Dr. Ruoss is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington, and earned his MD at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Ruoss completed his postgraduate training at the University of California, San Francisco; the Department of Medicine, Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, Mass.; and the University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington, Conn.

A Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, with additional certification in the Subspecialty of Pulmonary Medicine, and the Subspecialty of Critical Care Medicine, he has received many professional awards and honors.

Dr. Ruoss is a member of the American Thoracic Society and the American Lung Association and an Editorial Board Peer Reviewer for a number of medical and scientific publications.

He has contributed substantially to the scientific literature, with publishing credits in journals including the American Journal of Physiology, the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chest and Critical Care Medicine.

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