Professor of medicine and pediatrics at University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Ruiz recently stepped down as chief of pediatric cardiology to become director of the Structural and Congenital Heart Disease program of the Department of Interventional Cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital of New York. He is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist recognized for his pioneering work in the field of interventions for structural heart disease and congenital heart disease.
Dr. Ruiz is an accomplished clinician, educator, and researcher who has published over 150 articles on the subject of interventional cardiology, including interventions in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and structural and congenital heart disease. He is a coeditor of several interventional cardiology books and numerous book chapters. He is one of the pioneers of the double-balloon mitral and aortic valvuloplasty technique and has been a pioneer in the emerging field of percutaneaous cardiac valve implantations.
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Lenox Hill Hospital
Department of Interventional Cardiology
130 East 77th Street
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New York, NY 10021
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