Medical College of Wisconsin
CTSICores SearchResearch InformaticsREDCap

CURRICULUM VITAE

Franklin J. Ruiz MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Clinical

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children's Hospital
9000 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
05/05/1981 - 05/22/1987 Medical Doctor, Universidad de Guayaquil, School of Medicine, Guayaquil, Ecuador

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/1994 - 06/30/1995 Internship Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203
07/01/1995 - 06/30/1998 Resident Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/1998 - 06/30/1999 Fellowship Pediatric Anesthesia, Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3350 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

MILITARY SERVICE:
NONE

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/1999 - Present Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesia, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226
02/16/2021 - Present Liaison Global Health, Anesthesiology, MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, 9000 W WISCONSIN AVE, ms 735, MILWAUKEE, WI 53226

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
NONE

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
NONE

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
NONE

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
NONE

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/01/1999 - Present Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Children's Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, MS 735, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/1999 - Present Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226
03/28/2001 - Present Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Surgery Center of Greater MIlwaukee, 3223 South 103 rd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Anesthesiology
10/05/2001
12/31/2021
Pediatric Anesthesiology
09/13/2014
12/31/2024
 
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
04/21/2020
04/21/2020
Advance Cardiac Life Support
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine
04/21/2020
04/21/2022
 

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Medicine and Surgery
37920
07/26/1996
10/31/2021
Graduate Medical Trainee
MT-043665-T
04/13/1998
06/30/1999
 

AWARDS AND HONORS:
07/1996 - Present Letter of Commendation for Academic Achievement, Medical College of Wisconsin
06/30/2002 - Present Teacher of the Year , Medical College of Wisconsin

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
11/1996 - 12/2006 State Medical Society of Wisconsin (Active Member)
07/1999 - Present American Society Of Anesthesiology (Active Member)
07/2000 - Present Wisconsin Society Anesthesia (Active Member)
08/01/2006 - 12/30/2008 American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow)
02/15/2012 - Present Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (Active Member)
12/2012 - 12/2016 Ecuadorian Society of ANesthesiologist (Honorary Member )

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
03/20/2020 - Present Global Heart Journal

INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
12/2014 - 12/2016 Technical Advisor, Education Committee, Ecuadorian Society of Anesthsiology

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Ruiz, FJ, Pediatric Airway Considerations, First Trauma Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 01/2000
Ruiz, FJ, Pediatric AIrway Trauma Workshop, Second Trauma COnference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 01/2001
Ruiz, FJ, Pediatric Airway Workshop, Third Trauma Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 01/05/2002
Ruiz, FJ, Pediatric Airway Management, Fourth Annual Trauma Workshop, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 01/11/2003
Ruiz, F, Pediatric Airway Workshop, Trauma Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 01/2007
 
Regional
Ruiz, FJ; Voulgarelis, S, Operating Room Pediatric Airway Management, 2018 Arndt Advanced Skills in Airway Management, Madison, Wisconsin, 09/29/2018 - 09/28/2018
Ruiz, FJ; Voulgarelis, S, Instructor Pediatric Airway Management, 2018 Arndt Advanced Skills in Airway Management, Madison, Wisconsin, 09/29/2018
 
National
Ruiz, FJ, Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway, American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2002, Orlando Florida, 10/12/2002 - 10/16/2002
 
