Bruce L. Gewertz, MD
Vascular Surgery
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Languages
- English,
Gender
Male
Experience
51 Years
Locations
Smidt Heart Institute
Smidt Heart Institute
Monday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
When you arrive
- Pavilion is located at 127 S. San Vicente Boulevard between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Valet parking and self-parking are available in the Pavilion Parking lot, located on Sherbourne Drive between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Park in the Gold Zone (Levels B2 and B3) and take the Gold Parking elevators to the Plaza Level. Follow the signs for the Pavilion elevators, and take the elevator up to your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking
Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
(310) 423-5400
(310) 423-0246 (Fax)
Monday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
When you arrive
- Pavilion is located at 127 S. San Vicente Boulevard between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Valet parking and self-parking are available in the Pavilion Parking lot, located on Sherbourne Drive between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Park in the Gold Zone (Levels B2 and B3) and take the Gold Parking elevators to the Plaza Level. Follow the signs for the Pavilion elevators, and take the elevator up to your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking .
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
1
- Vascular Surgery
Programs
Cedars-Sinai clinical programs this provider is part of:
4
Research Areas
Titles
- H & S Nichols Distinguished Chair, Surgery
- Chair, Department of Surgery
- Vice President, Interventional Services
- Vice Dean, Academic Affairs
- Professor, Surgery
- Surgeon-In-Chief
Education & Training
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University of Michigan Hospitals
Residency - Completed 1977
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Jefferson Medical College
Medical School - Completed 1972
Achievements
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1
Board Certifications
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10
Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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Vascular Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Awards and 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
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
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