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Perisa Ruhi-Williams, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
Staff, Surgery - General SurgeryBioDr. Perisa Ruhi-Williams is a board-certified General Surgeon practicing at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Her clinical practice is centered on utilizing robotic-assisted techniques for metabolic/bariatric surgery and hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction.
She graduated as an Echols Scholar with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Virginia. She earned her MD from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and completed her General Surgery residency at the University of California, Irvine. While in residency, she served as the Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety at the VA Long Beach Medical Center. She subsequently completed an advanced fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatrics, and Foregut Surgery at Stanford Health Care.
Dr. Ruhi-Williams is passionate about advancing surgical education and the wellness of surgical trainees. In addition to her clinical roles, she serves as the Site Director for the Surgery Core Clerkship at VA Palo Alto and Assistant Site Director for the General Surgery Residency Program at VA Palo Alto. -
Brian Ruhle, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery - General Surgery
BioDr. Brian Ruhle is a board-certified surgeon with dual-fellowship training in minimally invasive bariatric (weight loss) surgery and endocrine surgery. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ruhle specializes in bariatric surgery, foregut (upper digestive tract) surgery, adrenal surgery, and abdominal wall reconstruction. He uses leading-edge laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques to help patients achieve sustainable weight loss and improve obesity-related health conditions. His expertise in advanced minimally invasive procedures offers patients significant benefits, including faster recoveries, reduced pain, and shorter hospital stays.
Dr. Ruhle’s research interests span a wide range of topics in metabolic and bariatric surgery. His studies have explored combination therapies for managing obesity, improvements in screening and treating endocrine disorders, and optimizing outcomes in thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. He has published his findings in many peer-reviewed journals, including Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, and Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Ruhle has presented at prominent national conferences, including the annual meetings of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. His presentations have discussed using GLP-1 receptor agonists (weight loss medications that help regulate blood sugar and reduce appetite) before and after bariatric surgery. He has also addressed improving screening protocols for hyperaldosteronism (high blood pressure caused by excess production of the hormone aldosterone by the adrenal gland).
Dr. Ruhle is a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. -
Jessica L. Ruiz
Instructor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology
BioDr. Jessica Ruiz is a pediatric endocrinologist and Instructor at Stanford University and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
As a pediatrician-scientist and bioengineer, Dr. Ruiz's scholarly interest is pediatric type 2 diabetes. Her passion is to better predict, prevent and treat type 2 diabetes through digital phenotyping. Dr. Ruiz's vision is to apply data science and machine learning approaches to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data, working to parameterize glucose kinetics to ultimately build CGM-based type 2 diabetes risk profiles. She is also involved in multiple clinical studies using dynamic CGM metrics to inform clinical care for patients with diabetes, including staging of diabetes as it develops.
Clinically, Dr. Ruiz enjoys caring for all pediatric patients seeking general endocrinology and diabetes care.
A native Texan, Dr. Ruiz obtained a B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University (Houston, TX). She completed her M.D. at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program (Boston, MA). She remained at Harvard to complete her training in Pediatrics in the Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center), followed by her training in Pediatric Endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital. She was on the faculty at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School as an instructor for 2 years prior to moving to Stanford.
Dr. Ruiz also enjoys mentoring trainees and was formerly a Harvard Medical School Faculty Advisor and Associate Program Director for the Boston Children's Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program.
