Biographical Sketch
David Bronson, MD, is Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute and serves as a member of the Executive Management Team. He also practices internal medicine on the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Bronson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maine, his MD degree from the University of Vermont, and completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Vermont, where he served as Chief Resident.
He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians, and serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the American Medical Association. He has published and presented papers in the areas of preoperative assessment, quality improvement, smoking cessation, predictive instruments, practice management and patient satisfaction.
Dr. Bronson has been with Cleveland Clinic since 1992 where he served as Chairman of the Department of General Internal Medicine prior to chairing the Division of Medical Regional Practice from 1995-2007. Before 1992, he was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
The Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute includes 220 internists, family physicians, hospitalist, geriatricians and infectious disease specialists practicing at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and 14 suburban practice locations in Greater Cleveland.
Specialty Interests
Consultation, Diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 7/30/2008, Dr.
Bronson has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Fiduciary Role. Dr. Bronson serves in a fiduciary capacity, such as an officer or director, for the following companies or other entities:
American College of Physicians
American Group Practice Association