International
Ruiz, FJ, Update Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Care, Update in Pediatric Anesthesia Conference by Medical Missions for Children, San Salvador, El Salvador, 03/2005
Ruiz, FJ; Gregory, G, Vasoactive Agents, Application in Clinical Anesthesia Practice, International Interplast Anesthesia Conference, Lima, Peru, 02/2007
Ruiz, FJ; Gregory, G, Anesthesia Considerations for Preemies, International Interplast Anesthesia Conference, Lima, Peru, 02/2007
Ruiz, FJ; Gregory G, Anesthesia Considerations for Pediatric Emergencies, International Interplast Anesthesia Conference, Lima, Peru, 02/2007
Ruiz, FJ; Gregory, G, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia for Non Cardiac Surgery, International Interplast Anesthesia Conference, Lima, Peru, 02/2007
Ruiz, FJ Gregory, G, Monitoring Clinical Applications, International Interplast Anesthesia Conference, Lima, Peru, 02/2007
Ruiz, FJ, Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Congenital Heart Disease, Gift of Life International, Update in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, San Salvador, El Salvador, 03/2012
Ruiz, FJ, Management of Tetralogy of Fallot, Gift of Life International Update in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, San Salvador, El Salvador, 03/2012
Ruiz, FJ; Oldham, K, Controversies in Pediatric Anesthesia, Congreso Internacional de Cirugia Pediatrica y Transplante, Lima, Peru, 09/2016
Ruiz, FJ; Hoffman GM; Gregory, G, Sedation in Pediatric Patients, XIV Ecuadorian Congress of Anesthesiology, Manta, Ecuador, 11/03/2016 - 11/2016
Ruiz, F, Instructor, Pediatric Airway Workshop, XIV Ecuadorian COngress Anesthesiology, Manta Ecuador, 11/03/2016 - 11/05/2016
Ruiz, FJ; Hoffman, GM; Gregory, G, Challanges and Disasters in the Management of Pediatric Airway, XIV Ecuadorian Congress of Anesthesiology, Manta, Ecuador, 11/03/2016 - 11/05/2016
Ruiz, FJ; Hoffman, GM; Gregory, G, Cardiomyopathy, Principles for Anesthesia Management, XIV Ecuadorian Congress of Anesthesiology, Manta, Ecuador, 11/03/2016 - 11/05/2016
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Regional
Ruiz, FJ; Woehlck HJ, Modeling of Carbon Monoxide Exposures from Desflurane Breakdown: Effect of size and hematocrit, Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 03/1998
Ruiz FJ; Tellez-Hernandez L., Airway Management for a Neonate with Pierre Robin Sequence and Stickler Syndrome, Midwest ANesthesia Residents Conference 2019 Meeting, Detroit Michigan, 04/12/2019
Ochoa J,;Kirkpatrick E.; Ruiz FJ,; Wakeham M,; Munoz G,, Modified DALY averted equation to calculate cost effectiveness of humanitarian congenitaldisease surgery in Peru, MIdwest Pediatric Cardiology Society, Cincinnati Ohio, 08/07/2020
 
National
H J Woehlck, F.J. Ruiz, M. Dunning III, Physical effects of carbon monoxide production from Desflurane breakdown. Mathematical modeling of carbon monoxide exposure to Desflurane,, American Society of Anesthesiolgists Annual Meeting 1998, Orlando Florida, 10/1998
Ruiz FJ, Morris J, Pontus S, Farber N, Management of Difficult Airway, Pediatric Airway video presentation and fiber optic intubation model, American SOciety of Anesthesiologists Annual meeting 2002, Orlando Florida, 10/2002
Ruiz FJ., Management of Difficult Pediatric Airway, video presentation, New York State Society of Anesthesiologist 56th Post Graduate Anesthesia Meeting, New York, New York, 12/2002
Ruiz FJ, Pontus S., Practical Model Demonstration Difficult Pediatric Airway, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting 2003, New Orleans Louisiana, 03/2003
Ruiz FJ; Willer BL., Geleophysic Dysplasia and Pulmonary Hypertension: A rare Genetic Disorder and the Anesthetic Challenge it Presented for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2016, Chicago Illinois, 10/22/2016 - 10/26/2016
Ochoa J,;Kirkpatrick E.; Ruiz FJ,; Wakeham M,; Munoz G,, Modified DALY averted equation to calculate cost effectiveness of humanitarian congenitaldisease surgery in Peru, Society Thoracic Surgeons Meeting 2020, Chicago Illinois, 08/07/2020
 
International
Kho J; Ruiz FJ, Anesthetic Approach to a Double Aortic Arch as a Cause of Stridor, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco California, 05/21/2016 - 05/24/2016
Ruiz Fj; Kho J., Anesthetic Challenges of a Pediatric Double Aortic Arch. Poster Presentation, 16th World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Hong Kong China, 08/28/2016 - 09/02/2016
Ruiz Fj; Fons R; Scott J; Hoffman G., Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Primary Hepatic Pheochromocytoma Poster Presentation, 16th World Congress Anesthesiologists, Hong Kong China, 08/28/2016 - 09/02/2016
Munoz G; Ruiz FJ, Anesthetic Management of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Of the Right Ventricle Causing Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a 7 month-old, World Congress Anesthesiologists Poster Presentation, Prague Czeck Republic, 08/2020
Ruiz FJ; Fons R; Tanem J; Hoffman GM, Anesthesia Management of high risk procedures in a Pediatric Patient with Complex Venous Malformations, World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Prague Czech Republic, 08/2020
Ruiz FJ; Munoz G, Kawashima Blues, World Congress of Anesthesiologist, Prague Czech Republic, 08/2020
Ruiz FJ; Batakji M; Rusy L; Munoz G, Dexmedetomidine bolus converts Atrial Fibrillation to Sinus Rhythm Case Report, World Congress Anesthesiologists, Prague Czech Republic, 08/2020
Munoz G; Zykes Z; Ruiz FJ, Anesthetic Management of A Pediatric Patient with Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum, World Congress of Anesthesiologists Poster Presentation, Prague Czech Republic, 08/2020
Munoz G; Ruiz FJ, Post-obstructive Pulmonary Edema After Aspirated Nuts Removal, World Congress of ANesthesiologists, Prague Czech Republic, 08/2020
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
07/1999 - Present Daily supervision, instruction during third and fourth year medical student rotation in the operating room at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
 
