Name
Bruce L. Allen, M.D.

Areas of Interest
Advanced laparoscopic surgery, Cancer surgery, Colorectal surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery

Education
College: Harvard College BS Chemistry 1970
Medical school: Stanford Medical School MD 1974
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
1974-1981

Board Certification
American Board of Surgery

Organizations
Fellow American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, San Francisco Surgical Society, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, California Medical Association, San Mateo County Medical Society

Positions
Chairman Department of Surgery SMCGH 1989-1992
Vice Chief of Staff Mills- Peninsula Hospital 2001-2003
Chairman Department of Surgery Mills Hospital 1992-1996
Committee on Professional Liability American College of Surgeons 1994-2003
Board of Directors, Mills Peninsula Medical Group 1995-1996
Board of Directors, San Mateo IPA, 1986-1992

Selected Publications

1. "The Department of Surgery", chapter in Manual on Professional Liability/ Risk Management, 1996, A publication of the American College of Surgeons.
2. Allen B, Krupski WC, Wylie EJ: Toothpick perforation of the vena cava.WestJMed 138:727-30,1983.
3. Allen B, Shapiro H, Way LW. Management of recurrent and residual common duct stones. Am J Surg 142: 41-7, 1981.