Ruth M. Farrell, MD

Appointed
2006

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bioethics/Health Policy
Baltimore, MD
2006

Residency - University Hospitals of Cleveland
OB/GYN
Cleveland, OH
2004

Internship - University of Chicago Hospitals
OB/GYN
Chicago, IL
2001

Medical Education - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
2000

Graduate School - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Bioethics
Cleveland, OH
1996

Undergraduate - University of Chicago
Philosophy
Chicago, IL
1993

Additional Training

• American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsLeadership Institute,
  
  Harvard Kennedy School Women and Power: Leadership in the 21st Century
  
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine FLEX Program
  
  Cleveland Clinic Women’s Physician and Professional Staff Accelerated Development Program
  
  Greenwall Fellowship of Bioethics and Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University, Baltimore, Maryland
  
  Reproductive Policy Fellow, Genetics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC
  
  J. Benjamin Younger Fellow of Public Policy, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC

Professional Highlights

• OB/GYN and Women's Health Institute, Vice Chair of Research
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University
• Associate Editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
• Member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Genetics
• Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM ) Ethics Committee
• Past Member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Ethics, Committee on Practice Bulletins, Committee on Gynecologic Practice
• Past Member of the Therapeutic Data Safety and Monitoring Board of the Division of AIDS, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Past member of the Cleveland Clinic Ethics Committee
• Past chair and member of the Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital Ethics Committee

Certifications

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Specialty Interests

Adolescent and women's reproductive health, medical gynecology, clinical research, ethics, reproductive ethics and health policy Adolescent health, bioethics of women's health, general gynecology, health policy of women's health

Awards & Honors

• Fellow of the American Gynecologic and Obstetrical Society
• CTSA KL2 Scholar/Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training Program Grant
• Junior Career Development Award, Women Faculty of the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
• Janet M. Glasgow Honorable Citation, American Medical Women’s Association

Memberships

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• Cleveland Society for Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Institute for Ultrasound Medicine

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