Glenn D Braunstein

Glenn D Braunstein, MD is the former Vice President for Clinical Innovation at the Cedars-Sinai Health System (2011–2015), past Chair of the Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai (1986–2012), and Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (1986–2012). He is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai and Professor Emeritus at UCLA. Dr Braunstein earned both his bachelor’s and medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco; completed his residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and endocrinology training at the National Institutes of Health and Harbor General Hospital-UCLA School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in internal medicine and the subspecialty of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. He is a past Chair of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration and currently serves as Special Advisor to the FDA. Dr Braunstein also served as Chair of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Subspecialty Boards for the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is on the editorial boards for American Family Physician, American Journal of Medicine, Endocrine Practice, Reviews in Endocrinology and Metabolism, and US Endocrinology. He has published extensively on human chorionic gonadotropin, pregnancy, testicular and ovarian physiology and pathophysiology, pituitary disorders, gynecomastia, thyroid disease, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare delivery.