Wenly Ruan, MD
Associate Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Therapeutic Endoscopy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Languages: English
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Personal Statement
Dr. Wenly Ruan is an assistant professor within the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the Associate Director of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at Texas Children's Hospital. Her clinical focus is primarily on Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Therapeutic Endoscopy. Dr. Ruan is devoted to the care and management of pediatric patients with a broad range of gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis syndromes, pancreaticobiliary diseases, vascular anomalies, and gastrointestinal bleeds. Her goal is to improve the treatment and management of these patients and to improve upon therapeutic techniques for the management of these complex pediatric patients.
Clinical Interests:
Inflammatory bowel disease
Therapeutic endoscopy
Research Interests:
Therapeutic endoscopy
Enteroscopy
Small Bowel Imaging
Inflammatory bowel disease
Microbiome
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* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.
Ruan W, Fishman DS, Lerner DG, Engevik M, Elmunzer BJ, Walsh CM. Changes in Pediatric Endoscopic Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from an International Survey. Gastroenterology. May 2020.
Khalaf RT, Ruan W, Orkin S, Wilsey M, Fishman D, Mallon D, Pan Z, Hazelton KZ, Kramer RE, Walker T. Gastric Injury Secondary to Button Battery Ingestions: A Retrospective Multicenter Review. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. April 2020.
Ruan W, Engevik MA, Chang-Graham AL, Danhof H, Goodwin A, Engevik KA, Shi Z, Hall A, Di Rienzi SC, Venable S, Britton R, Hyser J, Versalovic J. Enhancing Responsiveness of Human Jejunal Enteroids to Host and Microbial Stimuli. Journal of Physiology. May 2020
Ruan W, Engevik MA, Spinler JK, Versalovic J. The Healthy Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome: Composition and Function after a Decade of Exploration. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Mar 2020.
Goss MB, Galvan NTN, Ruan W, Munoz-Rivas F, Brewer ED, O’Mahony C, Melicoff-Portillo E, Dryer WJ, Miloh T, Cigarroa F, Ranch D, Yoeli D, Adams MA, Koohmaraie S, Harter DM, Rana A, Cotton RT, Carter B, Patel, S, Moreno NF, Leung DH, Goss JA. The pediatric solid organ transplant experience with COVID-19: An initial multi-center, multi-organ case series. Pediatric transplantation. Sept 2020.