Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Ruth J. Davis

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: rjdavis3@wisc.edu

Ruth Davis

Division of Laryngology

Education

  • MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  • Residency, Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Fellowship, Laryngology, Vanderbilt Voice Center, Nashville, TN

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Davis is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a fellowship-trained laryngologist who specializes in the care of patients with voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. Her expertise includes airway stenosis and complex airway reconstruction, care of professional voice users, vocal cord paralysis, inflammatory and infectious disorders of the larynx, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, laryngeal leukoplakia, and early-stage laryngeal cancers. Davis takes a patient-centered approach, emphasizing patient values in a shared decision-making process. Given the intersection of laryngeal disease with a variety of organ systems, Davis recognizes the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in the personalized management of her patients, working closely with colleagues in speech-language pathology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, thoracic surgery, neurology, radiation oncology, and physical therapy, among others.

Davis provides a wide range of services including airway dilation, airway reconstruction, cricopharyngeal myotomy, laryngeal papilloma laser treatment, laryngeal surgery, laser procedures, leukoplakia laser treatment, microflap excision of vocal fold lesions, microlaryngoscopy, tracheostomy, vocal cord injection, and Zenker’s diverticulectomy.

Research Interests

Davis is a translational and clinical researcher with a focus on voice and airway disorders. Her research has been funded by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) and the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. Her primary areas of study include laryngotracheal stenosis, aging voice, and laryngeal leukoplakia. Her research program applies principles of immunology, fibroblast biology, and tissue engineering to the study of novel treatments for laryngeal disease.

Davis received a $40,000 Career Development Award from the Triological Society.

Publications

 

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