Dr. Ruth E Tuomala M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
75 Francis St Boston MA, 02115Rating
5/5
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Dr. Ruth Tuomala is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Tuomala specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Tuomala can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Tuomala 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
Boston Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Obstetric and newborn outcomes in a cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women: a
- Genital tract human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) shedding and inflammation and HIV-1 env diversity in perinatal HIV-1 transmission.
- Cost-effectiveness of elective cesarean delivery in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women(1).
- Cell-associated genital tract virus and vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in antiretroviral-experienced women.
- Quantitative microbiologic models for preterm delivery.
- Polymorphism in intron 2 of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene, local midtrimester cytokine response to vaginal flora, and subsequent preterm birth.
- Bacillary angiomatosis in a pregnant patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Herpes simplex virus hepatitis causing acute liver dysfunction and thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.
- Protease inhibitor use during pregnancy: is there an obstetrical risk?
- Predictors of repeat pregnancy among HIV-1-infected women.
- Pharmacokinetics and safety of indinavir in human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women.
- The effect of cigarette smoking, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, and vaginal douching on ectopic pregnancy.
- High prevalence of primary lamivudine and nelfinavir resistance in HIV-1-infected pregnant women in the United States, 1998-2004.
- Postpartum antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-1-infected women receiving pregnancy-limited antiretroviral therapy.
- Lack of increased hepatotoxicity in HIV-infected pregnant women receiving nevirapine compared with other antiretrovirals.
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