Roles
Professor
Division Chief, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Director, UHealth Jackson Fetal Care
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Biography
Rodrigo Ruano, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at University of Miami Miller School of Medical, Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Director of the UHealth Jackson Fetal Care at University of Miami Health-Jackson Hospital in Miami, Florida since January 2022.
He received his medical degree from the Medical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (1992-1997). He completed his residency at the Hospital das Clinicas Medical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (1998-2001). Additional training included a Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Université de Paris V, Paris, France (2001-2003) and Fetal Surgery fellowship at Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-em-Yvelines, France (2003-2004). He concluded his PhD thesis “Evaluation of lung volumes by 3D-ultrasonography in fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia congenital isolation” at the Medical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil in 2005.
He worked as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Co-Director of the Memorial Fetal Center at the University of Texas in Houston in 2021. He was Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Physiology, and Chair of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division and Director of Fetal Section at Mayo Clinic Rochester from 2016-2021. Before he was Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center in Houston, Texas, from 2011 to 2016. He was also Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil between 2006 and 2010.
Dr. Ruano has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles (PUBMED) and 60 book chapters pertaining to Maternal-Fetal Medicine, prenatal detection of congenital anomalies, 3D/4D fetal ultrasonography, and fetal surgery.
Dr. Ruano focuses his clinical efforts on developing and investigating new fetal imaging methods, new minimally invasive fetal therapies such as fetoscopic laser ablation for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and type II vasa previa, fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal cystoscopy for fetal bladder obstruction and in utero repair of fetal spina bifida -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Research Interests
Dr. Ruano focuses his clinical and research efforts on developing and investigating new minimally invasive fetal therapies such as fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal cystoscopy for fetal bladder obstruction, in utero repair of fetal spina bifida, fetoscopic laser ablation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome, in utero ultrasound-guided treatment for fetal tumors, in utero fetal cardiac interventions and in utero treatment of congenital anomalies. He is also focused on new prenatal imaging technologies including ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. -
Publications
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