John C. Rutledge, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

John C. Rutledge is an expert in atherosclerosis and lipid disorders. He specializes in preventive cardiology, lipid disorders and reversal of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. His current laboratory research includes biology of the vascular wall.

Title:

Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Internal Medicine

Specialty:

Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

Cardiovascular Services

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 0200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-3761

Education:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
M.D. 1976

University of Texas
Austin, Texas
B.A. 1972

Internships:

University of Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
1976-77

Residency:

University of California, Davis, Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1979-81
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

University of California, Davis, Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1981-83
Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 1985
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983

Professional Memberships:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Cardiology, Fellow
American College of Physicians
American Federation of Clinical Research
American Heart Association
American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology
American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Circulation
American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology
California Heart Association

Honors and Awards:

Chair, Graduate Group in Physiology, 1998
M.D.-Ph.D. Selection Committee, University of California, Davis, 1997
Chairman, Peer Review Committee; American Heart Association, Western States Affiliate, 1997
Associate Editor, Journal of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, 1997
Career Development Committee, Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology, 1996
Fellow, Council on Circulation; American Heart Association, 1996
Research Committee; American Heart Association, Western States Affiliate, 1996
Peer Review, National Institutes of health; Pathology A Study Section (October , 1996; June, 1997; February, 1998), 1994
Steering Committee, Physiology Graduate Group; University of California, Davis, 1994
Peer Review Committee; American heart Association, Western States Affiliate, 1994
Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology; American Heart Association, 1992
Fellow, Council on Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis; American Heart Association, 1992
Physician Scientist Award; national Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1990-95

Select Recent Publications:

Schie IW, Wu J, Weeks T, Zerns MA, Rutledge JC, Huser T. Labelfree imaging and analysis of the effects of lipolysis products on primary hepatocytes. Journal of Biophotonics, 2011;4(6): 425-434.

2011 Sriram R, Lagerstedt JO, Petrlova J, Samardzic H, Kreutzer U, Xie H, Kaysen GA, Desreux JF, Thonon D, Jacques V, Van Loan M, Rutledge JC, Oda MN, Voss JC, Jue T. Imaging apolipoprotein AI in vivo. NMR in Biomedicine.

Weeks T, Schie I, den Hartigh LJ, Rutledge JC, Huser T. Lipid-cell interactions in human monocytes investigated by doubly-resonant coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2011;16(2): 021117.

Ellis CL, Ma ZM, Mann SK, Li CS, Wu J, Knight TH, Yotter T, Hayes TL, Maniar AH, Troia-Cancio PV, Overman HA, Torok NJ, Albanese A, Rutledge JC, Miller CJ, Pollard RB, Asmuth DM. Molecular Characterization of Stool Microbiota in HIV-Infected Subjects by Panbacterial and Order-Level 16S Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) Quantification and Correlations with Immune Activation. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2011;57(5): 363-370.

Armstrong AW, Voyles SV, Armstrong EJ, Fuller EN, Rutledge JC. Angiogenesis and oxidative stress: Common mechanisms linking psoriasis with atherosclerosis. Journal of Dermatological Science, 2011;63(1): 1-9. Publications 12

Armstrong AW, Voyles SV, Armstrong EJ, Fuller EN, Rutledge JC. A tale of two plaques: convergent mechanisms of T-cell-mediated inflammation in psoriasis and atherosclerosis. Experimental Dermatology, 2011;20(7): 544-549.

Ellis CL, Rutledge JC, Underwood MA. Intestinal microbiota and blue baby syndrome: Probiotic therapy for term neonates with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Gut Microbes, 2010;1(6): 359-366.

Villablanca AC, Pinkerton KE, Rutledge JC. Maternal and neonatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke targets pro-inflammatory genes in neonatal arteries. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 2010; 3(6): 696-703.

2008 JC Rutledge, T Huser, J Voss, A Parikh, J Chan: Lifecycle of a Lipoprotein, Handbook of Biophysics. ** IN PRESS **

2009 Higgins, L. J., J. C. Rutledge. Inflammation associated with the postprandial lipolysis of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins by lipoprotein lipase. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 11. ** IN PRESS **

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