Email

amanda.ruth@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

TCH - Legacy Tower (Hospital)

6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

Fellowship at Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia United States

Pediatric Critical Care, 2015

Residency at Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia United States

Pediatrics, 2012

MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States

2009

Certifications

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

#2627

American Board of Pediatrics

2016-present

General Pediatrics

#104962

American Board of Pediatrics

2012-present

Professional Interests

• ECMO
• Anticoagulation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• Narrative medicine

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ruth A, McCracken CE, Fortenberry JD, Hall M, Simon HK, Hebbar KB "Pediatric severe sepsis: current trends and outcomes from the Pediatric Health Information Systems database." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov;15(9):828-38. Pubmed PMID: 25226500
• Ruth A, McCracken CE, Fortenberry JD, Hebbar KB "Extracorporeal therapies in pediatric severe sepsis: findings from the pediatric health-care information system." Crit Care. 2015 Nov 10;19:397. Pubmed PMID: 26552921
• Amanda Ruth, Marcie Meador, Rocky Hui, Laura Loftis, Jun Teruya "Acquired Von Willebrand Syndrome in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients: A Single Institution's Experience." Pediatric Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 20;10:980-985. Pubmed PMID: 31246745
• "Early and late acute kidney injury: temporal profile in the critically ill pediatric patient." 2021 Sep 19;15(2):311-319. Pubmed PMID: 35145645

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Member

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member