Resident and Fellow Education
07/01/1999 - Present Anesthesia Lecture Monthly Series Lecture Topics: Pediatric Airway Management Pediatric Syndromes Pediatric Airway Trauma Management Single Lung Ventilation Jet Ventilation for Pediatric Patient Mediastinal Mass Pediatric Management Tetralogy of Fallot Left to Right Cardiac Lesion Review of Congenital Heart Disease PBLD (advanced cardiac topics) Mock Oral Exams (Fellows) Quality Assurance
07/1999 - Present Daily supervision and instruction of Anesthesia Residents and Rotating Residents from other specialties at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
08/2001 - 08/2004 Advanced Airway Workshop for Pediatric Fellows at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Continuing Medical Education
07/1999 - Present Yearly participation in Continuing Medical Education to satisfy American Board of Anesthesiologists
07/2000 - Present Participate in MOCA recertification
 

GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES:
11/2000 - 11/2010 Organized by Inteplast Inc. Yearly Surgical Mission Trip to Ecuador different locations (Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Loja ) Staff/Head Anesthesiologist. Duration one week
03/2004 Medical College of Wisconsin Sponsored Pediatrics Plastics Surgical Mission. Head Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Dedicated to Cleft Lip-Palate and Maxillo Facial Reconstruction. Duration: One week. Location: Trujillo, Peru
03/2006 Organized by Medical MIssions for Children. Staff Anesthesiologist. Dedicated to Microtia and Plastics Surgeries. Duration: One week. Location: San Salvador. El Salvador
10/2006 - 10/2010 Interplast Inc. non for profit organization. Anesthesia Committee Board Member. San Francisco California USA
09/10/2008 - 09/2014 Hearts with Hope Int, non for profit organization , dedicate to Congenital Cardiac Surgical Missions. Focused in primary cardiac repairs. Head Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist. Duration one week, Location Arequipa Peru
09/2010 - 09/2014 Heart with Hope Int. Member of the Anesthesia Board Los Angeles California
09/2012 Pediatric Surgery Department at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Pediatric General Surgical Mission, Head Pediatric Anesthesiologist Duration: one week. Location: Yantalo, Peru
11/2012 Pediatric Surgery Department at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Duration: One week Surgical/Educational Mission, Focused in gastric interposition Surgery and other Complex procedures. Location: Lima, Peru
08/2016 Pediatric Surgery Departement at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Pediatric General Surgical Mission Head Pediatric Anesthesiologist Duration: One week Location: Yantalo, Peru
03/10/2018 - 03/17/2018 Grupo Wisconsin. Co Director. Congenital Cardiac Medical Surgical Mission to INSA Pediatric Hospital. Focused in the complete treatment of Complex Cardiac Disease. Head Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist Duration: One week. Location: Lima Peru
03/16/2019 - 03/23/2019 Grupo Wisconsin. Co Director. Congenital Cardiac Medical Surgical Mission to INSA Pediatric Hospital. Focused in the complete treatment of Complex Cardiac Disease. Head Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist Duration: One Week Location: Lima, Peru
10/2019 Milwaukee Pediatric Heart Missions non for Profit organization Co-Founder Co-Director Focused in the complete treatment of Complex Cardiac Disease, and teaching in austere environments.
 

LETTER TO EDITOR:
01/2001 Inadvertent Caudal Epidural Injection of Cefazolin. Mchaourab,A MD.; Ruiz, F MD. Anesthesiology January 2001, Vol. 94, 184. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-200101000-00045