Dr. William Robert Brugge MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St Gastroenterology Ass Boston MA, 02114About
William R. Brugge, MD is the director of the Pancreas-Biliary Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. You may contact him via email: WBrugge@partn ...
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoscopic ultrasound staging of esophageal cancer: assuming responsibility.
- EUS-guided radiofrequency ablation in the pancreas: results in a porcine model.
- Endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
- Pancreatic and biliary endoscopy.
- The role of EUS in the diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas.
- Detection and tumor staging of malignancy in cystic, intraductal, and solid tumors of the pancreas by EUS.
- Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas.
- Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas.
- Pancreatic tissue sampling guided by EUS, CT/US, and surgery: a comparison of sensitivity and specificity.
- EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration of a renal mass: an alternative method for diagnosis of malignancy.
- Fine needle aspiration of pancreatic masses: the clinical impact.
- EUS diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas.
- EUS-guided FNA for the diagnosis of gallbladder masses.
- Endoscopic mucosal resection for gastric epithelial neoplasms: a study of 39 cases with emphasis on the evaluation of specimens and recommendations for optimal pathologic analysis.
- Endoscopic ultrasound is a sensitive and specific test to diagnose portal venous system thrombosis (PVST).
Clinical Trials
Awards
- Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology.
- Fellow, American Society of GI Endoscopy
- Fellow, American Gastroenterology Association
Treatments
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
Fellowships
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Univ of Colorado, Fellow:Gastroenterology 1977
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