Bruce Schirmer, M.D.,F.A.C.S.

Bruce Schirmer, MD, has been on faculty at the University of Virginia since 1985 and serves as the Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery, the vice chair of the Department of Surgery, the division chief of general surgery and director of the surgery nutrition support service. Previously, he was the program director of surgery for 17 years. Schirmer has been a director of the American Board of Surgery, and is a past-president of the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), the Society of Clinical Surgery, the Fellowship Council, the SAGES Foundation, and the AHPBA Foundation. In addition, he was the vice president of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the founding president of the ACS Bariatric Surgery Centers Network Committee. Schirmer is a governor to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and serves as an editorial board member of six surgical journals. Schirmer specializes in treating patients with all types of gastrointestinal problems, obesity surgery and laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Married to his wife, Geri, since 1975, Schirmer has two children, Kate Lynn and Liza, which he says are “the best things to which I have contributed.” In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, including his three grandchildren, Jack, Max and Rose. Awards 2019 Best Bedside Manner Awards, OurHealth Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Second Place, Bariatric Medicine 2011-2020 Best Doctors in America® List