Dr. Barbara M. Brathwaite, DNP, MSN, RN, CBN is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University School of Nursing.
Dr. Brathwaite’s seminal contribution to nursing is grounded in improving health care as an advocate for vulnerable populations, as a practitioner in health behavior change, and as an educator to nurses from diverse backgrounds. Her views on quality health care were informed by varied experiences in trauma, critical care and psychiatric nursing. Consequently, she directed attention to identifying health risks among vulnerable populations and assisting in behavior change. She is involved in the PACE program, Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education, an interprofessional collaborative practice model that aims to identify risky and unhealthy behaviors among college age students and older adults, thus promoting health and preventing disease for these populations.
Currently, Dr. Brathwaite practices in an obesity management and general surgery office and provides care to patients pursuing general and bariatric surgery. Her clinical practice in this area has expanded by conducting and collaborating on several research studies, publications and presentations related to obesity and weight loss. She is committed to improving the health of those with chronic illness, including obesity.
Dr. Brathwaite’s philosophy of education is built on the assertion that research, education, and clinical practice are vitally linked. Her goal is mentoring, motivating, and educating our future nurse leaders by instilling knowledge on how to combine education, practice, and research to provide high level evidence-based care and improve the health outcomes of their patients.
Credentials
Dr. Barbara M. Brathwaite, DNP, MSN, RN, CBN
Education
BS, Nursing, University of Maryland
MS, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
DNP, Nursing, Stony Brook University
Clinical Specialties
Trauma and Critical Care
Post Anesthesia CareObesity and Bariatric Surgery
Population Health
Primary Teaching Areas
Research, Statistics, Epidemiology, Population Health, Health AssessmentHealth Promotion
Research and Academic Interests
Interprofessional collaboration
Health promotion
Behavioral health credentialing for metabolic and bariatric surgery
Obesity management and metabolic and bariatric surgery
Research (selected)
Principal Investigator: Nursing Students’ Academic and Clinical Experiences during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic
Co-Investigator: Factors That Impacted Associate Degree Nursing Student Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-Investigator: National Survey Study on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Trainees
Principal Investigator: Factors Associated with Health Promotion and Disease Prevention among Campus Students: Use of Brief Action Planning to Change Health Behaviors
Principal Investigator: Undergraduate Baccalaureate Student Nurses' Use of Reflective Practice
Co-Investigator: Mobile Health Technologies and Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery
Publications (selected)
Rosciano, A., Brathwaite, B. (2022). Sexual well-being and screening for risky sexual behaviors: A quantitative retrospective study. The Journal of the New York State Nurses Association. Vol 49.1. https://issuu.com/nystatenursesassociation/docs/nysnajournal49_no1rev
Della Ratta, C., Gambino, K., Brathwaite, B., Rosciano, A., Coletti, V. (2022) Academic and practice experiences of nursing students during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Nurses Association of New York, vol 2(1), ISSN: 2694-4502 (Print) ISSN: 2694-4510 (Online). https://doi.org/10.47988/janany.44335864.2.
Sohail,A., Howell, R., Brathwaite, B., Silverstein, J., Amodu,L., Cherasard, P., Petrone, P., Goparaju, A.,Levine, J, Kella,V., Brathwaite, C. (2022). Gastric banding with previous Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (band over pouch): Not worth the weight. Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, April–June 2022 Volume 26 Issue 2 e2022.00010. DOI: 10.4293/JSLS.2022.00010
Liu, H., Howell, R., Alsamarraie, C., Tariche, N., Alerman, M., Petrone, P., Maurer, J., Kinzler, W., Brathwaite, B., Brathwaite, C. (2021). The First COVID-19 Pandemic Wave and the Effect on Healthcare Trainees: A National Survey Study. The American Journal of Surgery. 2022, Vol. 0(0) 1–8 © The Author(s) 2022. Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/00031348221117028 journals.sagepub.com/home/asu
Brathwaite B., Howell R., Petrone P., Brathwaite C. (2020). Safety of bariatric surgery in patients with congestive heart failure: Results of an eleven-year retrospective study. American Surgery. 2022;88(6):1195-200. doi: 10.1177/0003134821991975
Howell, R., Liu, H., Boinpally, H., Akerman, M., Carruthers, E., Brathwaite, B., Petrone, P., Brathwaite, C. (2021). Outcomes of bariatric surgery: Patients with body mass index 60 or greater. Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgery. 2021 Apr-Jun; 25(2): e2020.00089. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2020.00089
Brathwaite B., Howell R., Hall K., Barkan A., Petrone P., Brathwaite CEM. Safety of bariatric surgery in patients with congestive heart failure. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Abstract, 2018;14 (115):S122.
