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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2010

Edward Kruse, DO, FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Surg Oncol
  • Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assoc

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

13409 Borolo Drive

Edinburg, TX 78541

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Specializing in surgery of the pancreas, liver and biliary tract. This includes laparoscopic surgery, resection of tumors (Whipple procedure, Distal pancreatectomy, bile duct resection or reconstruction, liver resection) and radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors. Performs Nanoknife ablation.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

Endocrine (Gland)

  • pancreatic endocrine tumors

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • feeding tubes
  • gastric cancer
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatic artery infusion pumps
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • skin gland tumors

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • biopsy of tumors
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • stomach cancer

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • doppler ultrasound
  • embolization procedures
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery
  • tumor ablation

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • anal cancer/tumors
  • basal cell cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • breast tumors in pregnancy
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • endocrine cancer
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • melanoma
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • pelvic tumors
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors

Thoracic

  • esophageal surgery

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • liver injury
  • liver resection

Hospital Appointments

Rio Grande Regional Hospital

McAllen, TX

Surgeon

07/2022—Present

Valley Baptist Medical Center

Harlingen, TX

Surgeon

08/2022—Present

South Texas Health Systems

McAllen, TX

Surgeon

04/2023—Present

Academic Appointments

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine at Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Professor

07/2006—06/2022

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

Edinburg, TX

Professor

07/2022—Present