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CURRICULUM VITAE

Juan P. Ruiz MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children’s Wisconsin - Specialty Clinics Building
8915 W Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
1987 - 1993 M.D., Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, Bogotá, Colombia
1995 Cultural and Intensive English Program, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
2002 - 2005 Family Medicine Residency, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program, Appleton, WI
2005 - 2007 Pediatric Residency, Grand Rapids Medical and Education Research Center (GRMERC)/Michigan State University (MSU), Grand Rapids, MI
2007 - 2010 Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2010 - Present Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
2007 - 2010 Instructor in Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2010 - Present Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - 2005 Chief Resident, Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program, Appleton, WI
2006 - 2007 House Staff Council member. Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center / Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1993 - 1995 Staff Physician, Hospital San Vicente de Paul, Garzón (Huila), Colombia
1996 Staff Physician, Previmedic, Bogotá, Colombia
1996 Staff Physician, Clínica del Country, Bogotá, Colombia
1996 Staff Physician, Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia
1997 - 2001 Medical Assistant, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Family Care Center, Iowa City, IA
1998 - 2001 Spanish Medical Interpreter, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
2001 Enrollment Coordinator/ Medical Record Reviewer, Johns Hopkins University, Iowa City, IA
2001 - 2002 Clinical Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine Division, Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2001 - 2005 Spanish Medical Interpreter, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - 2008 Staff Physician, Spectrum Health Urgent Care Centers, Grand Rapids, MI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
2006 - 2008 Spectrum Health Urgent Care Centers, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 - Present Overland Park Medical Regional Center, Overland Park, KS
2010 - Present University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Family Medicine
2005
2012
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
PALS
11/30/2012
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Kansas License
06/30/2011
Wisconsin License
10/31/2011
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1997 Recognition of Research and Quality Management, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
1998 Above and Beyond the Call of Duty, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
2001 Above and Beyond the Call of Duty, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
2007 Best Resident Teaching Award, Michigan State University/CHM Grand Rapids Class of 2007.
2007 Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Michigan State University / Pediatrics.
2007 Scholarly Project/ Research Award, "Best Body Area to Measure Transcutaneous Bilirubin in Neonates", Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
2008 Best Resident Clinical Study, "Best Body Area to Measure Transcutaneous Bilirubin in Neonates" Grand Rapids Medical and Education Research Center.
2008 Academic Pediatric Association Region V Resident Research Abstract Competition, "Best Body Area to Measure Transcutaneous Bilirubin in Neonates", Pediatric Academic Societies.
2009 American Thoracic Society International Conference, Travel Scholarship Recipient.
2009 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Outstanding Teacher among the Pediatric Fellows.

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2002 - Present American Medical Association
2002 - Present American Academy of Family Physicians
2003 - Present Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
2005 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics
2007 - Present American Thoracic Society
2007 - Present American College of Chest Physicians
2010 - Present Latinoamerican Society of Pediatric Pulmonary

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2010 - Present Newborn Screening Advisory Committee (member), State of Kansas
2011 - Present Kansas Asthma Task Force, Kansas City, Kansas

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2008 - 2010 Board of Directors and Medical Division Director. UniBosque Global Alumni (UBOGA)
2011 - Present Executive Director. UniBosque Global Alumni (UBOGA)

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
"Medical techniques when an interpreter is used", University of Iowa, Martin Luther King Human Rights Week, 2001
"Effective use of interpreters during medical interview and examination", University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pediatrics, 2001
Presentation: "Bacterial endocarditis", Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency, 2003
Presentation: "Hypocalcemia in infants", Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency, 2003
Presentation: "Kawasaki's disease", Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency, 2004
Pediatric Grand Rounds: "Acute lymphoblastic leukemia", Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, 2006
Presentations at Pediatric Pulmonary Fellows Conference CHW/MCW- Journal Club: "Effects of outpatient asthma education activities on clinical outcomes": Interpretation of broncholaveolar lavage-Pulmonary complications in immunosuppressed patients, 2008 - 2010
Presentation: Asthma Overview. Teach Asthma Management: An Interactive Seminar for Clinicians, Flight Asthma Milwaukee Allies Coalition, 2009
Cystic Fibrosis Update. Pediatric Grand Attending Rounds. University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas, 2010
Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 2011
 
Regional
Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Children. University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas, 2009
 
National
Unusual case of pneumonia. Case presentation by Pulmonary Fellows. Celebration in Pediatric Pulmonology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2008
Foreign medical graduates: facts and reality of the transition into the US health care system. UBOGA - Universidad El Bosque. Washington, DC, 2009
Clinical Images in Pediatric Pulmonology. American Thoracic Society. San Diego, California, 2009
 
International
Pediatric training and research opportunities in the United States. Universidad El Bosque. Bogotá, Colombia, 2010
Medical Education: Transition for a foreign medical graduate into the American health system: ups and downs. UBOGA - Universidad El Bosque, Third International Meeting. Bogotá, Colombia, 2010
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - 2010 Under Represented Minorities Housestaff Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2010 - Present Pediatric Residency Committee, University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas
2010 - Present Cystic Fibrosis Center Program Associated Director, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
2010 - Present Faculty Developmental Committee - Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2005 - 2007 GRMERC / MSU / Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. Preceptor, Required MS4 Pediatric Clerkship: Orient, precept, teach and evaluate medical students.
2008 - 2010 MS3Intersession on Professionalism. Facilitator.
2008 - 2010 Adult and Pediatric Applied Respiratory Physiology Course for MS4. Presenter, 1 hr/ course / year.
 
Resident and Fellow Education
2007 - 2010 Precept and teach pediatric residents during inpatient Critical Care and Pulmonary (inpatient and outpatient) rotations. Interactive presentations during Critical Care rotation 1-2/month (3-5/year).
2008 - 2010 "Pulmonary Challenge" . Monthly pediatric and sleep medicine questions sent to pediatric and med/peds residents.
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
2010 - Present University of Kansas School of Medicine, MS4 Pediatric Pulmonary Clerkship
2010 - Present University of Kansas School of Medicine, Problem Based Learning Cases for MS3.
 
Resident and Fellow Education
2005 - 2007 GRMERC / MSU / Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Orient, precept, teach and evaluate junior pediatric residents, mostly during inpatient rotations. 1-Hr. interactive presentations during clinic days (3-4/year).
2010 University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Lecture: Asthma overview.
2011 University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas, Lecture: Cystic Fibrosis overview.
2011 University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas, Lecture: Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation.
2011 University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Lecture: Scholarly activity: Friend or foe?
2011 University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas City, Kansas, Lecture: Status Asthmaticus.
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
Benjamin Ekstrom, Brian Meier, Maaria Syed, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008 - 2010 First Year Medical Student Mentor Program, GURU Program
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Handbook for Residents. Contributor. 2007