Timothy Ruttan, MD

Timothy Ruttan, MD, is an emergency physician at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, where he also is the Program Director for the Transitional Year Residency. He serves as the Associate Director for Pediatrics for AMPATH at Dell Medical School, where he helps to coordinate global health partnerships and education for the Department of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

His academic research interests include medical education, global health, curriculum development, pediatric preparedness, healthcare policy, healthcare disparities, and pediatrics in the general education setting. In addition to his medical career, he was a teacher/corps member for Teach for America at La Union Elementary School. He serves on the Pediatric Emergency Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Ruttan earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard University and a medical degree with honors from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his residency through the University of Arizona in Tucson. After working in the community setting in Portland, Oregon, he then completed his fellowship at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. He was on the faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis in Sacramento, and later returned to Austin where he has been on the faculty and an attending physician since 2017.