Ruth M Abaya, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician , Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Practice-Based Scholar, Center for Violence Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Emergency Medicine
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Emergency Medicine
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-300-9612
Education:
B.A.
Bluffton University, 2005.
MD
Northwestern University, 2009.
MPH (Preventative Health)
Northwestern University, 2009.
Permanent linkB.A.
Bluffton University, 2005.
MD
Northwestern University, 2009.
MPH (Preventative Health)
Northwestern University, 2009.
Selected Publications
Dr. Erin Dawson MD MPH, Dr. M. Kit Delgado MD, MS, Dr. Ruth Abaya MD MPH, Ruiying Aria Xiong MS, Jamie Song MPH, Dr. Elinore Kaufman MD MSHP: Where can violence intervention resources work? National estimates of hospitals treating firearm-injured patients. SAVIR 2024.Ruth Abaya, M.D., M.P.H., Emmy Betz, M.D., M.P.H., Carl Kincaid, Sandra McKay, M.D., Chana A. Sacks, M.D., M.P.H., Joseph Shahoud, Tahmir L. Suters, Darren Taichman, M.D., Ph.D., Kendra Van de Water, L.S.W., and Rayquan Williams: Reducing Harm — Having Conversations about Firearm Storage. New England Journal of Medicine 2023.
Babiarz, M. Todd, M. Hartung, B. Adams, L. Abaya, R. : Impact of state-level preemption of local firearm ordinances on firearm mortality rates in five Pennsylvania counties. 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention 2022.
Duan, Richmond, Kondo, Abaya, Jacoby: The impact of ZIP code based voucher rent limits on exposure to firearm injuries and violent crime in Philadelphia. SAVIR conference 2022.
Megan Todd, Annaka Scheeres, Ruth Abaya, Loren Adams : The contribution of external injuries to excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large US city. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, virtual 2021 Notes: Poster.
No Guns Healthy Lives: “Talking About Gun Issues that Might Arise in Clinical Practice: A Reference for Physicians” https://www.nogunshealthylives.org/order-resources 2021.
Ruth Abaya, Jennifer Clarke: Don’t get numb to gun violence, even as more people are shot in Philly each week. The Philadelphia Inquirer 2021.
Ruth Abaya: As Philly’s violent summer continues, Pa. lawmakers could help by passing stricter gun laws. The Philadelphia Inquirer 2020.
Scheeres, A. Adams, L. Todd, M. Abaya, R. : Shootings Near Public Spaces in Philadelphia. Pediatric Academic Societies, Philadelphia, PA 2020 Notes: Accepted for a poster presentation but conference cancelled due to COVID.
Clarence Wardell Ruth Abaya Catherine Barber Phil Cook Dennis Culhane Rebecca Cunningham Erin Dalton Michael Mueller-Smith Fatimah Muhammad Daniel Webster Garen Wintemute: The State of Firearms Data in 2019. NORC at the University of Chicago 2020.