Braun Ralph, MD

Scientific profile

Ralph Braun, MD     Dr. Ralph Braun did his studies in Homburg Germany and graduated in 1995. He joined the department of Dermatology of the University Hospital Geneva for his residency in 1995. Since March 2007 he is working at the department of Dermatology of the University of Zürich. He is a board certified Dermatologist of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology and currently the director of the Dermato-Oncology program of the Department. He is in charge of the Melanoma and the Pigmented Lesion Clinic. His main field of interest is the non invasive diagnosis of melanoma and mainly dermoscopy. He is the co editor of several books on dermoscopy and skin cancers and the authors of the following medical publications:

Recent publications

• R. P. Braun, H. S. Rabinovitz, M. Oliviero, A. W. Kopf, and J. H. Saurat. Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions. J Am.Acad.Dermatol 52 (1):109-121, 2005. Impact factor :2,97
• C. Prins, L. Stucki, L. French, J. H. Saurat, and R. P. Braun. Dermoscopy for the in vivo detection of sarcoptes scabiei. Dermatology 208 (3):241-243, 2004. Impact factor: 1,19
• R. P. Braun, G. Kaya, I. Masouye, I, J. Krischer, and J. H. Saurat. Histopathologic Correlation in Dermoscopy: A Micropunch Technique. Arch.Dermatol. 139 (3):349-351, 2003. Impact factor: 3,53
• A.J.Gewirtzman, J.-H.Saurat and R.P.Braun, An Evaluation of Dermoscopy Fluids and Application Techniques, Br.J.Dermatol. (in press) Impact factor: 2,66
• R. P. Braun, H. S. Rabinovitz, J. Krischer, J. Kreusch, M. Oliviero, L. Naldi, A. W. Kopf, and J. H. Saurat. Dermoscopy of pigmented seborrheic keratosis: a morphological study. Arch.Dermatol. 138 (12):1556-1560, 2002. Impact factor: 3,53
• R. P. Braun, H. S. Rabinovitz, M. Oliviero, A. W. Kopf, and J. H. Saurat. Pattern analysis: a two-step procedure for the dermoscopic diagnosis of melanoma. Clin.Dermatol. 20 (3):236-239, 2002. Impact factor: 0,64