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David Bruno, MD, FACS

David Bruno, MD, FACS

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Specialty

Transplant Surgery
Pediatric Transplant Surgery

Department

Surgery

Locations

VCU Medical Center Gateway Building

1200 E. Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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Stony Point 9109

9109 Stony Point Drive
Richmond, VA 23235
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The Park at Snowden

321 Park Hill Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Education

Medical School

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Fellowship

Research, National Institutes of Health

Fellowship

Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplant Fellow, Emory University

Biography

Treating rock star patients — and their heroic donors

“My patients are rock stars,” Dr. David Bruno explains. To understand why, consider the journey of a transplant patient: from the diagnosis of learning an organ is failing, to the potential time on the transplant wing and not knowing when or if you’ll get the call, to finding a living donor — and then the surgery itself.

“Transplantation can be daunting and scary. But a transplant patient’s resilience to overcome and thrive after this entire journey is awe-inspiring,” says Dr. Bruno, Interim Division Chair for the Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery at VCU and VCU Health System. “There’s nothing like it. We are giving patients that second chance, and that’s what makes this job so rewarding.”

Dr. Bruno oversees liver transplantation at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center. He specializes in liver and kidney transplantation, and leads all aspects of liver transplants, including deceased-donor transplantation and Hume-Lee’s reinvigorated living liver transplant program.

His interest in the complex living-donor procedure was piqued for a simple reason: the gift of giving.

“The liver is a special organ, and patients don’t have any alternatives outside a transplant when their liver fails,” he says. “A living donor is a healthy patient who is trying to help a friend or family member or someone they have a relationship with, who has a life-threatening disease. It’s nothing short of a heroic act. As a surgeon, you have to remember an organ donor made this surgery possible, and it’s an honor to play a role in someone’s heroic act of giving the gift of life.”

In addition to treating acute liver failure, Dr. Bruno also treats chronic, viral, or autoimmune hepatitis, fatty liver disease, liver damage, primary and bile duct cancer, metabolic liver disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). His current research interests include finding clinical therapies for both liver and kidney transplant surgery. He joined VCU from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he was on faculty and served as director of the affiliated medical center’s transplant fellowship program. 

Dr. Bruno is passionate about his patients – both adults and children – and brings that enthusiasm into every appointment and surgery. He recognizes the anxiety a transplantation surgery can create and holds the hand of each patient to prepare them for each step of their journey. 

“I let my patients know that they’re not alone,” he says. “I am just one member of a talented, multi-disciplinary and patient-centered team here to provide excellent care and support to you and your family. We will guide you, support you, and provide you with outstanding care every step of the way.”


 

Clinical Interests

Pediatric and adult liver transplantation

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