Bruce Crookes
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
Office
(843) 792-8999
1600 Midtown Avenue Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
Gender
Male
Education
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Training
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington Memorial Hospital
Certification
SC, SC-33001, FL, FL-MB 83879, FL-TRN4297, NY, NY-208126, PA, PA-MD-067842L, PA-MT042558T, VT, VT-042-0010688, SC-BC6323973, SC-2033001, American Board of Surgery, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, ACLS, ATLS
About
To date, he continues to be a busy intensivist, trauma surgeon, and general surgeon. He is recognized nationally as a leader in the care of the injured and is the former president of the nation's largest academic trauma society -- the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Clinically, Dr. Crookes has a myriad of interests, including hernias, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, robotic and minimally invasive surgery (particularly for hernia repair), pulmonary embolisms and venous thromboembolic disease, the surgical treatment of rib fractures, and complex general surgery.
Bruce Crookes
Dr. Bruce Crookes grew up in northern New Jersey in the New York metropolitan area. He graduated with a degree in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He then attended the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, graduating in 1996. He then completed a residency in general surgery at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania, where he fell in love with trauma and critical care. Dr. Crookes then attended the prestigious Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami, where he completed a trauma and critical care fellowship. Upon completion of his fellowship, Dr. Crookes joined the faculty at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and rose to the position of trauma medical director. In 2009, he joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina in the same role.To date, he continues to be a busy intensivist, trauma surgeon, and general surgeon. He is recognized nationally as a leader in the care of the injured and is the former president of the nation's largest academic trauma society -- the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Clinically, Dr. Crookes has a myriad of interests, including hernias, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, robotic and minimally invasive surgery (particularly for hernia repair), pulmonary embolisms and venous thromboembolic disease, the surgical treatment of rib fractures, and complex general surgery.
Services
Bruce Crookes provides surgery in Mount Pleasant, SC. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.Please call MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion at (843) 792-8999 to schedule an appointment in Mount Pleasant, SC or to get more information.
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