Bruce Schirmer

About this provider

Bruce Schirmer is listed in general surgery in Charlottesville, VA. Reported medical education includes Duke University School Of Medicine (1978).

Reported procedures

• Bariatric surgery Source ↗

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Education & training

• DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 1978 Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS GROUP Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Post-discharge VTE prophylaxis after bariatric surgery: balancing bleeding risk and thrombosis prevention in 275,843 patients. · 2026 Source ↗
• Comment on: The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program's role in the evolution of quality in metabolic and bariatric surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Predictors of Successful Long-Term Weight Loss Following Gastric Band Procedures. · 2026 Source ↗
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery review of endobariatric procedures. · 2026 Source ↗
• Evaluating safety and outcomes of concurrent cholecystectomy in revisional and conversion bariatric surgery: an Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program case cohort analysis of 72,189 patients. · 2025 Source ↗
• Early safety of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in super obesity (body mass index > 50). · 2024 Source ↗
• Judgment Errors in Surgical Care. · 2024 Source ↗
• Metabolic Bariatric Surgery-A Vastly Underused Treatment. · 2024 Source ↗
• Acute Respiratory Failure Complicating Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: A Case Report. · 2023 Source ↗
• Characterization of the robotic surgery experience in minimally invasive surgery fellowships from 2010 to 2021. · 2023 Source ↗
• Comment on: Bariatric surgery outcomes in patients with bipolar or schizoaffective disorders. · 2023 Source ↗
• Postdoctoral National Institutes of Health F32 Grants: Broken Pipeline in the Development of Surgeon-Scientists. · 2023 Source ↗
• Monitoring performance in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery using risk-adjusted cumulative sum at 2 high-volume centers. · 2023 Source ↗
• Invited Commentary: Postoperative GERD after Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy is an Issue. · 2023 Source ↗
• Impact of Proceduralist Specialty on Outcomes Following Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty. · 2022 Source ↗
• Errors in Surgery: A Case Control Study. · 2022 Source ↗
• Comparison of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty versus surgical sleeve gastrectomy: a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database analysis. · 2023 Source ↗
• The SAGES MASTERS program presents the 10 seminal articles for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. · 2022 Source ↗
• Bowel Obstruction and Hydronephrosis Due to an Over-the-Scope Clip. · 2019 Source ↗
• The impact of bariatric surgery on qualitative and quantitative breast density. · 2019 Source ↗
• Compliance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hours in a general surgery residency program: Challenges and solutions in a teaching hospital. · 2020 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery reduces long-term rates of cardiac events and need for coronary revascularization: a propensity-matched analysis. · 2020 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery is associated with reduction in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma: A propensity matched analysis. · 2020 Source ↗
• Socioeconomically Distressed Communities Associated With Long-term Mortality After Bariatric Surgery. · 2019 Source ↗
• Modifiable Factors to Prevent Prolonged Length of Stay after Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2019 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery is independently associated with a decrease in the development of colorectal lesions. · 2019 Source ↗
• Overall and Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Incidences Are Decreased Following Bariatric Surgery. · 2019 Source ↗
• Investigating racial disparities in bariatric surgery referrals. · 2019 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Is Associated with Lower 30-Day Morbidity Versus Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: an Analysis of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP. · 2018 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery increases risk of bone fracture. · 2018 Source ↗
• Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is safe in elderly patients: a propensity-score matched analysis. · 2018 Source ↗
• Resident-Specific Morbidity Reduced Following ACS NSQIP Data-Driven Quality Program. · 2018 Source ↗
• Hypoglycemia Following Bariatric Surgery: Our 31-Year Experience. · 2017 Source ↗
• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Following Nissen Fundoplication: Higher Risk Same Reward. · 2017 Source ↗
• Patient Reported Outcomes 10 years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. · 2017 Source ↗
• Clinical significance of failure to lose weight 10 years after roux-en-y gastric bypass. · 2017 Source ↗
• Loss of Medicaid insurance after successful bariatric surgery: an unintended outcome. · 2018 Source ↗
• Adoption of robotics in a general surgery residency program: at what cost? · 2017 Source ↗
• Simultaneous conversion of gastric band to sleeve gastrectomy is associated with increased postoperative complications: an analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. · 2017 Source ↗
• Nutrient Deficiency 10 Years Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Who's Responsible? · 2017 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery insurance requirements independently predict surgery dropout. · 2017 Source ↗
• Benefit of feeding tube placement for refractory malnutrition after bariatric surgery. · 2018 Source ↗
• Access to Quaternary Care Surgery: Implications for Accountable Care Organizations. · 2017 Source ↗
• Type 2 diabetes remission following gastric bypass: does diarem stand the test of time? · 2017 Source ↗
• ASMBS updated position statement on insurance mandated preoperative weight loss requirements. · 2016 Source ↗
• Using Interdisciplinary Workgroups to Educate Surgery Residents in Systems-Based Practice. · 2016 Source ↗
• Declining Operative Experience for Junior-Level Residents: Is This an Unintended Consequence of Minimally Invasive Surgery? · 2016 Source ↗
• Protective Role for B-1b B Cells and IgM in Obesity-Associated Inflammation, Glucose Intolerance, and Insulin Resistance. · 2016 Source ↗
• Roux-en-Y gastric bypass 10-year follow-up: the found population. · 2016 Source ↗
• Outcomes of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in super-super-obese patients. · 2015 Source ↗
• Gastric bypass improves survival compared with propensity-matched controls: a cohort study with over 10-year follow-up. · 2015 Source ↗
• Accuracy of routine postoperative swallow study in predicting leak or obstruction after gastric bypass. · 2015 Source ↗
• Long-term diabetic response to gastric bypass. · 2014 Source ↗
• Long-term satisfaction and medication dependence after antireflux surgery. · 2013 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery training: getting your ticket punched. · 2007 Source ↗
• Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. · 2005 Source ↗
• Flexible endoscopy in the management of patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. · 2002 Source ↗
• Special problems in minimally invasive surgery of the foregut: Part I. · 2001 Source ↗

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