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Biographical Sketch
Mauro Braun, MD, is a staff member of the Department of Nephrology / Hypertension at Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he serves as Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program. His specialty interests include dialysis (acute and chronic), renal replacement therapies, lupus nephritis and glomerular diseases. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, with a subspecialty in nephrology.
He received his medical degree from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, School of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1979. He completed his internal medical internship at University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he completed his internal medicine/nephrology residency at State University of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency and nephrology fellowship at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Braun was a clinical staff member in the Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Andarai Hospital, National Institute of Medical Assistance and Social Previdence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1982-1993. He was also a clinical staff member of the Nephrology Unit of Albert Sabin Jewish Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1984-1993. He was a nephrologist at Army Central Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1984-1986 and also at Central Hospital of the Rio de Janeiro State Workers Institute of Assistance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1987-1989. Later, he served as a internist/nephrologist at Kirkpatrick Family Care in Longview, Wash., from 1999-2002. In addition he was Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology/Hypertension at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., from 2002-2003.
He belongs to various professional societies, including the International Society of Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology, Florida Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.
Specialty Interests
chronic kidney disease, dialysis, chronic kidney disease, dialysis and kidney biopsy, end stage renal disease, general nephrology, glomerulonephritis, hypertension, renal biopsies, renal transplantation medicine
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