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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Attack. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ablation, and Angioplasty.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 181 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 33 articles in the study of Heart Attack.
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Locations
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
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.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Atrial FibrillationDr. Ruff isElite. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
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- AtherosclerosisDr. Ruff isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Ruff isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Ruff isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Heart FailureDr. Ruff isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
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- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Ruff isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- AnginaDr. Ruff isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- AngioplastyDr. Ruff isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Ruff isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Ruff isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.