Brathwaite B., Brathwaite C., Howell, R, Boinpally H., Carruthers E., Hall K., Barkan A., Levine J., Petrone P. Bariatric surgery can be performed in older adults without increased adverse outcomes: Results of a 10-year analysis. Obesity Surgery. Abstract, 2018;28(Suppl 2):278.
Howell, R., Brathwaite, B., Hall, K., Barkan, A., Petrone, P., Brathwaite, C. (2018). Bariatric surgery in patients with a history of venous thromboembolism and concurrent anticoagulation therapy. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Abstract, 2018; 14(115): S114
Brathwaite CEM., Brathwaite B., Modayil R., Stavropoulos S. Sleeve gastrectomy in the staged multimodal approach to management of a patient with a complex incisional hernia and super-morbid obesity. Obesity Surgery. Abstract, 2018;28 (Suppl 2):123.
Cherasard P., Brathwaite CEM., Barkan A., Hall K., Brathwaite B., Fazzari M., Brand D., Djovic B., Granoff M., Ritter J., Schaefer M., Familusi O., Norowski K., Dessart,G. (2018). Mobile health interventions are ineffective in the bariatric population. Surgery for Obesity Related Diseases. Abstract, 2018;14(115)S:68.
Brathwaite, B., Marino, M., Bruckenthal, P.(2018). Nurse practitioner confidence and attitudes towards Brief Motivational Interventions to improve compliance with health and wellness recommendations. Journal of Community and Public Health Nursing. 4:212. DOI: 10.4172/2471-9846.1000212.
Presentations (selected)
Liu, H., Howell, R., Alsamarraie, C., Tariche, N., Alerman, M., Petrone, P., Maurer, J., Kinzler, W., Brathwaite, B., Brathwaite, C. (2021). The First COVID-19 Pandemic Wave and the Effect on Healthcare Trainees: A National Survey Study. Podium presentation, Association for Surgical Education, 2021 Annual Meeting. May 2021.
Rosciano, A., Cherkis, F., Brathwaite, B., Waryold, J., Moran, P. (July 2020). The Value of using Reflective Practice among Graduate and Undergraduate Students. Poster presentation, Virginia Tech Conference - Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy in February 2021
Brathwaite, B., Rosciano, A., (2019). Promotion of Health Behavior Change Through a Brief Motivational Technique for Campus Students. Poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International’s 45th Biennial Convention, Washington D.C., November 2019
Rosciano, A., Brathwaite, B. (2019). A Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education: A Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program. Podium presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International’s 45th Biennial Convention Washington D.C., November 2019
Coletti, V., Brathwaite, B., (2019). Addressing Harm Reduction & Prevention of Substance Use Across the Life Span: An Embedded Curriculum Approach in Undergraduate Nursing Education. Poster presentation, International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 43rd Annual Educational Conference, Denver, CO, October 2019
Brathwaite, B., Brathwaite, C., Howell, R., Boinpally, H., Carruthers, E., Hall, K., Barkan, A., Levine, J., Petrone, P. (2018). Bariatric Surgery can be Performed in Older Adults without Adverse Outcomes:
Results of a 10-Year Analysis. Podium presentation, 23rd International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders World Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Brathwaite, C., Brathwaite, B., Modayil, R., Stavropoulos, S. (2018). Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Staged Multimodal Approach to Management of a Patient with a Complex Incisional Hernia and Super-Morbid Obesity. Video presentation at the 23rd International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders World Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coletti, V., Brathwaite, B., (2018). Emerging Trends: Integrating Internet and Cyberpornography Addiction in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum. Poster presentation, International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 42nd Annual Educational Conference, Denver, CO
Marino, M.A., Cannella, D., Schoenfeld, E.R., Bruckenthal, P., Monahan, K., Snelling, L., Brathwaite, B., Hou, W., Truhlar, M. (2017). The PACE Center: Improving Access to Clinical Preventive Services. Podium presentation, International Association of Dental Research 95th General Session and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
National
Gambino, K., Della Ratta, C., Brathwaite, B., Rosciano, A. Battling the Unknown: A Thematic Analysis of the Academic and Employment Experiences of Nursing Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Podium Presentation at AACN's Transform 2022 Conference, Chicago, IL, December 2022.
Sogg, S., Sockalingam, S., Goldman, R., Brathwaite, B., Nevins, L. (2022). ASMBS Behavioral Health Fundamentals Course podium presentation, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Conference, Dallas Texas, June 5-9, 2022.
