Charles Bruce

Dr. Charles Bruce serves as chief innovation officer for Mayo Clinic in Florida, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange, assistant medical director for the Department of Business Development, and as a director for business development in the Center for Regenerative Medicine. He is a professor of Medicine and practicing cardiologist, a researcher, and inventor. Dr. Bruce is an accomplished innovator who has helped create seven startup companies. He is named on nearly 100 technology invention disclosures and a patent inventor on more than 160 patent filings, with 34 issued patents to date. Thirty-three of his technologies have been licensed or optioned. His unique perspective into the challenges of health care delivery is shaped by his medical experiences in South Africa and the United States. He serves on the Boards of BioFlorida and SolasCure.

Interests

• Clinical cardiology
• Structural heart disease
• Vavular heart disease
• Marfan syndrome
• Echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal and stress)
• Guiding transcatheter based intervention

Education

• 2000
  Fellow - Cardiology
  Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  Resident
  Cardiovascular Disease, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  
• 1996
  Resident - Internal Medicine
  Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  Resident
  Internal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  
• 1994
  Resident - Internal Medicine
  Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town