Dr. Bruce Troen, MD
Not yet claimedGeriatrician · Physician (MD)
Kansas City, KS
Dr. Bruce Troen is a geriatric medicine physician who leads the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Landon Center on Aging at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His role includes both aging research and academic leadership.
About Dr. Bruce Troen, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Bruce R. Troen is a geriatrician and physician-scientist in Kansas City, Kansas. He is Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and Director of the Landon Center on Aging (https://www.kumc.edu/research/landon-center-on-aging/about/faculty.html). He is also a physician-investigator with the Kansas City VA Healthcare System (https://www.kumc.edu/research/landon-center-on-aging/research/translational-geroscience.html).
He earned his bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1981. He trained in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital (Washington University, St. Louis), did a research fellowship at the NIH, and completed a clinical geriatrics fellowship at the University of Michigan (https://findadoctor.kansashealthsystem.com/provider/bruce-r-troen/2434392). His KUMC bio says he has worked as a VA physician-investigator for more than 35 years and is trained in both geriatrics and molecular biology (https://www.kumc.edu/btroen.html). Before moving to Kansas, he led the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the University at Buffalo (https://www.kumc.edu/btroen.html).
Much of his public work is research on aging, bone health, and frailty. His ResearchGate profile lists 141 publications and about 5,774 citations (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruce-Troen). His current listed grants include a study of high-intensity interval training to reduce frailty in older veterans and a study of bright light therapy for thinking skills in older veterans (https://www.doximity.com/pub/bruce-troen-md). He teaches in the KU geriatric medicine fellowship program (https://www.kumc.edu/research/landon-center-on-aging/academics/geriatrics-fellowship/program-director-and-faculty.html).
CMS Open Payments records show $0 in industry payments to him across 0 records for 2021 through 2025 (https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/).
- Chief of geriatrics at KU
- He is Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and Director of the Landon Center on Aging. kumc.edu
- Harvard medical training
- He completed his bachelor's degree at Harvard College and earned his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1981. findadoctor.kansashealthsystem.com
- Geriatrics fellowship training
- He trained in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, did a research fellowship at the NIH, and completed a clinical geriatrics fellowship at the University of Michigan. findadoctor.kansashealthsystem.com
- VA physician-investigator
- His KUMC bio states he has been a VA physician-investigator for more than 35 years and is formally trained in geriatrics and molecular biology. He currently works with the Kansas City VA Healthcare System. kumc.edu
- Research on aging
- His ResearchGate profile lists 141 publications and roughly 5,774 citations. A 2025 paper he senior-authored in GeroScience studied nicotinamide riboside and brain health in aged mice. researchgate.net
- National conference co-chair
- He co-chaired a National Institute on Aging and American Geriatrics Society conference on osteoporosis and soft tissue (muscle and fat) disorders, and co-authored its summary report. kumc.edu
- American Geriatrics Society Fellow
- He was named a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society in 2014. This is a society honor rather than a board certification. medicine.buffalo.edu
- Awards for scholarship and service
- He received the University at Buffalo Exceptional Scholar Sustained Achievement Award in 2020 and the Amherst Senior Citizens Foundation Senior Leadership Award in 2018. medicine.buffalo.edu
- Current research grants
- Listed active grants include high-intensity interval training to reduce frailty in older veterans (2023-2027) and bright light therapy for thinking skills in older veterans (2023-2024). doximity.com
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. Industry payments are common and legal, and none were reported here. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- No primary board certification record (ABIM or ABMS) was found in the sources reviewed. One insurer directory listing for his NPI shows the board certification field as 'Not Provided.' He is credentialed and listed as a geriatric medicine specialist. phppd.providence.org
- His national NPI registry record still lists an older Miami, Florida practice address and a Florida license number, rather than his current Kansas City location. npiprofile.com
- His X (Twitter) bio still lists his previous University at Buffalo role rather than his current position at the University of Kansas. twitter.com
- The research for this profile could not complete checks of state medical board records or malpractice and court records, so nothing is reported for those categories either way. npiprofile.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Landon Center on Aging
3495 Bailey Ave
Kansas City, KS 14215
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