He received his B.A. with Honors from John Hopkins University and received his medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. After his internship at New York University Medical Center, Dr. Branden completed his residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at George University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and pursued advanced fellowship training in glaucoma at the University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Yale University School of Medicine and Attending Consultant at the Glaucoma Clinic at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in West Haven, CT. where he teaches residents.

Dr. Branden is a founding member of the Connecticut Glaucoma Society, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians. As a member of the volunteer organization ORBIS International, he has travelled to Nigeria where he taught glaucoma diagnosis, management, and surgical techniques.

He has been recognized consistently in multiple publications as one of the “Best Doctors in America” and by Connecticut Magazine as one of Connecticut's “Top Doctors”.

Dr. Branden is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and participates in glaucoma and medication research studies. His areas of professional interest include diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, particularly complex management cases, and cataract surgery.