BruceGewertzMD

Vascular Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Surgeon-in-Chief Chair, Surgery VP, Interventional Services Vice Dean, Academic Affairs

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Office
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-5884

Fax+1 310-423-0231
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Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1972 - 1977
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1972

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1974 - 2008
IL State Medical License 1981 - 2008
TX State Medical License 1977 - 1998
American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004, 2006
Fellow American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Initial experience with a modified "candy-plug" technique for false lumen embolization in chronic type B aortic dissection.
Daniel Miles, Cassra Arbabi, Katherine McMackin, Bruce Tjaden, Sally Schonefeld, Donald Baril, NavYash Gupta, Bruce Gewertz, Ali Azizzadeh> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. 2023 Jun 1
1 citations
Understanding ultrarare adverse events - Lessons learned from a twelve-year review of intraoperative deaths at an academic medical center.
Tara N Cohen, Falisha F Kanji, Andrew S Wang, Edward G Seferian, Harry C Sax, Bruce L Gewertz> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2023 Sep 1
2 citations
Campaign Reform for US News and World Report Rankings.
Timothy J Daskivich, Bruce L Gewertz> ;JAMA Surgery. 2023 Feb 1
1 citations
The Application of Human Factors Engineering to Reduce Operating Room Turnover in Robotic Surgery.
Tara N Cohen, Jennifer T Anger, Kevin Shamash, Kenneth R Catchpole, Raymund Avenido, Eric J Ley, Bruce L Gewertz, Daniel Shouhed> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2022 Jun 1
Surgeons and Administrators Co-creating Value.
Michael Nurok, Thoralf M. Sundt, Robert S. Kaplan, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Dec 1
3 citations
Outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in patients with concomitant blunt thoracic aortic injury and traumatic brain injury from the Aortic Trauma Foundation ...
Cassra N. Arbabi, Joseph J. DuBose, Benjamin W. Starnes, Naveed U. Saqib, Elina Quiroga, Charles C. Miller, Ali Azizzadeh, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, Rana O. Afifi, Mi...> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
4 citations
Outcomes and practice patterns of medical management of blunt thoracic aortic injury from the Aortic Trauma Foundation global registry.
Cassra N. Arbabi, Joseph J. DuBose, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, Benjamin W. Starnes, Naveed U. Saqib, Elina Quiroga, Charles C. Miller, Ali Azizzadeh, Rana O. Afifi, Mi...> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2021 Sep 21
6 citations
Beyond the Do-not-resuscitate Order: An Expanded Approach to Decision-making Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Older Surgical Patients.
Matthew B Allen, Rachelle Bernacki, Bruce L. Gewertz, Zara Cooper, Joshua L Abrams, Allan B Peetz, Angela M. Bader, Nicholas Sadovnikoff> ;Anesthesiology. 2021 Nov 1
1 citations
Assessment of Emotional Outcomes of Intraoperative Death on Surgical Team Members.
Tara N. Cohen, Andrew S. Wang, Edward G Seferian, Harry C. Sax, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;JAMA Surgery. 2021 Jul 1
6 citations
How Hospitals can Save Lives and Themselves: Lessons on Patient Flow from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Eugene Litvak, Shaf Keshavjee, Bruce L. Gewertz, Harvey V. Fineberg> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Mar 29
10 citations
A Systems-based Approach to Reduce Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Trauma Patients
Navpreet K. Dhillon, Galinos Barmparas, Ting Lung Lin, Nikhil T Linaval, Audrey R. Yang, Harveen K Sekhon, Russell Mason, Daniel R. Margulies, Bruce L. Gewertz, Eric J...> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
