Dr. Bruckel is Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Bruckel’s main clinical practice is as an interventional cardiologist in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Dr. Bruckel where he performs diagnostic and interventional procedures. His clinical interests include complex coronary interventions, cardiogenic shock, and primary angioplasty for acute infarcts. He is also a member of the Structural Heart Program, where he performs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic stenosis, and Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) for patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Obstruction. Dr. Bruckel is also a member of the pulmonary embolism response team, and performs pulmonary embolectomy procedures. Dr. Bruckel is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Interventional Cardiology.

Professional Background

Dr. Bruckel received his undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, and his M.D. from SUNY Downstate. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Michigan in 2013, following which he completed a research fellowship in Quality and Patient Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health. He then joined the University of Rochester Medical Center for general and interventional cardiology fellowships, which he completed in 2019. He joined the faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2019.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Cardiology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2018 - 2019

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2015 - 2018

Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital. 2013 - 2015

Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center. 2011 - 2013

Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center. 2010 - 2011

Education

MPH | Harvard School of Public Health. 2015

MD | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine. 2010

Research

I am a researcher in Quality Measurement and Outcomes. My primary research focuses on evaluation of outcomes of care for patients with cardiovascular conditions including:
- Patient-reported Outcome measures as indicators of quality
- Evaluating the impact of unmeasured confounders on quality measures for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.
- Understanding outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest
- Understanding outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Publications

Journal Articles

Frequency of lipoprotein(a) measurements in patients with or at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Upadhyaya B, Wang Y, Bruckel J, Block RC

Journal of clinical lipidology.. 2023 September 22 Epub 09/22/2023.

The development and initial validation of the PROMIS®+HF-27 and PROMIS+HF-10 profiles.

Ahmad FS, Jackson KL, Yount SE, Rothrock NE, Kallen MA, Lacson L, Bilimoria KY, Kho AN, Mutharasan RK, McCullough PA, Bruckel J, Fedson S, Kimmel SE, Eton DT, Grady KL, Yancy CW, Cella D

ESC heart failure.. 2022 July 15 Epub 07/15/2022.

Complications of transradial versus transfemoral access for neuroendovascular procedures: a meta-analysis.

Schartz D, Akkipeddi SMK, Ellens N, Rahmani R, Kohli GS, Bruckel J, Caplan JM, Mattingly TK, Bhalla T, Bender MT

Journal of neurointerventional surgery.. 2021 September 3 Epub 09/03/2021.

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Ayers B, Lee E, Wood K, Bruckel J, Alexis J, Vidula H, Barrus B, Prasad S, Gosev I

The Annals of thoracic surgery.. 2020 December 1 Epub 12/01/2020.

Risk of Arrhythmic Events Following Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Continuous Implantable Cardiac Monitoring.

Bleszynski PA, Goldenberg I, Fernandez G, Howell E, Younis A, Chen AY, McNitt S, Jeffrey Bruckel , Ling F, Cove C, Aktas MK

Heart rhythm.. 2020 August 24 Epub 08/24/2020.

Long-term milrinone therapy as a bridge to heart transplantation: Safety, efficacy, and predictors of failure.

Lee EC, McNitt S, Martens J, Bruckel JT, Chen L, Alexis JD, Storozynsky E, Thomas S, Gosev I, Barrus B, Goldenberg I, Vidula H

International journal of cardiology.. 2020 April 19 Epub 04/19/2020.

Depression and Angina Among Patients Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The OPEN-CTO Registry.

Yeh RW, Tamez H, Secemsky EA, Grantham JA, Sapontis J, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Nicholson WJ, Gosch K, Jones PG, Valsdottir LR, Bruckel J, Lombardi WL, Jaffer FA

JACC. Cardiovascular interventions.. 2019 April 812 (7):651-658. Epub 03/13/2019.

Do-Not-Resuscitate Status and Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission Rates Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Bruckel J, Nallamothu BK, Ling F, Howell EH, Lowenstein CJ, Thomas S, Bradley SM, Mehta A, Walkey AJ

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.. 2019 March 12 (3):e005196. Epub 1900 01 01.

Patterns of Resuscitation Care and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Bruckel JT, Wong SL, Chan PS, Bradley SM, Nallamothu BK

Journal of oncology practice. 2017 October 13 (10):e821-e830. Epub 08/01/2017.

Variation in Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Implications for Heart Failure Risk-Adjusted Hospital Mortality Metrics.

Bruckel J, Mehta A, Bradley SM, Thomas S, Lowenstein CJ, Nallamothu BK, Walkey AJ

JACC. Heart failure.. 2017 October 5 (10):743-752. Epub 1900 01 01.

Patient and Physician Perspectives on Public Reporting of Mortality Ratings for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in New York State.

Fernandez G, Narins CR, Bruckel J, Ayers B, Ling FS

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.. 2017 September 10 (9)Epub 1900 01 01.

The denominator problem: national hospital quality measures for acute myocardial infarction.

Bruckel J, Liu X, Hohmann SF, Karson AS, Mort E, Shahian DM

BMJ quality & safety.. 2017 March 26 (3):189-199. Epub 03/03/2016.

Improving Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Through Peer-to-Peer Assessment: Demonstration Project in Two Academic Medical Centers.

Mort E, Bruckel J, Donelan K, Paine L, Rosen M, Thompson D, Weaver S, Yagoda D, Pronovost P,

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality.. 2017 32 (5):472-479. Epub 10/23/2016.

Use of spaced education to deliver a curriculum in quality, safety and value for postgraduate medical trainees: trainee satisfaction and knowledge.

Bruckel J, Carballo V, Kalibatas O, Soule M, Wynne KE, Ryan MP, Shaw T, Co JP

Postgraduate medical journal.. 2016 March 92 (1085):137-44. Epub 01/06/2016.

Angina Severity, Depression, and Response to Percutaneous Revascularization in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Arteries.

Bruckel JT, Jaffer FA, O'Brien C, Stone L, Pomerantsev E, Yeh RW

The Journal of invasive cardiology.. 2016 February 28 (2):44-51. Epub 10/15/2015.

Feasibility of a Tablet Computer System to Collect Patient-reported Symptom Severity in Patients Undergoing Diagnostic Coronary Angiography.

Bruckel J, Wagle N, O'Brien C, Elias J, McKenna S, Meyers P, Fifer MA, Pomerantsev E, Yeh RW

Critical pathways in cardiology.. 2015 December 14 (4):139-45. Epub 1900 01 01.

Use of a heart team in decision-making for patients with complex coronary disease at hospitals in Michigan prior to guideline endorsement.

Bruckel JT, Gurm HS, Seth M, Prager RL, Jensen A, Nallamothu BK

PloS one.. 2014 9 (11):e113241. Epub 11/21/2014.

Evidence-based medicine and rapid response team implementation.

Bruckel J

McGill journal of medicine : MJM : an international forum for the advancement of medical sciences by students.. 2006 January 9 (1):5-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

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