Dr. Bruce D. Schirmer M.D.
Surgeon
Uva Hospital Lee Street, 1st Floo Charlottesville VA, 22908Rating
4/5
About
Named to Best Doctors in America list, 2014. On faculty at University of Virginia since 1985. Currently Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, and Residency Training ...
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evidence for a peripheral mechanism of esophagocrural diaphragm inhibitory reflex in cats.
- Laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
- Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: patient outcomes after implementation of
- Comparing resident measurements to attending surgeon self-perceptions of surgical educators.
- Cost effectiveness of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Effect of a catheter in the pharynx on the frequency of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations.
- Incorporation of laparoscopy into a surgical endoscopy training program.
- A nutrition support team led by general surgeons decreases inappropriate use of total parenteral nutrition on a surgical service.
- Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis.
- Remediation of low ABSITE scores.
- Report of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Obesity Task Force.
- Gallstone lithotripsy.
- New for gallstones: video laparoscopy for cholecystectomy.
- The relationship between body mass index and 30-day mortality risk, by principal surgical procedure.
- The effect of ambulation on recovery from postoperative ileus.
Awards
- Attending of the Year, Dept Surgery, 1989, 1989 University of Virginia -- 198
- Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2005 University of Virginia
- Master Educator (first given), 2005 University of Virginia
- Duke University 1978 Alpha Omega Alpha
- Princeton University 1974 Football coaches award
- Princeton University 1975 Summa cum laude
- 2002-2010 America's Best Doctors, national award
Professional Memberships
- Member International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- Member Virginia Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Member Southeastern Surgical Association
- Member Society of University Surgeons
- Member Association for Academic Surgery
- Member Virginia Surgical Society
- Member Southern Surgical Association
- Member Society of Clinical Surgery
- Member American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Member American Surgical Association
- Member Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- Fellow ship Council
- Member American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- Member Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Fellow American College of Surgeons (fellow)
Dr. Bruce D. Schirmer M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At Uva Hospital Lee Street, 1st Floor
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Lee St And 11th St SW 1st Floor Lee St And 11th St SW -Charlottesville, VA 22908Get Direction
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