Ruth M. Farrell, MD

• OB/GYN and Women's Health Institute, Vice Chair of Research
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University
• Associate Editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
• Member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Genetics
• Member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM ) Ethics Committee
• Past Member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Ethics, Committee on Practice Bulletins, Committee on Gynecologic Practice
• Past Member of the Therapeutic Data Safety and Monitoring Board of the Division of AIDS, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Past member of the Cleveland Clinic Ethics Committee
• Past chair and member of the Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital Ethics Committee

• Fellow of the American Gynecologic and Obstetrical Society
• CTSA KL2 Scholar/Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training Program Grant
• Junior Career Development Award, Women Faculty of the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
• Janet M. Glasgow Honorable Citation, American Medical Women’s Association

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