Rosciano, A., Brathwaite, B. (2021). High Risk Sexual Behaviors and College Students. Poster presentation, The New York State Nurse Practitioner Association, Annual Conference, April 8, 2022
Sogg, S., Sockalingam, S., Goldman, R., Brathwaite, B., Nevins, L. Setting a Standard: Weighing the Need for an Adult Bariatric Behavioral Health Credential, webinar presentation, March 4, 2022.
Ortiz, J., Kellner, M., Brathwaite, B. Factors that Impacted Associate Degree Nursing Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presentation, Organization for Associate Degree Nursing conference 2021, Austin, Texas, November 18-21, 2021.
Liu, H., Howell, R., Alsamarraie, C., Tariche, N., Akerman, M., Maurer, J., Kinzler,W., Brathwaite, B., Brathwaite, C. (2020). The First COVID-19 Pandemic Wave and the Effect on Healthcare Trainees: A National Survey Study. Podium presentation, Association for Surgical Education Conference, May 2021.
Ortiz, J., Kellner, M., Brathwaite, B. Factors that Impacted Associate Degree Nursing Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presentation, National Nurse Educators Summit in Texas, conference April 2021.
Sogg, S., Sockalingam, S., Goldman, R., Brathwaite, B., Basterfield, A., Nevins, L., Fenton, A., (2021). Focus Group: Weighing the Need for a Bariatric Behavioral Health Credential. Webinar presentation, American Society for Metabolism and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health conference, March 2021.
Gambino, K., Snow, D., Brathwaite, B., LaSala, M. (2020). Clinical During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Using VoiceThread to Create a Simulated Immersion Experience. Poster presentation, virtual, AACN Fall Faculty Forum, December 2020
Brathwaite, B., Howell, R., Barkan, A., Hall, K., Petrone, P., Brathwaite, C. (2018). Safety of Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: Results of a Ten-Year Retrospective Study. Poster presentation, ASMBS 35th Annual Meeting 2018, Nashville, TN
Howell, R., Brathwaite, B., Hall, K., Barkan, A., Petrone, P., Brathwaite, C. (2018). Bariatric Surgery in Patients with a History of Venous Thromboembolism and Concurrent Anticoagulation Therapy. Poster presentation, ASMBS 35th Annual Meeting 2018, Nashville, TN
Cherasard, P., Brathwaite, C., Barkan, A., Hall, K., Granoff, M., Djoki, B., Ritter, J., Fazzari, M., Brand, D., Brathwaite, B. (2018). Mobile Health Interventions are Ineffective in the Bariatric Surgery Population. Podium presentation, ASMBS 35th Annual Meeting 2018, Nashville, TN
Marino, M.A., Cannella, D., Schoenfeld, E.R., Bruckenthal, P., Monahan, K., Snelling, L., Brathwaite, B., Hou, W., Truhlar, M. (2017). The PACE Center for Health and Wellness: Using a Collaborative Practice Model to Address Variations in Utilization of Clinical Preventive Services by Community-Dwelling Elders. Podium presentation at the Eastern Nursing Research Society 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA
Marino, M.A., Cannella, D., Bruckenthal, P., Schoenfeld, E.R., Monahan, K., Snelling, L., Brathwaite, B., Hou, W., Truhlar, M. (2016). Addressing Determinants of Health and Unmet Preventive Health Needs of Underserved, Older Adults: A Collaborative Practice Model [Abstract of Distinction]. Podium presentation, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2016 State of the Science Congress, Washington, DC
Local
Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education (PACE) Campus Health and Wellness Screening for Campus Students:
Rosciano, A., Brathwaite, B. (2022). PACE Orientation, Motivational Interviewing/Brief Action Planning. Biannual presentation to NP students, RN students, Dental students. (2019-present)
Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education (PACE) Dental Care Center Health and Wellness Screening for Older Adults. Screenings at the Dental Care Center and health fairs at senior citizen centers:
Brathwaite, B. Motivational Interviewing/Brief Action Planning. Biannual presentation to NP students, RN students, Dental students. (2016-present)
Major Accomplishments / Honors
2019 Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service – School of Nursing 2019 RNBP Class
Recognition Award in Professional Practice, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1991
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Scholarship Award 1990
Certified Bariatric Nurse (CBN) certification since 2018
Trained in Motivational Interviewing and Brief Action Planning (2017, 2021)
Member American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Task Force, development and presentation of Behavioral Health Fundamentals Course, (2019 – 2022)
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society (1990 - present)
Member of the National League for Nurses Stony Brook University SON Departmental Senate Member, Campus Wide (2017 – present)
Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice (IDEAS) committee (2021 - present)
Founding member of H.O.M.E., Health Outreach to the Middle East (2018 – present)
