Bruce Crookes
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
Office
(843) 792-8999
1600 Midtown Avenue Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
About
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.
Bruce Crookes
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.
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
Gender
Male
Education
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Training
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington Memorial Hospital
Certification
SC, SC-33001, FL, FL-MB 83879, FL-TRN4297, NY, NY-208126, PA, PA-MD-067842L, PA-MT042558T, VT, VT-042-0010688, SC-BC6323973, SC-2033001, American Board of Surgery, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, ACLS, ATLS
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna (PPO), Managed Choice, Open Choice and Exclusive Choice), Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace) , BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace), Blue Choice Blue Option (Exchange Plan), Blue Choice MyChoice (Available as individual commercial product), Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC), Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan), Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP), Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators, Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina, Cigna, Coventry, Employers Health Network/SC Business Coalition on Health, First Health, Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now), Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) , Medcost, Tricare, United HealthCare, AllWell by Absolute Total Care, Clover Health , Absolute Total Care (NEIC), Blue Choice Medicaid, First Choice/Select Health (NEIC), Molina Healthcare , WellCare, Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan , First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan, Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Office Name
MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion
Languages
English
Services
Bruce Crookes provides surgery in Mount Pleasant, SC. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.
Please call MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion at (843) 792-8999 to schedule an appointment in Mount Pleasant, SC or to get more information. Additional Services Critical Care Surgeon, Doctor
Please call MUSC Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion at (843) 792-8999 to schedule an appointment in Mount Pleasant, SC or to get more information. Additional Services Critical Care Surgeon, Doctor
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