Dr. Bruce Michael Potenza MD
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
200 W Arbor Dr San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Bruce Potenza is a trauma surgeon practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Potenza specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
Education and Training
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1983
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pulmonary capillary sieving of hetastarch is not altered by LPS-induced sepsis.
- Female gender does not protect blunt trauma patients from complications and mortality.
- Does sexual dimorphism influence outcome of traumatic brain injury patients? The answer is no!
- Reversal of anticoagulation in trauma: a North-American survey on clinical practices among trauma surgeons.
- The noninvasive, quantitative, in vivo assessment of adenoviral-mediated gene delivery in skin wound biomaterials.
- Beach and campfire burns: a site of pleasure and tragedy.
- A phage-targeting strategy for the design of spatiotemporal drug delivery from grafted matrices.
- Synopsis of the 2013 annual report of the national burn repository.
Treatments
- Burns
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