Myth:

My health insurance rates can go up based on my genetic test and employers will discriminate against me.

Truth:

A federal law – called GINA – protects you from those types of discrimination.

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Robert Ruxin, M.D.*

(866) 696-3847 · 30 Prospect St · Ridgefield CT 06877

Education
Undergraduate
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
B.A., 1967
Phi Beta Kappa,
Cum Laude with Highest Honors, Psychology

Medical School
Case Western Reserve University,
School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
M.D., 1971

Internal Medicine Internship and Residency
Baltimore City Hospitals,
Fellow in Medicine,
Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1971-1973

Senior Internal Medicine Residency
Dartmouth College,
Affiliated Hospitals, 1973-1974

Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1974
Advanced Achievement, Re-certification Internal Medicine & Endocrinology, 1987
Geriatric Medicine, 1988
American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award, 1991-present
National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators

Teaching Appointments
Teaching Attending
Department of Medicine
Danbury Hospital, 1976-present
Clinical Instructor in Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, 1980-1990
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Aventis, Takeda, Pfizer & Novo Nordisk
National Diabetes Education Faculty and Speaker Bureaus, 1995-Present

Professional Memberships
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
Connecticut State Medical Society
Fairfield County Medical Association
Medical Advisor of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation - Fairfield Chapter
Medical Advisor of the Danbury Chapter of American Diabetes Association

Military Service
U.S. Navy,
Lieutenant Commander
Bethesda Naval Hospital,
Department of Internal Medicine & Endocrinology
1974-1976

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