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Bio for Bruce Tranmer, M.D.
Bruce Tranmer, M.D.

Bruce Tranmer, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery


Contact Information
E-mail: Bruce.Tranmer@uvm.edu
Office Location:
Surgery, Fletcher 5th Fl

Education


M.D.,
Queen's University School of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, (1979)
General Surgical Resident, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (1979-1981)
Neurosurgical Residency, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (1981-1986)

Academic Appointments

Professor and Chairman, (Tenured -2000) Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT  1999 - present
Cordell Gross, Green and Gold Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT  2005 - present
Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, albany, NY, 1997 - 1999
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, albany, NY, 1995 - 1996
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Surgery, University of Calgary, calgary, Alberta, Canada,, 1992 - 1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Surgery, University of Calgary, calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1988 - 1992
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado, 1986 - 1987

Publications

Dumont TM, Tranmer BI, Horgan MA, Rughani AI. Trends in Neurosurgical Complication Rates at Teaching vs Nonteaching Hospitals Following Duty-Hour Restrictions. Neurosurgery 2012;71(5):1041-6.

Rughani AI, Tranmer BI, Dumont TM. Response to "Comparation of artificial neural network and logistic regression models for predicting clinically relevant outcome" World Neurosurg. 2012 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print].

Dumont TM, Rughani AI, Goeckes T, Tranmer BI.Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Sentinel Health Event. World Neurosurg. 2012 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Dumont TM, Rughani AI, Penar PL, Horgan MA, Tranmer BI, Jewell RP Increased rate of complications on a neurological surgery service after implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour restriction. J Neurosurg 2012;116(3):483-6.
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Rughani AI, Lin CT, Ares WJ, Cushing DA, Horgan MA, Tranmer BI, Jewell RP, Florman JE:  Helmet use and reduction in skull fractures in skiers and snowboarders admitted to the hospital.  J Neurosurg Pediatr 2011;7(3): 268-71.

Murakami K, Koide M, Dumont TM, Russell SR, Tranmer BI, Wellman GC:  Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induces Gliosis and Increased Expression of the Pro-inflammatory Cytokine High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein.  Transl Stroke Res 2011;2(1): 72-9.

Dumont TM, Rughani AI, Tranmer BI:  Prediction of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage with an artificial neural network:  feasibility and comparison with logistic regression models.  World Neurosurg 2011;75(1):57-63; discussion 25-28.

Rughani AI, Dumont TM, Lin CT, Tranmer BI, Horgan MA:  Safety of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in the elderly. J Neurosurgery 2011;115(2):202-9.

Rughani AI, Lin C, Tranmer BI, Wilson JT:  Anal cancer with cerebral metastasis: a case report.  J Neuroncology 2011;101(1):141-3.

Rughani AI, Tranmer BI, Florman JE, Wilson JT:  Radiographic assessment of snap-shut failure – report of 2 cases.  J Neurosurg Pediatr 2010;6:299-302.

Link TE, Bisson E, Horgan MA, Tranmer BI:  Raymond M. P. Donaghy: a pioneer in microneurosurgery.  J Neurosurgery 2010;112(6): 1176-81.

Dumont TM, Visioni A, Rughani AI, Tranmer BI, Crookes B:  Inappropriate prehospital ventilation in severe traumatic brain injury increases in-hospital mortality.  J Neurotrauma 2010;27(7): 1233-41.

Rughani AI, Lin C, Dumont TM, Penar PL, Tranmer BI:  A case-comparison study of the subdural evacuating port system in treating chronic subdural hematomas.  J Neurosurg 2010;113(3):609-614.

Rughani AI, Dumont TM, Lu Z, Bongard J, Horgan MA, Penar PL, Tranmer BI:  Use of
an artificial neural network to predict head injury outcomes.  J Neurosurgery 2010;113(3): 85-590.

Dumont T, Rughani A, Silver J, Tranmer BI. Diabetes mellitus increases risk of vasospasm following aneursymal subarachnoid hemorrhage independent of glycemic control.  Neurocrit Care 2009;11(2): 183-9.

Complete list of Dr. Tranmer's publications.


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