Full-time Faculty

John T. Ruth, M.D.
Head - Department of Orthopaedics
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency Program Director
Head, Orthopaedic Trauma Service

Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma

Address:

707 North Alvernon Way
Tucson, AZ 85711

Phone: (520) 694-8000

Education

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Arizona College of Medicine, MD 1984

INTERNSHIP

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, Department of General Surgery, 1984-86

RESIDENCY

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1986-90

FELLOWSHIP

Orthopaedic Traumatology
Maryland Institute for Emergency, Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD

Professional Experience

Department Head
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/2007 - Present

Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Tucson, Arizona
7/2006 - Present

Associate Professor, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/2004 - 6/2006

Head, Orthopaedic Trauma Service
Section/Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/1991 - Present

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Section/Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/1991 - 6/2004

Acting Chief
Section/Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Arizona,
College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare
Tucson, Arizona
7/1997 - 5/2000

Residency Program Director
Section/Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/1998 - 7/2009

Associate Department Head
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/2004 - 2007

Department Head
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/2007 - present

Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1993
Professional Societies

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Arizona Orthopaedic Society

Pima County Medical Society

Selected Publications

Lund PJ, Nisbet JK, Valencia FG, RUTH JT: Current sonographic application in orthopedics AJR 166:1-7, 1996.

RUTH JT: Orthopedic Surgery, In SURGERY, Williams & Wilkins, 1995

Szivek JA, Kersey RC, DeYoung DW, RUTH JT: Loan transfer through a hydroxyapatite-coated canine hip implant. J Applied Biomaterials 5:293-306, 1994

Pitt MJ, RUTH JT, Benjamin JB: Trauma to the pelvic ring. Seminars in Roentgenology Vol XXVII(4):299-318, 1992.

RUTH JT, Wilde AH: Capitellocondylar total elbow replacement: A long-term follow-up study. J Bone Joint Surgery 74-A:95-100, 1992.

Wilde AH, RUTH JT: the case for an unlinked surface replacement of the elbow. Rheumatology 15:60-67, 1991.

Wilde AH, RUTH JT: Two-stage reimplantation in infected total knee arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopedics Rel Res 236:23-35, 1988