Brian Braun Email & Phone Number

Hamburg, NY, US

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Complete psychosocial assessments through in-depth interview process with clients and families.
• Provide counseling and crisis intervention to clients and families, including group work.
• Work with medical treatment team to design, coordinate and implement patient care plans.
• Act as liaison to assist clients in managing their healthcare system.
• Prepare families to implement discharge plans and provide on-going treatment information, education and support.
• Initiate and coordinated referrals to community agencies and professionals.

Buffalo, New York

• As an Executive Director at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, I provided a senior administrative interface, including oversight and direction, to assist with the execution of tactics critical to clinical growth and.
• With all Clinical Construction, I functioned as the central point of communication and coordination between Senior Administration, Facilities Management, Clinical Chairs, clinical staff and other stakeholders on.
• I met regularly and collaboratively with all Product Line Committee Leaders to facilitate clinical growth and outreach, identify and implement best practice approaches internally and externally.Key Accomplishments
• Facilitated the clinical and administrative design, planning and opening of the new Clinical Sciences Center, a 120 thousand square foot building that houses a new Chemotherapy & Infusion Center, Pharmacy, Breast.
• Directed the planning and successful opening of a new 14 bed ICU; multiple Ambulatory Care Centers; a state of the art Endoscopy Center; an off-site Ambulatory Care Center; and numerous renovations to existing centers.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Co-Directed operations for thirteen outpatient centers, including the development of best practices to drive efficient patient centered flow, ensuring that clinical practices and operational budgets were maintained.
• Evaluated and intervened to ensure that a high level of service and standards were achieved through the work activities of over six hundred medical staff.
• Guided the process of root cause analysis to identify, track and resolve adverse events. This encompassed the development, implementation and monitoring of corrective action plans.
• Provided individual and group guidance and professional support to Human Resources, clinical staff, and others with the interpretation and application of employee relations and associated policies, practices, and.
• Upgraded diagnostic and treatment equipment to ensure that the Institute was always up to date and in its best functional form.Key Accomplishments
• Led a major clinic expansion initiative that included the design three new ambulatory clinics the incorporated the modern Pod Design for Clinician Work Rooms & Examination Rooms.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Acting administrative liaison between concerned patients, families and hospital staff.
• Managed, investigated and monitored the occurrence of patient complaints and resolution.
• Facilitated quality improvement initiatives related to patient and medical staff satisfaction.
• Directed crisis & risk management interventions with patients, families & staff.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Completed psychosocial assessments through in-depth interview process with clients and families.
• Provided counseling and crisis intervention to clients and families, including group work.
• Worked with medical treatment team to design, coordinate and implement patient care plans.
• Acted as liaison to assist clients in managing their healthcare system.
• Prepared families to implement discharge plans and provide on-going treatment information, education and support.
• Initiated and coordinated referrals to community agencies and professionals.

Lockport New York

• Provided direct clinical services to adolescents in placement at RTC level and their families; including individual, family, and group therapies.
• Provided counseling, education, and mediation/problem solving for clinical issues related to trauma, abuse, addictions, mood disorders, anxiety, grief/loss, life transition, domestic violence, divorce, and blended.
• Developed comprehensive treatment plans and coordinated care with mental health professionals.
• Collaborated with psychiatrists regarding neuroleptic and psychotropic medications.
• Attended Family and Criminal courts to provide current court reports, fact findings, recommendations and dispositions.
• Administrative responsibilities included child care staff supervision and program development

Lockport, NY

• Supervised and counseled adolescents in residential cottage and group home settings.
• Implement individual and milieu based treatment plans.

Lockport, New York

• Provided counseling and education to patients and families to support effective cognitive approaches toward healthy caregiving, managing emotion, anticipatory grief and stress.
• Collaborated with medical team to ensure implementation of care plans.
• Coordinated psychiatric care, including monitoring of medications.
• Appointed facilitator of Hospice Design Team, successfully mediating the placement of a Self Directed Work Team concept throughout the clinical department.

Master'S Degree, Social Work

Certificate In Managment For Health Care Professionals, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Philosophy & Theology