Background
Ruff, Robert Louis was born on December 16, 1950 in Brooklyn. Son of John Joseph and Rhoda (Alpert) Ruff.
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Robert Louis Ruff
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Robert Louis Ruff, American Neurologist, physiology researcher. Diplomate American Board Neurology and Psychiatry. Recipient Teacher Investigator award National Institutes of Health; National Science Foundation fellow, 1971; National Institutes of Health grantee, Muscular Dystrophy Association grantee, Department Veterans Affair grantee; New York State Regents medical scholar, 1971.
Education
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Cooper Union, 1971; Doctor of Medicine summa cum laude, U. Washington, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, U. Washington, 1976.
Career
Assistant neurologist, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical School, New York City, 1977-1980;
assistant professor physiology and medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1980-1984;
associate professor neurology, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, 1984-1992;
professor neurology and Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, since 1993;
residency director, neurology department, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, since 1994;
vice chair neurology department, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, since 1995;
chief department neurology, Cleveland VA Medical Center, since 1984. Advisory Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, Seattle, 1980-1984, Burien Development Disability Center, Washington, 1982-1984. Member medical advisory board Muscular Dystrophy Association, Seattle, 1984, North-East Ohio chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society, since 1986.
Member of advisory board for Neurology Department Veterans Affairs, since 1989. Chairman medical advisory board N.E. Ohio chapter Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, since 1987, board of trustees, since 1993, national medical advisory board, since 1988, grant and fellowship committee, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
National board directors Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, since 1994. Fellow American Heart Association (stroke county), American Academy Neurology (scientific issues committee, legislation action committee). Member American Medical Association, American Physics Society, Neurosci.
Society, Biophysics Society, American Neurological assosiation, New York Academy Science, American Geriatrics Society, American Physiological Society, Sigma Pi Sigma (vice president 1970-1971), AlphaOmega Alpha (vice president 1975-1976).
Connections
Married Louise Seymour Acheson, Apr.26, 1980.
