Professor, Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

General Surgery

Dr. Bruce A. Harms practices General Surgery. He went to University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Bruce Harms is a published physician. He has 22 publications published. The most current publication "Characterizing readmission in ulcerative colitis patients undergoing restorative proctocolectomy."

Publications

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• Characterizing readmission in ulcerative colitis patients undergoing restorative proctocolectomy.
• Postoperative Complications in Patients With Rectal Cancer Are Associated With Delays in Chemotherapy That Lead to Worse Disease-free and Overall Survival.
• Predictors of mortality after emergent surgery for acute colonic diverticulitis: Analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Project data.
• Comparable Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic and Open Emergent Restorative Colectomy: Outcomes From the ACS NSQIP.
• Visceral obesity is associated with outcomes of total mesorectal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma.
• Bacteremia does not affect cellular uptake of ultrafine particles in the lungs of rats.
• Microthrombus formation may trigger lung injury after acute blood loss.
• Laparoscopy decreases postoperative complication rates after abdominal colectomy: results from the national surgical quality improvement program.
• Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy with ileal S-pouch.
• Proctocolectomy-ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis after liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis: a multi-institutional analysis.
• Hemorrhage progressively disturbs interalveolar perfusion in the lungs of rats.
• Bleeding stomal varices: case series and systematic review of the literature.
• Bacteremic sepsis disturbs alveolar perfusion distribution in the lungs of rats.
• A multimodality approach to successful ileal pouch desmoid excision with pouch salvage: report of a case.
• Pharmacologic management of postoperative ileus: the next chapter in GI surgery.
• Hemorrhage causes interalveolar perfusion maldistribution in the lungs of anesthetized rats.
• A 25-year single institution analysis of health, practice, and fate of general surgeons.
• Novel presentation and management of ileal pouch mucocele.
• Ileo-anal S-Pouch reconstruction in patients with total colonic aganglionosis after failed pull-through procedure.
• Thromboxane receptor analog, U-46619, redistributes pulmonary microvascular perfusion in isolated rat lungs.
• Perfusion heterogeneity in rat lungs assessed from the distribution of 4-microm-diameter latex particles.

Schools

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• Univ Of Ne Coll Of Med

• University Of Wi Hospital and Cli

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• American Republic
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Preferred Plus POS
• Assurant Health
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• GEHA
• Choice Care PPO
• Medicare MCR
• Thrivent Financial
• United Healthcare
• Wisconsin Physicians Service

Awards

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• Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• University of Wisconsin
• University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Hospital

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• University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1003871617
NPPES Provider LastName		HARMS
NPPES Provider FirstName		BRUCE
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		53792
NPPES Provider State		WI
Specialty Description		Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology)
Total Claim Count		44.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		24.0
Percent Opioid Claims		54.55

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1003871617
Last Name Of The Provider	HARMS
First Name Of The Provider	BRUCE
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