James D. Bruckner
Experienced in Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis

Dr. James D. Bruckner

Orthopedics
Swedish Medical Center
Proliance Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Redmond
18100 Northeast Union Hill Road, Suite 330, 
Redmond, WA 
Clinical Trials:Currently Recruiting for 1 Trial
Accepting New Patients
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Experienced in Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
Swedish Medical Center
Proliance Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Redmond
18100 Northeast Union Hill Road, Suite 330, 
Redmond, WA 
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Overview

Dr. Bruckner did both his undergraduate and graduate work at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Mathematics and earning magna cum laude honors from medical school. He completed his residency and served as a clinical instructor in orthopaedics with the U.S. Navy. Dr. Bruckner did his fellowship training in Seattle at Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington. While at U.W., he was an associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, served as Director of the hip and knee replacement service, and developed the total-joint fellowship program. He has received numerous honors, awards, and peer recognition. He was Chairman of the Overlake Hospital Department of Orthopaedics from 2006 through 2010. Dr. Bruckner is an avid gardener, musician and enjoys both snow and water skiing. Congratulations to Dr. Bruckner for being awarded Top Orthopaedic Doctor by Seattle Magazine, Seattle Met, and Consumers Checkbook in 2015!.

Dr. Bruckner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Bone Tumor, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Creighton University School Of Medicine , 1984
Residency
US Naval SChool of Health Sciences , 1990
Specialties
Orthopedics
Licenses
Orthopaedic Surgery in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowships
University of Washington School of Medicine , 1991
Hospital Affiliations
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Proliance Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Redmond
18100 Northeast Union Hill Road, Suite 330, Redmond, WA
Call: 425-455-3600
Other Locations
Proliance Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
1231 116th Avenue Northeast, Suite 750, Bellevue, WA 98004
Call: 425-455-3600
Proliance Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
510 8th Avenue Northeast, Suite 200, Issaquah, WA 98029
Call: 425-392-3030
Swedish Issaquah
751 Northeast Blakely Drive, Issaquah, WA 98029
Call: 425-313-4000
Swedish Cherry Hill
500 17th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Call: 206-320-2000
Swedish First Hill
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Call: 206-386-6000

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Bruckner has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Hip Replacement
Plantar Fasciitis
Osteochondroma
Knee Replacement
Osteochondritis Dissecans
Freiberg's Disease
Chondroma
Rickets
Compartment Syndrome
Infectious Arthritis
Spondylolisthesis
Osteonecrosis
Bursitis
Osteomyelitis
Arthritis
Osteoarthritis
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Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

Post Market Clinical Follow up Study to Provide Safety, Performance and Clinical Benefits Data of the Taperloc Complete Stems
Post Market Clinical Follow up Study to Provide Safety, Performance and Clinical Benefits Data of the Taperloc Complete Stems
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: March 11, 2025
Intervention Type: Device
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