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 Ruth D. Mayforth, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
E-mail: rmayforth@siumed.edu
Appointments: 217-545-0702
Office Phone: 217-545-6893
Dr. Ruth Mayforth is a pediatric general surgeon who has interests in pediatric oncology, neonatal immunology and neonatal pediatric surgery. She completed her general surgery residency at the Barnes-Jewish Hospitals/Washington University School of Medicine and a pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
She is board-certified in general surgery and serves as assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Dr. Mayforth received her medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine - University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Chicago.
She won the Lamport Biomedical Research Award in 1994 for the best dissertation in biomedical research.
Dr. Mayforth has published a book as well as several book chapters and papers. She also has given numerous presentations.
- Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, St. Louis Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri July 1999 to June 2001
- General Surgery Residency, Barnes-Jewish Hospitals Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri July 1994 - June 1999
- M.D. - The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois June 1986 - June 1988,
June 1992 - June 1994
- Ph.D. - The University of Chicago, Department of Pathology,Committee on Immunology, Chicago, Illinois
June 1988 - December 1991 Thesis: Studies on the Expression and Function of Class II MHC on Murine T cells and Thymocytes
- B.S. - Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois Major: Chemistry August 1981 - May 1985
- DEA
- Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery
- Missouri State License
- ATLS certified
- State of Illinois, License (expires 7/31/2002)
- Illinois Physician & Surgeon Controlled Substance (expires 7/31/2002)
- Lamport Biomedical Research Award, 1994 for the best dissertation in biomedical research
- Medical Scientist Training Program Grant, NIH, 1986-1994
- Graduation from College Summa Cum Laude, 1985
- American Institute of Chemists Student Award, 1985
- Scholastic Honor Society, 1985
- Extraordinary Students of America Award, 1985
- Graduation from High School with Gold Honors, 1981
- Science Award, 1979
- Mathematics Award, 1979
- Class II MHC expression on T cells, The University of Chicago, 1988-1992
- Cellular Physiology and EGR1, The University of Chicago, 1987
- Tumor angiogenesis factors, The University of Chicago, 1985-86
- Dehydrohalogenation reactions, Wheaton College and Argonne National Laboratories,
1984-85
- Photochemistry of cyclodimers, The University of Chicago, 1984
- R.D. Mayforth. Designing Antibodies. (Academic Press, San Diego), 1993. 207 pp.
- Michael A. Skinner and R. D. Mayforth. Endocrine Disorders and Tumors in Pediatric Surgery (W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia), 2000.
- R. D. Mayforth. Intussusception in Problems in General Surgery: Pediatric Surgery. (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia), 1999.
- R. D. Mayforth, Jeffrey A. Lowell, Daniel C. Brennan, and Todd K. Howard. Transplantation in The Washington Manual of Surgery. (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia), 1999.
- R.D. Mayforth and J. Quintans. Designer and catalytic antibodies. The New England Journal of Medicine. (1990) 323:173-178.
- J. Quintans, A. Yokoyama, B. Evavold, R. Hirsch, and R.D. Mayforth. Direct activation of murine resting T cells by Con A or anti-CD3 Ig. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Immunology. (1989) 4:225-235.
- G. A. Jamieson Jr., R.D. Mayforth, M.L. Villereal, and V. P. Sukhatme. Multiple intracellular pathways induce expression of a zinc-finger encoding gene (EGR1): Relationship to activation of the Na/H exchanger. Journal of Cellular Physiology. (1989) 139:262-268.
- G.W. Chodak, V. Hospelhorn, S.M. Judge, R. Mayforth, H. Koeppen, and J. Sasse. Increased levels of fibroblast growth factor-like activity in urine from patients with bladder or kidney cancer. Cancer Research. (1988) 48: 2083-2088.
- N.O. Brace, K. Albain, R.D. Mayforth, and J.A. Miller. The effect of conjugation of hydrogen iodide and hydrogen fluoride elimination from 1- (F-Alkyl)-2-iodoalkenes: From 5-(F-Butyl)-4-iodo-1-pentenes to 5-(F-butyl) pentadienes and further to 1-Fluoro-1-(F-propyl)-1,3,5-hexatrienes. Journal of Organic Chemistry. (1990) 55:5252-5259.
- Neuroblastoma and Its Spontaneous Regression Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Washington University School of Medicine, February 1999.
- Biliary Atresia General Surgery Conference, Washington University School of Medicine, December 1998
- Class II MHC is expressed on murine thymocytes and can present antigen to a T cell hybridoma. R.D. Mayforth and J. Quintans. UCLA Symposia, Keystone, CO, 1991.
- Expression and function of class II MHC on murine splenic T cells and thymocytes. R.D. Mayforth and J. Quintans. Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, IL, 1990.
- Studies on Ia expression of murine splenic TH cells. R. Mayforth and J. Quintans. FASEB, New Orleans, LA, 1990.
- Direct activation of T cells by Con A and anti-CD3 Ig. J. Quintans, A. Yokoyama, B. Evavold, and R.D. Mayforth. UCLA Symposia, Steamboat Springs, CO., 1989.
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