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Brandi Panunti, MD


Dr. Brandy Panunti, MD is the System Chair of Endocrinology for the Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Senior Lecturer for the Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland.  She earned her medical degree in 1999 from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC.  She completed her residency in Internal Medicine in 2002 followed by her fellowship in Endocrinology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2006.  Dr. Panunti joined the Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Section of Endocrinology in 2006.  She practices endocrinology at the Ochsner Jefferson Highway campus and at the Tchoupitoulas site.  In addition to practicing general endocrinology, she specializes in transgender care and helped develop Ochsner’s Transgender Patient Care Physician Training Modules, Ochsner’s EPIC transgender toolkit, and the Ochsner Multi-disciplinary Gender Clinic.Since 2016 Dr. Panunti has been the Endocrinology Section Editor for MedsStudy’s Internal Medicine core curriculum.  She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and holds memberships the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, World Professional Association of Transgender Health, and the Endocrine Society.