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Bruce Gelb, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Contact Information
(415) 353-1551 Clinical, Kidney and Pancreas
(415) 353-8725 Academic
bruce.gelb@ucsfmedctr.org
Education
M.D. University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
B.S. UCLA, 1996. Major: Biochemistry
Residencies
Residency - General Surgery, NYU Medical Center 2003-2008
Fellowships
Fellowship - Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UCSF 2008-2010
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery (General Surgery)
Certification Exam 12/2008 (certificate number pending)
Qualifying Exam 8/2008
Biography
Dr. Bruce Gelb received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry from UCLA in 1996. He then earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) in May 2003. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in 2002. Dr. Gelb completed his residency in General Surgery at New York University School of Medicine between 2003 and June 2008.
Selected Publications
Stacy, Gelb, Koop, Windle, Wall, Krolick, Infante, Kraig. Split Tolerance in a
Novel Transgenic Model of Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis: Relevance
To Human MG. Submitted to J. Immunol. Dec. 2001.
Gear, Ezzo, Hannaman, Clarkin, Gelb, Infante, Kesavalu, Ebersole,
Kolodrubetz, Kraig. Characterization of the heterogeneous murine T cell
response to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Int. and American
Assoc. for Dental Research, 80th General Session.
