Lauren Brave, MD
Lauren Brave, MD, accepts siblings of established patients and newborns to her practice.
Dr. Brave has earned her Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Foundational Certification.
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About Lauren Brave
Dr. Lauren Brave grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and has taken many detours throughout the country since.
Dr. Brave earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from M.I.T. and completed her medical training at Washington University in St. Louis. Then, she completed her pediatric residency at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. After residency, Dr. Brave joined the busy urgent care practice at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a large multi-specialty clinic. After many years of focusing on sick care and acute injuries, Dr. Brave returned to well care and preventive medicine, which she is passionate about.
She was excited to move to the Boulder area in 2013 to be closer to family and enjoy the quality of life that mountain living has to offer.
Dr. Brave’s patients and families value her as an empathetic and attentive doctor and appreciate her honesty and directness. She looks forward to watching her patients grow and thrive. She enjoys taking care of everyone from newborns to teenagers and has developed particular expertise in newborn care, mental health issues, ADHD, and caring for children in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Specialty Areas
All areas of general pediatrics:
– sick care and acute injuries
– newborns
– preventive medicine and well care
Education and Certifications
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Undergraduate — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS Biology, Minor Literature
Cambridge, MA
1999
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Medical School — Washington University School of Medicine
MD
St. Louis, MO
2003
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Internship — Stanford University
Pediatrics
Palo Alto, CA
2004
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Residency — Stanford University
Pediatrics
Palo Alto, CA
2006
Professional Affiliations
Dr. Brave is board certified in Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the Colorado and Boulder County Medical Societies.
Recent Lauren Brave Posts
Boulder Medical Center Foothills and Longmont pediatricians are implementing initiatives to ease shot anxiety for kids and parents alike. Pediatrician Lauren Brave, MD explains how we can work together to make your child’s doctor visits stress-free!
Pediatrician Lauren Brave, MD: I truly believe that expectations for learning toilet use in our culture have become unreasonable and developmentally inappropriate for our children and I’d like to help fix that.
One of the most common concerns I hear from parents regards their children’s bowel movements. From the newborn period through…
Pediatrician Lauren Brave, MD discusses how social media affects the pediatric brain and offers tips to minimize the impact on your child’s development.
Assemble a “Telemedicine Kit” that will help your pediatrician make the most of your child’s virtual visit. Lauren Brave, MD tells you how.