Dawn M. Bravata, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Director Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program IE-61 SHM PO Box 208025 New Haven, CT 06520-8025 Phone: 203-932-5711 ext 4240 Beeper: 203-867-7445 Fax: 203-937-4932 e-mail: dawn.bravata@yale.edu

Training

1989, Yale University
1993, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
1996, Residency: Yale University School of Medicine
1997, Chief Residency: Yale University School of Medicine Primary Care Residency Program
2000, Fellowship: Yale Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Research Activities

Dr. Bravata's primary research interest is the clinical epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease. She has investigated the prognosis, quality of care, and treatment of patients with stroke. Dr. Bravata is the recipient of a Veterans Administration Health Services Research & Development Advanced Career Development Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program Award.

Clinical Activities

Dr. Bravata cares for veterans at the West Haven VA Medical Center as a general internist working in the Primary Care Clinic.  She also serves as Director and Internal Medicine Attending for the Multidisciplinary Stroke Clinic for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Revkin J, Bravata D. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema: How to assess, what to do. J Resp Dis 1996;17(5):444-60.
2. Bravata DM, Rastegar A, Horwitz RI. “How Do Women Make Decisions about Hormone Replacement Therapy?” American Journal of Medicine. 2002;113(1):22-29.
3. Bravata DM, Kim N, Concato J, Krumholz HM, Brass LM. “Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke in Routine Clinical Practice. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002;162(17):1994-2001.
4. Bravata DM, Huot SJ. “An Organizational Innovation: The Yale Primary Care Residency Program’s Experience with a Firm System.” Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2002;14(3):182-188.
5. Kernan WN, Inzucchi SE, Viscoli CM, Brass LM, Bravata DM, Horwitz RI. “Insulin Resistance and Risk for Stroke” Neurology. 2002;59(6):809-815
6. Bravata DM, Ho SY, Brass LM, Concato J, Scinto J, Meehan TP. “Long-Term Mortality Among Acute Ischemic Stroke Survivors” Stroke. In press.