DAVID M. BRUSER

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DAVID M. BRUSER Dr. David M. Bruser, 94, of Winnipeg, died at West Park Manor December 26, 2005. The funeral was held Thursday, December 29 at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. Burial was in Shaarey Zedek Cemetery. Bruser was born May 11, 1911, in Humboldt, SK, the son of Calman and Hinda Bruser. He completed high school at St. Johns College in Winnipeg and earned a B.A. at the University of Manitoba. Bruser received his M.D. from the university in 1936, and served as a junior and senior intern in general surgery at Winnipeg General Hospital. After a six month stint in the pathology department at Stanford University in California, he returned to Winnipeg General as senior resident in surgery. Bruser received a Master of Surgery degree in 1939 and was certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In July of that same year, he married Gladys Sirluck, a native of Winkler, MB. When the Second World War broke out, Bruser joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was seconded to the Royal Air Force and served as Medical Officer at training stations in Penhold, AB and at Fort MacLeod, where the young men in training would later fly in the Battle of Britain. In 1944, Bruser was decorated with the Member of the British Empire medal. He continued serving with the R.C.A.F. combined services at Deer Lodge Veterans Hospital. Bruser was discharged in 1945 with the rank of Squadron Leader. In 1950, he took the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons in Montreal, where he received his Fellowship in Orthopaedics. He then began practice in Winnipeg at the Mall Medical Group, which he and a group of friends and colleagues founded. At the same time, Bruser began lecturing in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Manitoba. He held orthopaedic appointments at Winnipeg General Hospital, Misericordia General, Deer Lodge Veterans Hospital and later at the Manitoba Rehabilitation Centre. He also served as chief of orthopaedics at Misericordia General and Deer Lodge. Bruser retired from the University of Manitoba faculty in 1978 as Associate Professor of Medicine and was elevated to the Honourary Medical Staff at the Health Sciences Centre. He retired completely from practice in 1987. Bruser specialized in knee surgery and his article on the approach to the lateral miniscus of the knee joint, which he originated, was published in the British Journal of Orthopaedics and the definitive text book, Campbells Operative Orthopaedics. Bruser also served as surgeon to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and traveled with the team. In retirement, David and Gladys continued to live in Winnipeg, with intervals each spring and fall on the Island of Mallorca, off the coast off Spain. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Gladys; children, Barbara, Bert and Joan, and Brina; and grandchildren, Jessica and Heath, and David and Brooke.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 03, 2006