Bruce Schirmer Oral History Interview, 2018

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Summary

Creator:
Schirmer, Bruce D. and Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery.
Abstract:
Dr. Bruce Schirmer, MD, graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1978, as well as completing his residency in General and Thoracic Surgery and a fellowship in Gastrointestinal Surgery Research at Duke. He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1985. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted by Dr. Justin Barr on November 30, 2018 and is part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Schimer discusses his experiences at Duke, his time as a practicing doctor at Fort Balknap Indian Reservation, his experiences with Sabiston, and key mentors at Duke.
Extent:
1 interview (1 CD, 1 transcript) and 59.4 MB
Collection ID:
OH.SCHIRMERB

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Bruce Schimer conducted on November 30, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. Sabiston Oral History Project.
In the interview, Schimer discusses his experiences at Duke University School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, his time as a practicing doctor at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, his experiences with Sabiston, working in Dr. R. Scott Jones' lab, clinical experience, and key mentors at Duke.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Bruce Schirmer, MD, graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1978 and completed his residency in General and Thoracic Surgery at Duke. He was received a fellowship in Gastrointestinal Surgery Research at Duke. He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1985, and served as the Stephan H. Watts Professor of Surgery, vice chair of the Department of Surgery, the division chief of general surgery, and director of the surgery nutrition support service. Schirmer was also the program director of surgery for 17 years.
Schirmer specializes in treating patients with all types of gastrointestinal programs, obesity surgery, and laparoscopic abdominal surgery. His research interests are Gastrointestinal motility, postoperative ileus, gastrointestinal hormones, and applications of minimally invasive surgery.
Schirmer has been a director of the American Board of Surgery, and is a past-president of the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the Society of Clinical Surgery, the Fellowship Council, the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Foundation, and the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Foundation. He was also the vice president of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the founding president of the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Centers Network Committee. Schimer is a governor to the American College of Surgeons serves as an editorial board member to six surgical journals. He has been on the Best Doctors in American List from 2011 to 2018.
Schirmer married his wife, Geri, in 1975, and they have 2 children.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2019.039 (transferred by Justin Barr, May 2019)
Processing information:

Processed by Lucy Waldrop: May 2019

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, November 30, 2018.
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Bruce Schirmer Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.