Bryan D. Kraft, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Units
- Phone: 314-454-8762
- Email: kraft@nospam.wustl.edu
Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Director of Medical Critical Care and 8300/8400 Medical Intensive Care Units
Areas of Expertise
Bryan D. Kraft, MD, joined the Department of Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in September 2021 as Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Units (MICUs) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Before joining Washington University, he served on the faculty at Duke University from 2013 to 2021.
Dr. Kraft is board-certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and is a nationally recognized, NIH-funded physician-scientist whose research focuses on the mechanisms, treatment, and recovery of severe respiratory failure and critical illness. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and spans sepsis, pneumonia, COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), acute respiratory failure, and recovery from critical illness.
Dr. Kraft has served on national committees of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) dedicated to advancing critical care medicine and has been elected a Fellow of each organization. He also serves as co-Editor of the Washington Manual of Critical Care textbook.
In addition to his research and clinical practice, Dr. Kraft is a dedicated educator with more than 20 years of teaching experience. He has taught undergraduate students, medical students, residents, fellows, respiratory therapists, and advanced practice providers and has mentored dozens of trainees in research and career development since 2013.
As Medical Director of the MICUs at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Dr. Kraft oversees its clinical operations while leading multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives focused on enhancing patient safety, optimizing clinical outcomes, and advancing the delivery of evidence-based critical care.
Education and Training
- 2002 BA, The George Washington University, Washington DC
- 2007 MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
- 2007-2010 Internal Medicine Residency, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
- 2010-2013 Fellowship, Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- 2019-2020 Post-fellowship training, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
- 2017-2021, K08 (NHLBI), Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Honors and Awards
- 1999-2002 Presidential Academic Scholarship, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
- 2002 Summa cum laude, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
- 2002 Phi Beta Kappa, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
- 2002 Pre-doctoral Fellow, Immunobiology of Blood and Vascular Systems Training Program (T32 HL069765), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- 2011-2013 Post-doctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease (T32 HL007538), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- 2013 Travel Award, 9th Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators’ Forum, Austin, Texas
- 2016 Department of Medicine K Bridge Funding Award, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- 2017 Eugene A. Stead, Jr. MD Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- 2020 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
- 2022 Marquis Who’sWho in America Top Critical Care Professionals, Uniondale, New York
- 2022 Fellow (ATSF), American Thoracic Society, New York, New York