ChristianTRuffMD

Cardiovascular Disease Genetics

Director of General Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Office
75 Francis St
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-6660

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2006 - 2009
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2005 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

670 citations
Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report
Gregory Y.H. Lip, Amitava Banerjee, Giuseppe Boriani, Chern En Chiang, Ramiz Fargo
Chest. 2012-02-01
1471 citations
Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.
Stephen D Wiviott, Itamar Raz, Marc P Bonaca, Ofri Mosenzon, Eri T Kato
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2019-01-24
68 citations
Variability of individual platelet reactivity over time in patients treated with clopidogrel: insights from the ELEVATE-TIMI 56 trial.
Willibald Hochholzer, Christian T. Ruff, Robert A. Mesa, John F. Mattimore, John F. Cyr
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2014-07-29

Journal Articles

Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
Stephen D Wiviott, Marc S Sabatine, Christian T Ruff, Marc P Bonaca, Deepak L Bhatt, Darren K McGuire, The New England Journal of Medicine
Cardiovascular Safety of Lorcaserin in Overweight or Obese Patients
Erin A Bohula, Stephen D Wiviott, Benjamin M Scirica, Darren K McGuire, Marc S Sabatine, Marc P Bonaca, Christian T Ruff, Silvio E Inzucchi, The New England Journal of Medicine

Lectures

Anticoagulation
2019 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Philadelphia - 4/13/2019
Debate: Patient With AF and Atherosclerosis Both an Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant are Needed
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Press Mentions

As Blood Pressure Medicine Recalled Due to Cancer Risk, Here Are Similar Recalls and Why They Happened — Eat This Not ThatJanuary 3rd, 2023
As Blood Pressure Medicine Recalled Due to Cancer Risk, Here Are Similar Recalls and Why They HappenedJanuary 2nd, 2023
Risk-Taking Behavior Linked to Anatomical and Functional Differences in Specific Brain RegionsJanuary 29th, 2021
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