Bruce Michael Potenza MD
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSD
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200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-543-7200
Fax+1 619-543-7202
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Education & Training
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1993 - 1995
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1993
University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1988- University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Gundersen Lutheran Medical FoundationInternship, Transitional Year, 1983 - 1984
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1993 - 2027
AZ State Medical License 1985 - 2025
WI State Medical License 1993 - 2011
CO State Medical License 1999 - 2007
MA State Medical License 1995 - 2006
CT State Medical License 1995 - 1997
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- "The Gordian knot of it he will unloose": Lessons learned from studies of half-hitch surgical knots and implications for practicing surgeons: A systematic review.Thomas J O'Keefe, Charissa Lake, Louis A Perkins, Sean A Perez, Isabella Guajardo
Surgery. 2025-02-01 - Modernizing Surgical Quality: A Novel Approach to Improving Detection of Surgical Site Infections in the Veteran Population.Louis Perkins, Thomas O'Keefe, William Ardill, Bruce Potenza
Surgical Infections. 2024-09-01 - Robotic repair of traumatic bronchial disruption: A minimally invasive and multi-disciplinary approach to a complex constellation of injuries.W Aaron Marshall, Julie N Robles, Laura M Adams, Bruce M Potenza, Leslie M Kobayashi
Trauma Case Reports. 2022-12-01
Press Mentions
One Year After California's Devastating 2007 Wildfires, Environmental and Health Effects of Smoke Better UnderstoodFebruary 12th, 2016
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