Training and board certification
- Plastic surgery residency at UCSD, per his own quote on the site: "It was as if I walked out of UCSD with a virtual toolbox of reconstructive and cosmetic skills."
- Board certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery. The site also describes him as "Double Board-Certified" without naming a second board.
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
- Founder and Medical Director, West End Plastic Surgery, Washington, D.C.
- Site states over 25+ years of surgical experience and more than 18,000 procedures performed.
- Voted Top Doctor by Washingtonian Magazine consecutively since 2005, and a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the last ten years, per the site.
- Principal Investigator for the Renuvion FDA study; medical advisory board member, consultant and clinical research investigator for Apyx Medical (Renuvion); research published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal.
Source for all rows: westendplasticsurgery.com/about/team/dr-ruff
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Incisions in the natural crease of the upper lid, with excess fat, skin and muscle removed (source).
- Lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Incisions just below the lashes or inside the lower lid, sometimes extending into the crow's feet (source).
- The page states surgery generally takes 1 to 3 hours and is usually done under local anesthesia with sedation, with general anesthesia available. The practice also offers eyelid surgery for men and brow lift (source, source).
Other procedures
The site lists facelift (including deep plane and S-lift/short scar), neck lift, rhinoplasty, buccal fat removal, facial implants, lip lift, and male-specific facial, body and breast procedures, plus Renuvion skin tightening, breast and body surgery, and gender affirmation surgery (source).