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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 1996

Bruce Jeffrey Averbook, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn for Acad Surg
  • Soc of Surg Oncol

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • Breast Disease/Cancer
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • cholecystectomy
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Hernia Procedures

  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • umbilical hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • skin gland tumors
  • skin grafting
  • tissue flaps

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • biopsy of tumors
  • bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • breast tumors in pregnancy
  • melanoma
  • skin cancer
  • Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Hospital Appointments

MetroHealth Med Ctr.

Attending

Academic Appointments

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

Professor

07/2014—Present

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

Professor

07/2014—Present