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Gretchen Elder Brayman, MD, MSc
Pulmonologist | Critical Care Medicine
4000 Coliseum Dr Suite 320 Hampton VA, 23666About
Dr. Gretchen Brayman is a critical care surgeon practicing in Hampton, VA. Dr. Brayman specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Brayman has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Eastern Virginia Medical School Medical Degree 2014
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- Eastern Virginia Medical School
Gretchen Elder Brayman, MD, MSc's Practice location
Sentara Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists
4000 Coliseum Dr Suite 320 -Hampton, VA 23666Get Direction
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Get to know Pulmonologist Dr. Gretchen Elder Brayman, who serves patients in Hampton, Virginia.
A trusted pulmonologist, Dr. Brayman is in practice at Sentara Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists, a department of Sentara CarePlex Hospital, in Hampton, Virginia.
Sentara Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists treat patients with all types of pulmonary and respiratory diseases, including obstructive and restrictive lung diseases, respiratory failure, sleep-related breathing disorders, lung cancer, occupational lung disease and more.
Throughout her academic career, Dr. Brayman earned her Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences and received her medical degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2014. She then went on to complete her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in pulmonary disease & critical care medicine at the same educational venue in 2017 and 2020, respectively.
Subsequent to her education, the doctor attained board certification in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Pulmonology is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. A pulmonologist is an internal medicine physician who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions and diseases that affect the lungs, bronchial tubes, and the respiratory system, including the nose, pharynx, and throat.
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Almotasembellah Mohammad h Aljaafareh MD4000 COLISEUM DR STE 320 HAMPTON VA 23666
- Dr. Christian Anthony Lafalce M.D.4000 Coliseum Dr Hampton VA 23666
- Dr. Alan B Goldberg MD4000 Coliseum Dr Hampton VA 23666
- Dr. Naga S Chigurupati M.D.2110 Hartford Rd Hampton VA 23666
- Dr. Mit Prabhakar Patel M.D.4000 COLISEUM DR STE 320 HAMPTON VA 23666
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2 BERNARDINE DRIVE NEWPORT NEWS VA 23602RIVERSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERl
500 J CLYDE MORRIS BLVD NEWPORT NEWS VA 23601SENTARA CAREPLEX HOSPITALl
3000 COLISEUM DRIVE HAMPTON VA 23666