| American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | Fellow |
| American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) | Member |
| International Complement Society | Member |
| International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) | Member |
| International Society of Nephrology (ISN) | Member |
| Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC) | Site-coPI CureGN Study |
| Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) | Member |
Selected Publications
Dhande IS, Cranford SM, Zhu Y, Kneedler SC, Hicks MJ, Wenderfer SE, Braun MC, Doris PA. Susceptibility to Hypertensive Renal Disease in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Is Influenced by 2 Loci Affecting Blood Pressure and Immunoglobulin Repertoire. Hypertension PubMed PMID: 29437896, 2018.
Farrugia MK, Braun MC, Peters CA, Ruano R, Herndon CD. Report on The Society for Fetal Urology panel discussion on the selection criteria and intervention for fetal bladder outlet obstruction. Journal of Pediatric Urology 13(4):345-51, PubMed PMID: 28476482, 2017.
Guay-Woodford LM, Bissler JJ, Braun MC, Bockenhauer D, Cadnapaphornchai MA, Dell KM, Kerecuk L et al. Consensus expert recommendations for the diagnosis and management of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: report of an international conference. Journal of Pediatrics 165(3):611-7. Pubmed: PMC4723266, 2014.
Pickering MC, D'Agati VD, Nester CM, Smith RJ, Haas M, Appel GB, Braun M, et al. C3 glomerulopathy: consensus report. Kidney International 84(6):1079-89. PubMed: PMC3842953, 2013.
Samuel JP, Bell CS, Molony DA, Braun MC, Long-term Outcome of Renal Transplantation Patients with Henoch-Schonlein Purpura. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 6(8):2034-40, Pubmed: PMC3359547, 2011.
Language
Spanish
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