Bruce Crookes, MD

Physician in Mount Pleasant, SC
Specialties:General & Acute Care Surgery, Hernia Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma
Languages:English
Gender:Male
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Bruce Alan Crookes, MD

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.

Board Certifications: Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Clinical Areas of Interest
  • Surgical management of traumatic injuries and burns
  • Critical care medicine
  • Abdominal wall reconstruction
  • Gallstones
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Neuro-critical care
  • Robotic and minimally invasive surgery
  • Ventral hernia
Education
  • Fellowship at University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester
  • Fellowship at University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester
  • Residency at Abington Memorial Hospital
  • Residency at Abington Memorial Hospital
  • Internship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
  • Medical School at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

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My Offices

  • Map of 1600 Midtown Ave in Mount Pleasant
    MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
    Primary Office
    1600 Midtown Ave
    Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
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    Day of the WeekHours
    Monday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Tuesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Wednesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Thursday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Friday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    SaturdayClosed
    SundayClosed
    Map of 1600 Midtown Ave in Mount Pleasant

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