Patrick Ruwe, M.D. ’87, was one of five athletes honored by the Yale Athletic Department in November with the George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Awards. The athletes were selected for the awards based on their examples of leadership since graduation.
The awards were presented at the gala Blue Leadership Ball (BLB) on Friday, Nov. 20, at the William K. Lanman Center inside Payne Whitney Gym.
Ruwe, a 1983 graduate of Yale College, was a three-year starter on the varsity football team under coach Carm Cozza and also wrestled as a heavyweight for the Bulldogs. In 1982, he was chosen to be the 106th Yale Football Captain and was selected as an Academic All-American.
Ruwe, who majored in environmental biology, went on to the Yale School of Medicine, graduated cum laude, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society.
From 1993 to 1999, Ruwe was an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Yale School of Medicine and an associate at the Yale Sports Medicine Center. He also was the co-director of the Yale Shoulder Center and the school’s Orthopaedic Team Physician.
Ruwe is the author of many scientific articles, and has done research on shoulder function in swimmers, post-operative pain management in knee arthroscopy, and the use of MRI to detect sports injuries.
In 1999, Ruwe began practicing at Connecticut Orthopedic Specialists, P.C., and remains active at Yale University where he serves as the president of the Yale Football Association.