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David Braun

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Mr. David Braun is the former President of APSA. He is currently an MD/PhD candidate and the first Sanfurd Bluestein, MD Scholar at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a student at the Courant Insitute of New York University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University with an A.B. in Molecular Biology, and Certificates in Engineering Biology and Computer Science. In addition to his work with APSA, Mr. Braun has served as Co-President of the Mount Sinai Chapter of Physicians for Human Rights, and as the Chief Clinic Manager of the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership, a student-run clinic that provides free comprehensive medical care to the uninsured. In 2008, Mr, Braun was award the Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award by the American Medical Association Foundation, and the Outstanding Leadership Award by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Within APSA, Mr. Braun has served as President, as Chair of the Membership Committee, and as the Institutional Representative for Mount Sinai. In 2007, Mr. Braun initiated and organized the APSA New York Physician Scientists Symposium, which has since become an annual event in the Northeast that draws hundreds of trainees from dozens of institutions each year. His central goal is to help ensure that the enormous promise of translational medicine will be effectively delivered to the community and society at large.