BIO: Collin E.M. Brathwaite MD, MS, FACS
Dr. Collin E. M. Brathwaite is Professor of Surgery and Foundations in Medicine at the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (NYU GLISOM). For the past 11 years he also served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery (at NYU GLISOM) and currently is the Associate Program Director of the Advanced GI/MIS/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program which he previously established and directed for several years.
Dr. Brathwaite graduated from the Accelerated (3-year) Medical Program at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC in 1983 where he received the Lasalle D. Lefall Jr. MD Award in Surgery. His general surgical training was obtained at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan and Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center. He is also a graduate of the Master of Science Program in Health Care Delivery Leadership at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
As an educator Dr. Brathwaite has been the recipient of many teaching awards. As a clinician, he has been honored as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and by Best Doctor for several years. He has been an early adopter of Robotic Surgery applying it to his general, complex foregut and bariatric surgery practice and training fellows and proctoring faculty for the past 16 years.
As a researcher, Dr. Brathwaite holds 3 patents and has been the Principal Investigator for many clinical trials including the fields of bariatric surgery, hernias and deterring post-surgical abdominal adhesions. His research today investigates the metabolic impact of surgical treatment of diabetes and obesity in mouse models. Dr. Brathwaite is also studying the effects of robotic Surgery on outcomes in various surgical procedures. He has published over 120 Peer reviewed manuscripts, 84 abstracts, 10 book chapters and edited 2 surgical textbooks.
Dr. Brathwaite is a member of several prestigious professional organizations including the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, the American College of Surgeons and is currently President-Elect of the New York Surgical Society.