Chertow, Bruce, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E
Professor of Medicine, Section Chief

Chertow, Bruce, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E,
Professor of Medicine, Section Chief

Dr. Chertow received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago (1965). He did a fellowship in endocrinology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. He is board certified in three areas, internal medicine, endocrinology and nuclear medicine. After training, he served as an endocrinologist in the army during the Viet Nam war. He returned to Chicago where he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Medicine as an endocrinologist in the Section of Endocrinology and was also a staff physician in endocrinology and nuclear medicine at the Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center. In 1991 he spent 8 months as Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical) Baker Medical Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia, leaning molecular biology techniques for research.
In 1978, he left the University of Illinois to become one of the pioneering physicians at Marshall University School of Medicine, starting their first section of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He has since served as Professor and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology and Professor of Anatomy.

He has received numerous research grants along with awards and honors at MUSOM, including the Marshall University Research Board, Distinguished Research Recognition Award for Research in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences in 1979 for research during1976-1978, and again in 1982 for research performed between 1979-1981. In 1992, he was chosen as The Outstanding Scholar at Marshall University and received the Meet-the-Scholar Award. In 1984, he served as President of the West Virginia Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association. And receive the Volunteer of the Year Award from the affiliate. In 1984, Dr. Chertow was the initiator of state funded West Virginia Diabetes Control Program.

He has authored numerous publications and presented his research on diabetes and bone disease and other endocrinology problems nationally. He has edited and co-authored books on problem solving and medical decision making in medicine. In1998 he was an invited speaker at the American Diabetes Association's 58th Annual Scientific Sessions Nutrition Symposium entitled Vitamin A and Gene Expression on the topic "Vitamin A is Required for Appropriate Islet Function".