Dr. Christian T. Ruff, MD

Dr. Ruff practices at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham.

Dr. Ruff's NPI, 1760420061, was assigned on June 2, 2006. Dr. Ruff graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Ruff holds Massachusetts license 226387.

Dr. Ruff's primary practice is Brigham and Women's Hospital, at 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 732-5500.

Dr. Ruff's primary practice is Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham. Dr. Ruff is also affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. The medical group on file is Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ruff to 3 more hospitals, 1 hospital outpatient department and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ruff practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Ruff's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Ruff is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 1,127 Medicare services from Dr. Ruff across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 763 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $32,339 for them.

CMS counts 763 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ruff in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 290 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.43, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ruff's median patient age at 71, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ruff wrote 612 Medicare Part D claims for 72 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 512 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $108,036 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 435 claims across 14 drugs.

Dr. Ruff accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 155 papers to Dr. Ruff, published from 2010 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 14. The most frequent topics are Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulants and Stroke. Dr. Ruff has published most often in Circulation. Dr. Ruff's most frequent co-authors are Robert P. Giugliano, MD, Elliott Marshall Antman, MD and Marc S. Sabatine, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 225 general payments to Dr. Ruff from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $69,511.

Dr. Ruff graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2003.