Dr. Bruce is chief innovation officer for Mayo Clinic in Florida and medical director of the Mayo Clinic Berg Innovation Exchange, where he leads efforts to advance patient-centered innovation from early concept through commercialization. He was named Mayo Clinic’s “Distinguished Inventor” in 2023 and has more than 160 patent filings, 34 issued patents and seven co-founded startups, spanning diagnostics, therapeutics and digital health. Dr. Bruce has helped shape the Berg Innovation Exchange as an enterprise resource designed to democratize innovation support and connect clinicians, researchers and entrepreneurs around scalable solutions. His leadership was instrumental in securing a $50 million philanthropic gift in summer 2025 to accelerate the exchange’s mission and collaboration model. He also serves on the board of BioFlorida and regularly represents Mayo Clinic in national and international innovation forums and partnerships. Across his roles, Dr. Bruce focuses on removing barriers to execution, building alignment across stakeholders, and advancing inventions that can be licensed or optioned to extend impact beyond Mayo Clinic.
