Dr. Brangman, MD, FACP, AGSF is a graduate of Syracuse University and earned her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She completed internship, residency, and geriatric fellowship programs at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. She is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine.

Dr. Brangman is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and was recently named the Inaugural Chair of the Department of Geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Prior to this appointment, she had been the Division Chief of Geriatrics for 20 years. She is the Founding Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program and served in this position for over thirty years. Dr. Brangman is director of the Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease and directs the Equity Research Core at Upstate Medical University. She is also the Medical Director of the Transitional Care Unit on the Upstate Community Campus.

Dr Brangman has received many honors, including Best Doctors of Northeast Region, the Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Service and Hartford Geriatrics Leadership Scholars Award. Dr Brangman was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society for ten years and completed terms as President and Chair of the Board. She also served as Chair of the Board of the Association of Geriatric Academic Program Directors, after completing a term as its President.