Dr. Bruce Allyn Marts, DO

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About Me

Welcome to my personal web page. I feel it is important for patients and other visitors to this web site to understand a little bit more about my background. I am originally from New York City, having lived there through high school. I went to the University of Notre Dame, where I received a bachelor of science degree and also watched Notre Dame win its last football championship! I then obtained a master of science degree in physiology from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. I attended medical school back in New York, receiving a degree from The New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. I decided in medical school I wanted to pursue the excitement of emergency medicine, so I completed a 4 year residency at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York, which is a trauma center. I joined Kaiser Permanente in 2003 after completion of my residency.

My decision to become a physician occurred relatively early in life, when I was in junior high …school. I simply had an inner desire to help people and my interest in the sciences cemented my decision to pursue medicine as a career. I enjoy many aspects of practicing emergency medicine. I have an opportunity to meet a variety of people daily with various types of medical conditions, and this allows me to treat multiple medical problems each day. I also enjoy the hands-on nature of the emergency medicine field.

Kaiser Permanente has been a great working environment for me. The department I work for has strong camaraderie among the physicians and nurses, and is a positive work place. The Emergency Department is also a new construction within the last year and is state of the art, as well as expansive, allowing excellent medical care for our patients. As far as my own practice philosophy, I like to consider myself as a helping hand in improving a person's health, whether I'm physically treating a disease or providing some teaching material, and allowing at times the body to heal itself.

I belong to a few clinical organizations. I am a member of the American Osteopathic Association as well as the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. I recently became a member of the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California. My prior clinical interests included being a research assistant at Georgetown University where I assisted in multiple drug trials testing new medications on volunteer patients.

In my spare time, I enjoy exercising at the gym and am an avid football and baseball fan. I have been married for 9 years to my college sweetheart Sharon, and have a 3 year old daughter named Erika. I also like to cook in my free time and catch up on recent movies.