3 citations
A Human Factors Approach to Surgical Patient Safety.
Tara N. Cohen, Bruce L. Gewertz, Daniel Shouhed> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2021 Feb 1
5 citations
Do patients with minimal blunt thoracic aortic injury require thoracic endovascular repair
Joseph J DuBose, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, Benjamin W. Starnes, Naveed U. Saqib, Elina Quiroga, Jonathan J. Morrison, Bruce L. Gewertz, Ali Azizzadeh, Aast> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
4 citations
Personal Communication Devices Among Surgeons-Exploring the Empowerment/Enslavement Paradox.
Tara N. Cohen, Monica Jain, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;JAMA Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
7 citations
Surgical Supply Cost Awareness Is Associated With Lower Costs: A Single-Center Experience.
Joshua Tseng, Harry C. Sax, Bruce L. Gewertz, Daniel R. Margulies, Rodrigo F. Alban> ;The American Surgeon. 2020 Oct 25
Surgical Cases in the COVID-19 Era : An Early Institutional Experience.
Susan Kuo, Navpreet K. Dhillon, Bruce L. Gewertz, Eric J. Ley> ;The American Surgeon. 2020 Jul 15
3 citations
Teleurology and digital health app in COVID-19 pandemic.
Jayoung Kim, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;Investigative and Clinical Urology. 2020 Jul 1
1 citations
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians.
Akbarshakh Akhmerov, Aamir S. Shah, Navyash Gupta, Allan W. Tulloch, Bruce L. Gewertz, Ali Azizzadeh> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2020 May 18
6 citations
Discovering the barriers to efficient robotic operating room turnover time: perceptions vs. reality.
Tara N. Cohen, Jennifer T. Anger, Kevin Shamash, Kate Cohen, Yosef Nasseri, Sarah E. Francis, Maureen Fimpler, Raymund Avenido, Bruce L. Gewertz, Daniel Shouhed> ;Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2020 Jan 13
1 citations
The gap in operative exposure in trauma surgery: quantifying the benefits of an international rotation.
Galinos Barmparas, Pradeep H. Navsaria, Navpreet K. Dhillon, Sorin Edu, Daniel R. Margulies, Eric J. Ley, Bruce L. Gewertz, Andrew J. Nicol> ;Surgery Open Science. 2020 Jan 1
38 citations
Relative Value Units and the Measurement of Physician Performance.
Michael Nurok, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;JAMA. 2019 Sep 24
Performance improvement in surgery.
Rodrigo F Alban, Emily C Anania, Tara N Cohen, Peter J Fabri, Bruce L Gewertz, Monica Jain, Jeffrey K Jopling, Paul M Maggio, Juan A Sanchez, Harry C Sax> ;Current Problems in Surgery. 2019 Jun 1
1 citations
Performance improvement in surgery.
Rodrigo F Alban, Emily C Anania, Tara N Cohen, Peter J Fabri, Bruce L Gewertz, Monica Jain, Jeffrey K Jopling, Paul M Maggio, Juan A Sanchez, Harry C Sax> ;Current Problems in Surgery. 2019 Jun 1
6 citations
The Millennials are Here and They Expect More From Their Surgical Educators
Galinos Barmparas, Taryne A. Imai, Bruce L. Gewertz> ;Annals of Surgery. 2019 Dec 1
2 citations
Leveraging the Right Technology in Health Care—Having a Cow—Reply
Navpreet K. Dhillon, Bruce L. Gewertz, Eric J. Ley> ;JAMA Surgery. 2019 Apr 1
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Journal Articles

Personal Communication Devices Among Surgeons—Exploring the Empowerment/Enslavement Paradox
Bruce Gewertz, MD, JAMA Surgery
Adverse Effects of Computers During Bedside Rounds in a Critical Care Unit
Navpreet K Dhillon, Eric J Ley, James M Tatum, Galinos Barmparas, Bruce L Gewertz, JAMA

Press Mentions

Expanding a Dynamic Surgery DepartmentMay 1st, 2023
Cristina R. Ferrone, MD, Named Chair of Cedars-Sinai Department of SurgeryAugust 30th, 2022
Column: This 101-Year-Old Surgical Pioneer Still Works Every Day. And He’s Not About to RetireMarch 13th, 2022
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