Gabe Brat, PhD

Gabriel Brat, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School (Secondary)

Gabriel Brat is a trauma surgeon, surgical intensivist, and assistant professor of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also an assistant professor in biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School (secondary). As the director of the Surgical Informatics Lab, Dr. Brat has a broad research focus on informatics tools to improve surgical outcomes. His interests include clinical decision support to optimize surgical opioid prescribing, computer vision of open surgical videos for performance analysis and feedback, and leveraging large-scale database and machine learning models to inform surgical planning and improve outcomes. As the co-founder of a successful recently acquired machine learning and computer vision company, he now teaches health IT innovation courses at the medical school and mentors several digital health startups. Gabriel has an undergraduate degree in bioengineering and a graduate degree in public health and biostatistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He completed his medical training at Stanford University and his surgical residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Near-infrared lymphography as a minimally invasive modality for imaging lymphatic reconstitution in a rat orthotopic hind limb transplantation model.
Authors: Buretta KJ, Brat GA, Christensen JM, Ibrahim Z, Grahammer J, Furtmüller GJ, Suami H, Cooney DS, Lee WP, Brandacher G, Sacks JM.
Transpl Int
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Monocytes loaded with indocyanine green as active homing contrast agents permit optical differentiation of infectious and non-infectious inflammation.
Authors: Christensen JM, Brat GA, Johnson KE, Chen Y, Buretta KJ, Cooney DS, Brandacher G, Lee WP, Li X, Sacks JM.
PLoS One
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Green surgical practices for health care.
Authors: Kwakye G, Brat GA, Makary MA.
Arch Surg
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Impact of managed care on publicly insured children with special health care needs.
Authors: Huffman LC, Brat GA, Chamberlain LJ, Wise PH.
Acad Pediatr
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Does gastric bypass alter alcohol metabolism?
Authors: Hagedorn JC, Encarnacion B, Brat GA, Morton JM.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
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Knowledge and use of folic acid for prevention of birth defects amongst Honduran women.
Authors: Wu DY, Brat G, Milla G, Kim J.
Reprod Toxicol
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Leucocytic responses to progesterone in the juvenile female ducks.
Authors: Gupta SK, Brat G, Maiti BR.
Mikroskopie
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Implementing and Evaluating a Multihospital Standardized Opioid Curriculum for Surgical Providers.
Authors: Robinson KA, Carroll M, Ward SB, Osman S, Chhabra KR, Arinze N, Almedi A, Kaafarani H, Smink DS, Kent TS, Aner MM, Brat G.
J Surg Educ
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Opioid Prescribing Education in Surgical Residencies: A Program Director Survey.
Authors: Yorkgitis BK, Bryant E, Raygor D, Brat G, Smink DS, Crandall M.
J Surg Educ
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