Dr. Ruth A. Petrucha MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
4733 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles CA, 90027About
Dr. Ruth Petrucha is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Petrucha specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Petrucha can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Petrucha can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Univ of Fl Coll of Med, Gainesville Fl 1976
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phencyclidine in umbilical cord blood: preliminary data.
- PCP in amniotic fluid and breast milk: case report.
- Phencyclidine in pregnancy: a case report.
- The anticoagulated patient in labor: an obstetric dilemma.
- Monocyte monolayer assay as a predictor of severity of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.
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