Benjamin Braslow, MD
Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Vice-Chief, Division of Traumatology, Emergency General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor of Clinical Surgery
My education and training
- Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
320 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, 2024
- American College of Surgeons (Fellow), National
- Association for Academic Surgery, National
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- J. Aitken Meigs Medical Association, Local
- Jefferson Medical College Alumni Association Executive Committee, Local
- Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Local
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
- Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Local
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- Penn Hernia Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Pryor JP, Braslow B, Reilly PM. The evolution of interventional radiology in trauma care. , Presented at the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma annual meeting, Sanibel Harbor, Ft. Myers, FL: 2003
Gracias VH, Braslow B, Gupta R. Noninvasive cardiac output monitoring by esophageal Doppler. , Presented at the Western Trauma Association annual meeting, Snowbird, UT: 2003