CURRICULUM VITAE Carmen Ruiz, M.D. Office Address: Foreign Languages: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa Department of Surgery 4502 East 41 st Street 74135-2515 Spanish Education: Sept. 1992-June 1996 M.D. Harvard Medical School Sept. 1989-June 1992 March 1984-June 1989 B.S. in Biology, San Diego State University San Diego, CA Mira Costa Community College Oceanside, CA Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments: July 2002 June 2003 July 2001 June 2002 July 2000 2001: July 1997-June 2000 July 1996-June 1997 Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Clinical Trials Research Fellowship, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Administrative Chief Resident General Surgery Residency, General Surgery, Internship, General Surgery, Carmen Ruiz Page 1 November 2013
Professional Experience: July 2010 Present Residency Program Director Department of Surgery University of Oklahoma College of Medicine August 2009 Present August 2003 Present Medical Director OU Physicians Surgical Specialists Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery University of Oklahoma College of Medicine March 2004 October 2007 Consulting Colorectal Surgeon Veterans Administration Medical Center Muskogee, OK Licenses & Certifications: August 2006 Oklahoma License #23551 December 2004 American Board of Surgery September 2006 American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Professional Affiliations: American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Member: 2001 Present American College of Surgeons Resident Member, December 2001 Associate Fellow, November 2003 Fellow: October 2001 American College of Surgeons, Oklahoma Chapter Councilor: 2010-2012 Honors/Awards: Cum Laude Graduate Honorary Society of Phi Kappa Phi Alpha Epsilon Delta Honorary Premedical Society Dorie Voltz Memorial Scholarship President s Permanent Honor Roll National Hispanic Scholarship Proctor and Gamble Scholarship Anonymous Scholarship Golden Key Honor Society Carmen Ruiz Page 2 November 2013
Research: Carmen Ruiz MD. Videoconference Interviews as an Adjunct to Traditional Resident Recruitment Interviews Poster presentation, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Research Day 2011. Primary Arteriovenous Fistula Inflow Proximalization for Patients at High Risk of Dialysis Access-Associated Steal Syndrome. Brown R, Ruiz C, Jennings WC. Abstract submitted to OU-Tulsa Research Day 2011. Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Heidi Nelson, M.D., Ex-vivo Lymph Node Mapping in Staging of Colon Cancer Podium presentation, Minnesota Surgical Society, 2002 Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Tonia Young-Fadok, M.D., Heidi Nelson, M.D., Surgeon Experience in Laparoscopic Colectomy Results in Operative Times Similar to Open and Improved Postoperative Benefits Podium presentation, Minnesota Surgical Society, 2002 Poster presentation, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2002 Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Heidi Nelson, M.D., Tonia Young-Fadok, M.D., Short-term Qualityof-Life After Laparoscopic Assisted Colectomy for Cancer Can it be Explained? Can it be Predicted? Podium presentation, North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Surgery Committee Meeting Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Tonia Young-Fadok M.D., Patterns of Hormone Flux and Fluid Mobilization Associated with Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection Publications: Hassan I, Drelichman, ER, Wolff, BG, Ruiz, C, Sobczac, SC, Larson, DW. Exposure to Electrocautery Toxins-Understanding a potential occupational hazard. Professional Safety. April 2006. Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Erwin F. Hirsch, M.D., John L. Cameron, M.D., Management of Rectal Injuries. Current Surgical Therapy 7 th Edition, Mosby 2001. Hamdan AD. Aiello LP. Quist WC. Ozaki CK. Contreras MA. Phaneuf MD. Ruiz C. King GL. LoGerfo FW. Isolation of genes differentially expressed at the downstream anastomosis of prosthetic arterial grafts with use of mrna differential display. Journal of Vascular Surgery. Feb. 1995. Presentations: Crohn s Disease OU Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK October 29, 2003 Colorectal Cancer Screening OU Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK November 12, 2003 OU Family Medicine Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK January 6, 2004 Carmen Ruiz Page 3 November 2013
Surgical Management of Intraperitoneal Colon Injuries Multidisciplinary Trauma Conference, Tulsa OK June 24, 2004 Benign Anorectal Disease OU Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK August 4, 2004 Recognition and Management of Benign Perianal Disease American College of Surgeons, Tulsa OK August 27, 2004 Malignant Anal Disease OU Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK May 25, 2005 Diverticulitis OU Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK October 26, 2005 New Options in Colonoscopy American College of Surgeons, Tulsa OK August 25, 2006 Clostridium Difficile Colitis, Recognition and Management Combined OU Surgery and Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK April 18, 2007 Preventing Cancer of the Colon and Rectum University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Mini Med School May 15, 2007 University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Mini Med School October 24, 2013 The Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer Cherokee Nation Cancer Summit, Tulsa OK March 7, 2008 Rectal Cancer OU Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulsa OK July 10, 2013 Committee Membership: St. John Medical Center, Surgery Section Committee Vice Chair: January 2012 Present Secretary: January 2010 December 2011 Member: August 2003 December 2009 St. John Quality Assurance and Credentialing Committee Chair: January 2012 - Present Vice Chair: January 2011 December 2011 Secretary: January 2010 December 2010 St. John Medical Center Medical Records Committee Member: January 2005 December 2010 Carmen Ruiz Page 4 November 2013
St. John Medical Center Cancer Committee Member: July 2008 December 2010 Graduate Medical Education Consortium University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Tulsa OK Member: July 2010 - present Risk Management Committee University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Tulsa OK Member: January 2007 Present Tulsa Medical Education Foundation Quality Care Committee University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Tulsa OK Member: February 2007-2011 Other Professional Work: Carmen Ruiz, M.D., John H. Pemberton, M.D., Manuscript review. British Journal of Surgery Carmen Ruiz, M.D., Heidi Nelson, M.D., Manuscript review. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Carmen Ruiz, M.D., James M. Becker, M.D., Manuscript review. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Carmen Ruiz Page 5 November 2013