Alejandro Ruiz-Elizalde, MD

Pediatric Surgeon

Accepting New Patients
Member of OU Health Physicians

4.5 out of 5

(59 Ratings) , 48 Comments

Position: Pediatric Surgeon
Primary Specialty: Pediatric Surgery
Languages Spoken: English
Practice Started: 1/1/2013
Gender: Male

About Alejandro Ruiz-Elizalde

Alejandro Ruiz-Elizalde, M.D. is a fellowship-trained pediatric surgeon at Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health and is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the OU College of Medicine. He is a board certified in pediatric surgery.

Dr. Ruiz-Elizalde earned his medical degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City in 2004. Following his medical degree, he did a general surgery residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia. He completed a Research Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York, where he studied the effect of chemotherapy agents on intestinal motility and the enteric nervous system.

Upon completion of his general surgery residency, he did additional specialized training during in pediatric surgery at the OU College of Medicine. Dr. Ruiz-Elizalde subsequently joined the surgical faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 2013 after completing all of his training.

Dr. Ruiz-Elizalde has an interest in extracorporeal life support (ECMO), treatment of diaphragmatic hernias, treatment of congenital diseases of the biliary tract and childhood tumors, among others. In addition, he actively engages medical students and surgical residents in their education and training.

Awards

Best Doctors, 405 Magazine 2022
Resident Research Competition, Second Place, Department of Surgery - Columbia University 2009
Team Award for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Excellence, ELSO 2008
Startup Grant Research Award, Department of Surgery, 2007 2008
Startup Grant Research Award, Department of Surgery 2005
Gold Humanism Honor Society Columbia University 2004

Health Education

Medical School
Doctor of Medicine Columbia University - College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City, NY
2004

Residency
General Surgery New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University
New York City, NY
2011

Fellowship
ECMO/Research Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York – Presbyterian – Columbia University
New York City, NY
2009
Pediatric Surgery University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, OK
2013

Board Certification
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery 2012
American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery 2013

Medical Interests Areas of Interest:

Extracorporeal life support (ECMO)
Effect of chemotherapy agents on intestinal motility and the enteric nervous system
Treatment of congenital diseases of the biliary tract and childhood tumors
Treatment of diaphragmatic hernia

Reviews

03/12/2024

We were a bit late coming to the appointment and were concerned that we wouldn't be seen because upon calling I could not speak to anyone but I left a message. Upon arriving the front desk person was friendly and said that we were just fine and not to worry about being late. That was very refreshing especially since we had to drive approximately a little less than 2 hours. This was amazing!
01/23/2024

I feel there is absolutely no communication when it comes to "smaller" diagnosis. My son has CDH, Pulmonary Hypertension due to his CDH, Hip Dysplasia, and a curvature in his spine which is almost S-Shaped. I've known he's had CDH, but all of the other diagnosis I had to find out on a test result from the chart app. I feel doctors, and whoever else needs to communicate things, and talk about things long term. I have not the slightest bit idea of what pulmonary hypertension is, didn't know he had hip dysplasia until he was out of the NICU after being in there for almost 3 months and was told to make an appointment with orthopedics, and with his curvature I had just found out from an X-Ray result. What does that also mean long term? Calls should be made whether it's something to worry about, along with pictures on the chart app of whatever X-Ray, MRI, etc scan is being done. Communication is not key at that hospital.
01/14/2024

The truth is that there is excellent care. They did a surgery on my daughter due to a hernia. The care was the best, both for my daughter and we as parents. They are an excellent team of professionals. I appreciate it. Thank you very much.
12/26/2023

I never received a call from the office in regards to the result of my child ultrasound image . A week after it was done I had to call the office to ask about the result and then an appt we were scheduled to see the doctor to discuss the result .