University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital Position
Pediatric Cardiologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Board Certifications
Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology

Sees Patients At
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital (Cardiovascular Care, Organ Transplant)
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
Transplant Center

Clinical Interests
Pediatric cardiology
Heart failure
Cardiac transplantation
Prevention and treatment of post transplant lymphoproliferative disease after cardiac transplantation (PTLD)
Long term cardiac follow-up of individuals with mucopolysaccharidoses after marrow transplantation or enzyme replacement therapy
Prevention and management of cardiac failure in patients with muscular dystrophy

Education
Medical School
University of Minnesota Medical School

Site of Residency
Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Sites of Fellowships
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass.
University of Minnesota

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America®, 2009-2010
Best Doctors in America^®, 2007-2008

Research Interests
Investigation by cardiac ultrasound and histopathology of murine models of mucopolysaccharidoses both before and after novel therapies aimed at correction

Selected Recent Publications
Grewal S.  Shapiro E.  Braunlin E.  Charnas L.  Krivit W.  Orchard P. Peters C., Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Continued neurocognitive development and prevention of cardiopulmonary complications after successful BMT for I-cell disease: a long-term follow-up report. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 32(9):957-60, 2003.

Braunlin EA.  Stauffer NR.  Peters CH.  Bass JL.  Berry JM.  Hopwood JJ. Krivit W., University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Usefulness of bone marrow transplantation in the Hurler syndrome. American Journal of Cardiology. 92(7):882-6, 2003.

Braunlin EA.  Rose AG.  Hopwood JJ.  Candel RD.  Krivit W. Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Coronary artery patency following long-term successful engraftment 14 years after bone marrow transplantation in the Hurler syndrome. American Journal of Cardiology. 88(9):1075-7, 2001.

Braunlin EA.  Shumway SJ.  Bolman RM.  McDonald KM.  Ring WS.  Olivari  MT.  Nakhleh RE., Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Usefulness of surveillance endomyocardial biopsy after pediatric cardiac transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. 12(3):184-9, 1998.

Braunlin EA.  Hunter DW.  Krivit W.  Burke BA.  Hesslein PS.  Porter PT. Whitley CB., Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis 55455. Evaluation of coronary artery disease in the Hurler syndrome by angiography. American Journal of Cardiology. 69(17):1487-9, 1992.