Experienced in Polycystic Kidney Disease

Dr. David S. Bruce

Transplant Surgery
Oschner Health
Ochsner Clinic LLC
1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
New Orleans, LA 
Accepting New Patients
Experienced in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Oschner Health
Ochsner Clinic LLC
1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
New Orleans, LA 
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Overview

Dr. David Bruce earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He completed his surgical internship and residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and served as Chief Resident from 1992 to 1993. He went on to complete his fellowship training at the University of Chicago Hospitals.

Dr. Bruce is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polycystic Kidney Disease. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Obesity, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 20 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Preventive Medicine - Transplant Surgery
American Board Of Surgery - Transplant Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

OCHSNER CLINIC LLC
1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
Call: 504-842-3000

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.

21 Total Publications

Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus-Viremic Donors Into Hepatitis C Virus-Aviremic Recipients as Standard of Care.
Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus-Viremic Donors Into Hepatitis C Virus-Aviremic Recipients as Standard of Care.
Journal: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Published: July 08, 2020
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Areas of Expertise

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