About
Dr. Ruth Fernandez Ruiz is a rheumatologist in New York, New York, board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She practices at Poudre Valley Medical Group and speaks English. Dr. Fernandez Ruiz trained in internal medicine at the Hospital de Clínicas Caracas in Venezuela and at the University of Iowa, followed by rheumatology training and a chief fellow year at New York University Langone Health. She completed postdoctoral research training at NYU, where she studied systemic lupus erythematosus and the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in lupus patients, and earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
She specializes in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, Sjogren's syndrome, inflammatory arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions. Her research interests focus on genetic variation, type I interferons and immune dysregulation in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Conditions Treated
- Systemic lupus erythematosus