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Bruce J. Waring, M.D.

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Lincoln, NE
EDUCATION:
COLLEGE: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Dates Attended: 08/78 - 05/83
Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Honors:
  CSU President's Scholarship - 1978   Honor Society - 1980

MEDICAL SCHOOL: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
Dates Attended: 08/83 - 05/87
Degree: M.D. with Honors
Honors:
  Denver Medical Society Award for Community Service - 1986
  Alpha Omega Alpha - 1987
  Denver Academy of Surgery Award - 1987
INTERNSHIP: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Dates Attended: 07/87 - 06/88
Program: General Surgery
RESIDENCY: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
Dates Attended: 07/88 - 06/92
Program: General Surgery
CERTIFICATION:
State of Colorado Medical License #30146 - 1988
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery - 2003
Fellow American College of Surgeons - 1993
Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Specialties - 1993
ORGANIZATIONS:
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Western Surgical Association
Colorado Medical Society
Clear Creek Valley Medical Society
Denver Academy of Surgery
Alpha Omega Alpha Society
AWARDS:
Young Surgeon Award 1998
Colorado Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
MEDICAL STAFF:
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Centura - St. Anthony Central Hospital
Centura - Avista Adventist Hospital
Denver West Surgery Center
Clear Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center
STAFF POSITIONS:
Cancer Committee Lutheran Hospital 1992 - Present
Credentials Committee Lutheran Hospital 1994 - Current
Cancer Liaison Physician - American College of Surgeons 1996 - Current
OTHER POSITIONS:
President - Foothills Surgical Associates, P.C.
Secretary/Treasurer - Colorado Chapter American College of Surgeons - 1998-2004
Trustee - Nu Sigma Nu 1994 - 2004
State Collaborative Chair, CFMC - Surgical Infection Prevention Project
Board of Directors - Healthcare Select, Inc. 1998 - 2004
Board of Directors - Lutheran Medical Center Community Foundation 1998 -2004
MEDICAL PRACTICE:
Private Practice with Foothills Surgical Associates 1992 - Current
General Surgery
SOCIAL:
Interests - fly-fishing, skiing, kids
PUBLICATIONS:
  1. Moore, F.; Moore, E.; Haenel, J.; Waring, B.; Parsons, P.: Post-traumatic Pulmonary Pseudocyst in the Adult: Pathophysiology, Recognition, and Selective Management. Journal of Trauma, 29: 1380-1385, 1989. Presented at the Western Trauma Association Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, 2/25/89
  2. Stauffer, J.; Waring, B.; Durham, J.; Kumpe, D.; Kam, I: Treatment of Portal Vein Thrombosis following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation with Transhepatic Urokinase Infusion and Balloon Thrombectomy. (submitted to Transplantation)
  3. Waring, B.; Hermann, G.: Rectal Lymphoma in AIDS (abstract). Presented at the Colorado Chapter of the ACS, Colorado Springs, Co 1989
  4. Waring, B.: Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis Requires Consideration of a Continence-Preserving Procedure. In: Harken, A., ed. Surgical Debates III. Philadelphia: B.C. Decker. 1990: 53-58
  5. Waring, B.; Moore, E.: Major Abdominal Vascular Injuries (abstract) Presented at the Colorado Chapter of the ACS, Colorado Springs, Co 1992
  6. Bensard, D.; McIntyre, R.; Waring, B.; Simon, J.: Comparison of Video Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy to Open Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease. Chest, 103; 3 765-770, 3/1993
  7. Waring, B.; Stiegmann, G.: Current Status of Endoscopic Surgery for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders. (Submitted to Contemporary Gastroenterology)