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Daniel Igor Branovan (Игорь Бранован; born October 11, 1967) Dr. Branovan is Director of the New York Eye and Ear Institute, an organization with branches and research staff in Europe and the U.S. Dr. Branovan is the only Russian-speaking specialist in New York to be repeatedly named to the prestigious list of Best Doctors in America by the New York Magazine. Dr. Branovan has been involved actively in the affairs of the Russian American Jewish community in New York and nationally, serving on the board of directors of several community organizations.

Early Life
Branovan grew up in Kaliningrad (then Soviet Union), which he called a “little piece of Russia” on the Baltic Sea. He was raised an only child in a nonobservant home while his parents kept a secret connection to Israel. Although nonobservant, Branovan faced abuse at school for his Jewish heritage. Branovan's father was a neurosurgeon and his mother a chemist.

In 1980, when Dr. Branovan was 13, his parents seized the opportunity to move to America, settling in Philadelphia’s large Russian-Jewish community.

They arrived on a Friday. Monday morning, his parents handed him a token and put him alone on a bus. From that first ride, he climbed through the American school system, starting with a year of English as a second language classes and ending with a medical degree from Stanford University.

Along the way, as an undergraduate at Haverford College in Pennsylvania he met his wife, now a physician in New Jersey, who is also the child of Russian immigrants.

Education
M.S. Biochemistry (Magna Cum Laude, with High Honors) Haverford College, Haverford, PA M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA General Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY
 * University
 * Medical School
 * Internship and Residency


 * Residency

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
 * Post Graduate

''Master Health Care Management Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA''

Career
Branovan served as the  Director  of Thyroid Center and Director of Rhinology Division at the New York Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary, and  has  practiced at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1998.

Dr. Branovan is a Founder and President of Project Chernobyl, an organization devoted to diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer among hundreds of thousands of patients from the regions affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident, currently residing in the U.S. He has been particularly concerned with the increase in thyroid cancer among the large number of members of the Russian-Americans in the United States. Project Chernobyl has also expanded its scope to regions in New York State with markedly increased thyroid cancer rates among the general population. A new program, Project 9/11 - Chernobyl in Your Backyard, offers a cost-effective, efficient way of screening 9/11 first-responders for thyroid cancer, which has been dramatically elevated in this group. Dr. Branovan is an internationally-renowned lecturer and surgeon. He has organized and Co-Chaired a series of International Symposiums at the United Nations on medical consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident over the past four years as well as of the recent Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan.

Dr. Branovan currently serves as President of American Forum of Russian-speaking Jewry/RAJI, the leading umbrella organization for immigrants from the former Soviet Union, serving 67 organizations in the United States, Canada and South America. Dr. Branovan is also a Co-President of United Russian American Political Action Committee of New York State; he serves as Board Member and Chair of Russian Division of the American Jewish Committee, and was one of the founding members of international movement “Doctors Against Terrorism”.

He is currently a co-owner of the Forum Newspaper

Honors and Awards
Dr. Branovan has recieved numerous awards over the years both in his profession as well as in his activism,

Most Notably:


 * ''Four Certifications of Merit/Proclamation from NY State
 * Eight Consecutive Best Doctors in New York Metro Area (Castle-Connolly)''