Christian T. Ruff
Experienced in Brugada Syndrome

Dr. Christian T. Ruff

Cardiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
Jamaica Plain, MA 

Experienced in Brugada Syndrome
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
Jamaica Plain, MA 
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Overview

Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH is the Director of General Cardiology in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ruff graduated from Harvard University, earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his masters of public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Ruff completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Ruff is a Senior Investigator in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group and serves the Director of the Genetics Core Laboratory and the Co-Chairman of the Clinical Events Committee. He has led a broad array of projects, ranging from investigator initiated studies of biomarkers and genetic variants to large clinical trials. Dr. Ruff has served on international clinical guideline committees and has been invited to give hundreds of lectures nationally and internationally. He has authored many scholarly articles, editorials, reviews, and book chapters that include the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Nature Reviews Cardiology.

Dr. Ruff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brugada Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ablation, and Angioplasty.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 182 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 1998 - 2003
Specialties
Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MA
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2006 - 2010
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Call: 857-858-6125
Other Locations
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 857-858-6125

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


180 Total Publications

Common genetic variants near SLC2A2 and glycemic response to glimepiride in the GRADE comparative effectiveness clinical trial.
Common genetic variants near SLC2A2 and glycemic response to glimepiride in the GRADE comparative effectiveness clinical trial.
Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
Published: November 24, 2025
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