Patty Braun, MD, MPH, FAAP is a Professor of Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Public Health and Dental Medicine at the University of 鶹ý Anschutz School of Medicine, 鶹ý School of Public Health, and University of 鶹ý School of Dental Medicine. She is a practicing pediatrician at Denver Health and Hospital (a large federally-qualified health center) and an oral health disparity researcher at the University of 鶹ý Center for Native Oral Health Research and Adult and Children’s Consortium for Research and Dissemination Science.
Dr. Braun’s professional interest focuses on reducing oral health disparities through innovative care-delivery models outside of the traditional dental office. This work includes a NIH-funded, large cluster-randomized trial of an oral health promotion intervention in Head Start classrooms across Navajo Nation, and pragmatic trials increasing access to oral health services in medical offices both by engaging medical providers in the provision of these services and integrating dental hygienists onto medical care teams in the primary care medical setting. Dr. Braun is also currently a Santa Fe Group Senior Founders Fellow and serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Oral Health Executive Committee.
Dr. Braun is a 鶹ý native, received her BA in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of 鶹ý. She attended the University of 鶹ý Medical School, completed her pediatric residency at Yale University and received her MPH at the 鶹ý School of Public Health.