
Dr. Bruce was born and raised near Buffalo, NY. He completed undergraduate studies at Niagara University and attended medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also finished his general surgery residency at SUNY at Buffalo and entered active duty in the US Army as a general surgeon in 1998. He was initially assigned to the 212th MASH, the last MASH in the US Army based in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was deployed in conflict twice during his tour, and was honorably discharged in 2002. He entered private practice as a general surgeon initially in Macon, Georgia, and relocated to Cary, North Carolina in 2006. His bariatric career started in 2007. In 2018, his group joined WakeMed. He has served as the Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed published articles on SADI-S, while also being a national speaker, educator, and preceptor/proctor for the procedure. Dr. Bruce lives with his wife on their hobby farm in New Hill, North Carolina. They have four children, two grandchildren, sixteen chickens, and six guinea fowl. His chief interests are ballet, football, and his family.
Selected publications from PubMed
Clinical outcomes and adverse events of bariatric surgery in adults with severe obesity in Scotland: the SCOTS observational cohort study.
Mackenzie RM, Ali A, Bruce D, Bruce J, Ford I, Greenlaw N, Grieve E, Lean M, Lindsay RS, O'Donnell J, Sattar N, Stewart S, Logue J, SCOTS investigators
Health Technol Assess. 2024 Jan;28(7):1-115 doi: 10.3310/UNAW6331.
SurgiCal Obesity Treatment Study (SCOTS): a prospective, observational cohort study on health and socioeconomic burden in treatment-seeking individuals with severe obesity in Scotland, UK.
Mackenzie RM, Greenlaw N, Ali A, Bruce D, Bruce J, Grieve E, Lean M, Lindsay R, Sattar N, Stewart S, Ford I, Logue J, SCOTS investigators
BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 26;11(8):e046441 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046441.
The incidence of complications associated with loop duodeno-ileostomy after single-anastomosis duodenal switch procedures among 1328 patients: a multicenter experience.
Surve A, Cottam D, Sanchez-Pernaute A, Torres A, Roller J, Kwon Y, Mourot J, Schniederjan B, Neichoy B, Enochs P, Tyner M, Bruce J, Bovard S, Roslin M, Jawad M, Teixeira A, Srikanth M, Free J, Zaveri H, Pilati D, Bull J, Belnap L, Richards C, Medlin W, Moon R, Cottam A, Sabrudin S, Cottam S, Dhorepatil A
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 May;14(5):594-601 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2018.01.020.
SurgiCal Obesity Treatment Study (SCOTS): protocol for a national prospective cohort study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Scotland.
Logue J, Stewart S, Munro J, Bruce J, Grieve E, Lean M, Lindsay RS, Bruce D, Ali A, Briggs A, Sattar N, Ford I, SCOTS Investigators
BMJ Open. 2015 May 22;5(5):e008106 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008106.
Pre-surgical cortical activation to food pictures is associated with weight loss following bariatric surgery.
Ness A, Bruce J, Bruce A, Aupperle R, Lepping R, Martin L, Hancock L, Patrician T, Malley S, Selim N, Savage CR
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec;10(6):1188-95 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.06.005.
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