Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH

Ruth Abaya MD, MPH is an attending Physician in the Emergency Department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and a Practice-based Scholar at CHOP's Center for Violence Prevention. Dr. Abaya is also an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and was recently program manager for the injury prevention program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, where she led the health department’s violence prevention efforts. She is a fellow of the Stoneleigh foundation in Philadelphia. Dr. Abaya currently serves as senior director for health systems and CVI integration at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI), where her work is focused on partnering with health systems and departments of public health to support the work of community violence.