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Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center – Phoenix  
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Anne-Michelle Ruha, M.D.Anne-Michelle Ruha, MD, FACMT
Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Lafayette College, Easton Pa
Medical School: UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital, NJ
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix
Board Certification: Emergency Medicine 2000, Toxicology 2002
Areas of Interest: Envenomations, Alcohol Withdrawal

Dr. Ruha's Publications

Publications:

Tanen DA, Ruha AM, Curry SC, Graeme KA, Reagan CG: Hypertonic Sodium Bicarbonate is Effective in the Acute Management of Verapamil Toxicity in a Swine Model.  Ann Emerg Med. 2000 Dec;36(6):547-553.
 
Ruha AM, Tanen DA, Suchard JR, Curry SC:  Combined Ingestion and Subcutaneous Injection of Elemental Mercury.  J Emerg Med. 2001 Jan;20(1):39-42.
 
Tanen DA, Ruha AM, Graeme KA, Curry SC: Epidemiology and Hospital Course of Rattlesnake Envenomations Cared for at a Tertiary Referral Center in Central Arizona.  Acad Em Med. 2001 Feb;8(2):177-182.
 
Tanen DA, Ruha AM, Graeme KA, Curry SC, Fischione MA:  Rattlesnake Envenomations: Unusual Presentations.  Arch Int Med. 2001;161:474-479.
 
Ruha AM, Tanen DA, Patel P, Wallace K:  Dilute Diquat Death. Am J Emerg Med. 2001 Oct;19(6):527-8. (letter)
 
Ruha AM, Selden B, Curry S:  Hemolytic Anemia Following Acetaminophen Overdose in a Patient with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Am J Med. 2001 Feb 15;110:240-241. (letter)
 
Ruha AM, Tanen DA, Graeme KA, Curry SC, Miller MB, Gerkin R, Reagan CG, Brandon T:  Hypertonic Sodium Bicarbonate for Taxus media-Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Swine. Acad Em Med.  2002 Mar;9(3):179-85.
 
Ruha AM, Curry SC, Beuhler M, Katz K, Brooks DE, Graeme KA, Wallace K, Gerkin R, LoVecchio F, Wax P, Selden B: Initial postmarketing experience with crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab for treatment of rattlesnake envenomation. Ann Emerg Med.  2002 Jun;39(6):609-15.
 
Brooks DE, Graeme KA, Ruha AM, Tanen DA: Respiratory compromise in patients with rattlesnake envenomation.  J Emerg Med 2002 Nov;23(4):329-32.
 
Ruha AM, Graeme KA, Field A: Late Seizure Following Ingestion of Vicks VapoRub.  Acad Em Med  2003 Jun;10(6);691. (letter)
 
Katz K, Ruha AM, Curry SC: Aniline and Methanol Toxicity Following Shoe Dye Ingestion.  J Emerg Med  2004 Nov;27(4);367-369.
 
Kashani J, Ruha AM: Methamphetamine toxicity secondary to intravaginal body stuffing. J Tox Clin Tox  2004 42(7);981-983.
 
Ruha AM: Plants, in Ling LJ, et al (ed): Toxicology Secrets. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia. 2001
 
Wax PM, Ruha AM: Withdrawal Syndromes, in Irwin RS, et al (ed):  Intensive Care Medicine.  Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia. 5th edition. 2003
 
Ruha AM: Snake Bites.  Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine.  2004 May;18(9)
 
Katz K, Ruha AM: Barbiturates, in Brent J, et al (ed): Critical Care Toxicology.  Mosby, Inc. Philadelphia. 2005
 
Curry SC, Mills KC, Ruha AM: Neurotransmitters, in Goldfrank LR, et al (ed): Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies.  8th ed. New York:McGraw-Hill, 2006.
 
Riley B, Pizon A, Ruha AM, Roberts JR, Otten EJ: Snakes and Other Reptiles, in Goldfrank LR, et al (ed): Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
 
Pizon A, Riley B, Ruha AM, Roberts JR, Otten EJ: Antidotes in Depth: Antvenom (Crotaline and Elapid), in Goldfrank LR, et al (ed): Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Ruha AM, Yarema MC: Pharmacologic Treatment of Acute Pediatric Methamphetamine Toxicity. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006 Dec;22(12):782-785

Kashani JS, Ruha AM: Isolated atomoxetine overdose resulting in seizure. J Emerg Med. 2007 Feb;32(2)175-8.

Cannon R, Ruha AM: Insecticides, Herbicides and Rodenticides, in Adams J, Barton C, Collings J,
et al (ed): Adam’s Emergency Medicine. Saunders, 2008.

Cannon RD, Ruha AM, Kashani J. Acute Hypersensitivity Reactions Associated with the Administration of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab Antivenom. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Jan 10.

Ruha AM, Curry SC, Gerkin RD, Caldwell KL, Osterloh JD, Wax PM. Urine Mercury Excretion Following DMSA Challenge in Fish Eaters. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 Jan;133(1):87-92.

Ruha AM. The case report: a tool for the toxicologist. JMT 2009;5(1):1-2. (editorial)

Ruha AM, Curry SC. Recombinant Factor VIIa for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage following Rattlesnake Envenomation.Wilderness Environ Med. 2009;20:156-160.

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