Rawnica Ruegner

Rawnica Ruegner, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and serves as Program Director of the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Program. She specializes in emergency medicine with a focus on toxicology, substance abuse, and postpartum complications. Dr. Ruegner completed her undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her medical degree at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Her residency in Emergency Medicine was conducted at UCSF Fresno in partnership with Community Regional Medical Center.

Her research interests span clinical diagnostic challenges, opioid-related emergencies, and vascular emergencies in postpartum patients. Recent publications explore cases involving synthetic opioids like U-47700, limitations of urinalysis in rhabdomyolysis screening, and postpartum inferior vena cava thrombosis. These studies emphasize evidence-based approaches to high-stakes emergency scenarios.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. Dr. Ruegner’s academic contributions include residency program leadership and clinical education. Her affiliations include UCSF Fresno’s Emergency Medicine Program, reflecting her dual focus on clinical practice and academic training.