Avoid this doctor and his practice at all costs.
Edward W. Braun, MD
License: ME0051080
It doesn't take very long usually to prepare a summary of a doctor's medical negligence record, because most doctors have none. This doctor is a different story, and has left a trail of misconduct and injured patients in Florida, including fatalities. This one took some time.
Medical malpractice record:
Private actions
#1
Incident date: May 2012
Medical negligence: Patient was diagnosed with generalized abdominal pain, bloating, rectal hemorrhage and female stress incontinence. Approx. 5 months later, the patient was diagnosed with Stage IIIC clear cell cancer of the ovary, with positive paraaortic nodes. Permanent Injury: Grave - Quadraplegia, severe brain damage, lifelong care or fatal prognosis.
Suit settled. Insurer paid out $245,000 (policy limit: $250,000)
#2
Incident date: Sept. 2004
Medical negligence: Alleged failure to appropriately prescribe pain medication. Permanent injury: death of patient
Claim settled prior to suit. Insurer paid out $250,000 (policy limit)
Proceedings of the State of Florida:
#3
Proceeding Year: 2010
Case No.: 2008-09278
Nature of malpractice: patient death due to mis-prescribing of narcotics; failure to keep proper medical records
#4
Proceeding Year: 2010
Case No. 2008-02929
Nature of malpractice: delivery or prescription of controlled substances and other drugs to person who was not a patient with whom Braun had just begun a personal relationship. Failed to conduct proper medical examination or take history, failed to keep proper medical record, failed to order appropriate lab testing, failed properly to monitor patient during use of drugs with high potential for abuse.
Penalties (both cases) - Fine: $20,000, Costs: $7,147.84, mandatory retraining, community service, one year supervised probation
Had I researched Edward W. Braun's record of medical negligence prior to seeing him, on a friend's recommendation, I never would have gone to him in the first instance, and I encourage anyone else reading this not to do so.
Things with this doctor were wrong from the get-go. Both this doctor's website and his new patient paperwork erroneously list as his office address his old office, at Florida Hospital Carrollwood. (It's possible the Hospital terminated this doctor's presence there after his last act of medical malpractice.) The inaccurate information on this doctor's website and new patient paperwork caused me to go to that old location for my first visit. The old location was not able to provide any new location for this doctor's office. This doctor's office telephone also was not functional that day. This all caused me significant unwarranted stress and inconvenience. I only found Braun's relocated office due to my GPS. Weeks later, Braun's staff still has not updated his office location on his website, suggesting a complete lack of concern.
In my case, Braun, after showing up an hour late for my appointment with him, failed to conduct a proper or thorough new patient examination, he ordered tests not covered by Medicare, which caused me problems, he failed to order tests which should have been ordered in light of my medical history, and then later refused to respond to attempts to communicate after my labs came back with some unexpected abnormalities. (This office will give you no help unless they can bill for an office visit.) When I raised some issues with his discourteous staff over the telephone, they promptly issued correspondence terminating me as a patient, just a few days before a scheduled follow up visit.
I now have to search yet again for a new doctor to take care of me.
Despite that, I'd say I have been done a great favor. Do yourself a favor and avoid this incompetent putz. Dr. Edward Braun and his staff are a danger to any patient they go near. read more
