Alex B. Ruan, MD
About Alex B. Ruan
Titles
Fellow
Awards and Honors
2015, Summa Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania
2015, Neysa Cristol Adams Prize in Biology, Honorable Mention
2014, Phi Beta Kappa
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2019-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2015-present, American Medical Association
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Residency
Pediatrics - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2021
Isidro RA, Ruan AB, Gannarapu S, et al. Medication‐specific variations in morphological patterns of injury in immune check‐point inhibitor‐associated colitis. Histopathology 2021;78(4):532–41.
2020
Jangi S, Ruan A, Korzenik J, de Silva P. South Asian Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States Demonstrate More Fistulizing and Perianal Crohn Phenotype. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020;26(12):1933–42.
Grover S, Ruan AB, Srivoleti P, et al. Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Pre-Existing Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microscopic Colitis. JCO Oncology Practice 2020;16(9):e933–42.
Grover S, Dougan M, Tyan K, Giobbie-Hurder A, Blum S, Ishizuka J, Qazi T, Elias R, Vora K, Ruan AB, Martin-Doyle W, et al. Vitamin D intake is associated with decreased risk of immune checkpoint inhibitor‐induced colitis. Cancer 2020;126(16):3758–67.
2018
Hillis JM*, Ruan AB*, Lazarus JE, Montgomery MW, Berkowitz AL. Clinical Reasoning: A 48-year-old woman with confusion, personality change, and multiple enhancing brain lesions. Neurology 2018;90(19):e1724–9. *Authorship shared equally