
Bret Mitchell Schipper MD , FACS, CPE
Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Vice President Hartford Healthcare Co-Physician in Chief Hartford Healthcare Digestive Health Institute Chief of Surgical Oncology Hartford Hospital Director of Oncologic Surgery Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Connecticut School of Medicine Assistant Professor Quinnipiac School of Medicine
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85 Seymour StreetSuite 700Hartford, CT 06106
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Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2010 - 2013
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2010 - 2011
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 2007 - 2010
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Research fellowship in tissue engineering and composit tissue allograft transplantation , 2005 - 2007
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2005
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2011 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2007 - 2014
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification PowerChart (CQM), Cerner Corporation, 2014, 2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification HealtheLife and PowerChart, Cerner Corporation, 2014, 2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification HealthSentry, Cerner Corporation, 2014, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsGastroblastoma with a novel ACTB::GLI1 gene fusion in a 19-year-old male.Junaid Shabbir, Jonathan Earle, Krzysztof Glomski, Laila Mnayer, Bret Schipper
Virchows Archiv. 2024-05-01 - 5 citationsGetting Back to work: A framework and pivot plan to resume Elective Surgery and procedures after COVID-19.Oscar K. Serrano, Rocco Orlando, Pavlos Papasavas, Mitchell H. McClure, Ajay Kumar
Surgery Open Science. 2021-04-01 - 11 citations13-year experience of carpal tunnel release using the Indiana Tome technique.W. P. Andrew Lee, Bret M. Schipper, Robert J. Goitz
The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2008-09-01
Press Mentions
Project Purple Helps Identify High Risk Pancreatic Cancer IndividualsJanuary 2nd, 2026
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