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Bruce L. Gewertz, MD

Vascular Surgery

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Vascular Surgery

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  • Male

  • English

  • 53 years experience

Contact

Phone:

1-800-233-2771

Insurance

Before scheduling, we recommend checking with your insurance plan to see if an authorization is required to see this doctor. Primary Care Physicians (adult and pediatrics) do not require prior approval.

  • Aetna

  • Aids Healthcare Foundation

  • Anthem Blue Cross

  • Blue Shield California

  • Cal Optima

  • CareMore

  • Cigna

  • Coventry/First Health

  • Gold Coast

  • Health Net

  • HealthSmart

  • Humana

  • Medi-Cal

  • Medicare

  • Multiplan, Inc

  • United Healthcare

Experience

Board Certifications

  • Vascular Surgery

    American Board of Surgery

Titles

H & S Nichols Distinguished Chair

Surgery

Vice President

Interventional Services

Executive Vice Dean

Faculty Affairs and Clinical System Development

Professor

Surgery

Surgeon-In-Chief

Education & Training

1977

Completed Residency

University of Michigan Hospitals

1972

Completed Medical School

Jefferson Medical College

Awards & Honors

  • Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service, Society for Vascular Surgery

  • America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly

  • Distinguished Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University

  • Coller Award, American College of Surgeons

  • Who's Who in the World

  • Jobst Award for Peripheral Vascular Research

  • Teaching Scholar, American Heart Association

  • Hobart Amory Hare Honor Medical Society, Jefferson Medical School

  • Inaugural LDH Wood Distinguished Educator Career Achievement Award, University of Chicago

  • Outstanding Alumnus, Pennsylvania State University

Research and Publications

Research

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Publications

  • Wyble CW, Hynes KL, Kuchibhotla J, Marcus BC, Hallahan D, Gewertz BL. TNF-alpha and IL-1 upregulate membrane-bound and soluble E-selectin through a common pathway. J Surg Res. 1997;73(2):107-112.

  • Seal JB, Gewertz BL: Vascular dysfunction in ischemia-reperfusion injury. Annals of vascular surgery. 2005;19(4):572-584.

  • Pearlstein DP, Ali MH, Mungai PT, Hynes KL, Gewertz BL, Schumacker PT. Role of mitochondrial oxidant generation in endothelial cell responses to hypoxia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002;22(4):566-573.

  • Marcus BC, Hynes KL, Gewertz BL. Loss of endothelial barrier function requires neutrophil adhesion. Surgery. 1997;122(2):420-426; discussion 426-427.

  • Ali MH, Schlidt SA, Hynes KL, Marcus BC, Gewertz BL. Prolonged hypoxia alters endothelial barrier function. Surgery. 1998;124(3):491-497.

  • Ali MH, Schlidt SA, Chandel NS, Hynes KL, Schumacker PT, Gewertz BL. Endothelial permeability and IL-6 production during hypoxia: role of ROS in signal transduction. Am J Physiol. 1999;277(5 Pt 1):L1057-1065.

  • Jain M, Gewertz BL Surgical innovation as the driver of change in academic surgery. Surgery. 2019;166(5):717-720. PMID:30773219

  • Nurok M, Gewertz BL. Relative Value Units and the measurement of physician performance., JAMA. 2019;322:1139-1140 doi:10.1001/jama.2019.11163

  • Nurok M, Gewertz BL The high profile patient – ensuring good care for the entire hospital. JAMA Surg, published on line November 14, 2018 doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3537