Christopher Ruzas, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Teaching

Publications

• Hong SJ, Wainwright MS, Abend NS, Appavu BL, Francoeur C, Erklauer JC, Guerguerian AM, Guerriero RM, Guilliams KP, Lee-Eng J, Loeb J, Lovett ME, Murphy SA, Pardo AC, Pineda JA, Ruzas CM, Topjian AA. A Survey of Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training in North America. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 Sep;146:1-7. PubMed PMID: 37356227
• Spear MB, Miller K, Press C, Ruzas C, LaVelle J, Mourani PM, Bennett TD, Maddux AB. Unplanned Admissions, Emergency Department Visits, and Epilepsy After Critical Neurological Illness Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Children. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jan;13(1):31-39. PubMed PMID: 36531841
• Piantino, Juan A; Ruzas, Christopher M*; Press, Craig A; Subramanian, Subramanian; Balakrishnan, Binod; Panigrahy, Ashok; Pettersson, David; Maloney, John A; Vossough, Arastoo; Topjian, Alexis; Kirschen, Matthew P; Doughty, Lesley; Chung, Melissa G; Maloney, David; Haller, Tamara; Fabio, Anthony; Fink, Ericka L. Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroprognostication After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Survey of Current Practices. Pediatric Neurology. 2022; 134: 45-51. *Co-First Author
• Matthew B. Spear, MD, MPH, Kristen Miller, MS, Craig Press, MD, PhD, Christopher Ruzas, MD, Jaime LaVelle, BSN, RN, Peter M. Mourani, MD, Tellen D. Bennett, MD, MS, and Aline B. Maddux, MD, MSCS. Unplanned Admissions, Emergency Department Visits, and Epilepsy After Critical Neurological Illness Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Children. The Neurohospitalist. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/19418744221123628
• https://www.childrenscolorado.org/4983cd/globalassets/healthcare-professionals/clinical-pathways/abdominal-pain-in-oncology-or-bone-marrow-transplant-patient-typhlitis.pdf
• Venkatasubramanian C, Lopez GA, O'Phelan KH. Emergency Neurological Life Support: Fourth Edition, Updates in the Approach to Early Management of a Neurological Emergency. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Apr;32(2):636-640. PubMed PMID: 31549348
• Neumann N, Fredericks R, Reiter P, Pihl S, Stenson E, Ruzas C, and Wang G. Persistent Hyperinsulinemia Following HIE: Does ECMO Alter Insulin Pharmacokinetics? Presented at: North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, September, 2020.
• Kilgallon K, Kim J, Press C, and Ruzas C. Cranial Ultrasound in Pediatric ECMO- Yield of Clinically Significant Findings. Presented at 31st Annual Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Meeting, September 2020.