RubenGomezMD

General Surgery • Detroit, MI

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Assistant Professor, Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine

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Office
4201 Saint Antoine St
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone+1 313-745-3449

Fax+1 313-745-3214
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Summary

Dr. Ruben Gomez, MD is a general surgeon in Detroit, Michigan. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Michigan, Texas, and Illinois. He is affiliated with DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital & University Health Center and DMC Harper University Hospital.

Education & Training

University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2007 - 2008
Henry Ford HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1986
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1987 - Present
MI State Medical License 1989 - 2019
TX State Medical License 2007 - 2009
IL State Medical License 1991 - 1993
OH State Medical License 1989 - 1990
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Pituitary hormones are specifically expressed in trigeminal sensory neurons and contribute to pain responses in the trigeminal system.
Anahit H. Hovhannisyan, Hyeonwi Son, Jennifer Mecklenburg, Priscilla A. Barba-Escobedo, Meilinn Tram, Ruben Gomez, John Shannonhouse, Yi Zou, Korri Weldon, Shivani B. ...> ;Scientific Reports. 2021 Sep 8
5 citations
In Vivo Calcium Imaging Visualizes Incision-Induced Primary Afferent Sensitization and Its Amelioration by Capsaicin Pretreatment.
Hirotake Ishida, Yan Zhang, Ruben Gomez, John Shannonhouse, Hyeonwi Son, Ratan K. Banik, Yu Shin Kim> ;The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021 Aug 27
4 citations
Serum response factor mediates nociceptor inflammatory pain plasticity.
Ruben Gomez, Dorothy M. Kohler, Allison Doyle Brackley, Michael A. Henry, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Pain Reports. 2018 May 9
12 citations
Identification of a signaling cascade that maintains constitutive δ-opioid receptor incompetence in peripheral sensory neurons.
Allison Doyle Brackley, Shayda Sarrami, Ruben Gomez, Kristi A. Guerrero, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2017 May 26
20 citations
A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 79/150 Scaffolds Transient Receptor Potential A 1 Phosphorylation and Sensitization by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation.
Allison Doyle Brackley, Ruben Gomez, Kristi A. Guerrero, Armen N. Akopian, Marc J. Glucksman, Junhui Du, Susan M. Carlton, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Scientific Reports. 2017 May 12
27 citations
GRK2 Constitutively Governs Peripheral Delta Opioid Receptor Activity
Allison Doyle Brackley, Ruben Gomez, Armen N. Akopian, Michael A. Henry, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Cell Reports. 2016 Sep 6
1 citations
RAF Kinase Inhibitory Protein Expression and Phosphorylation Profiles in Oral Cancers.
D P Hallums, Ruben Gomez, A P Doyle, Chi T. Viet, Brian L. Schmidt, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Clinics in Surgery. 2016 Jan 1
12 citations
A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 coordinates metabotropic glutamate receptor sensitization of peripheral sensory neurons.
Kalina Szteyn, Matthew P. Rowan, Ruben Gomez, Junhui Du, Susan M. Carlton, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Pain. 2015 Nov 1
9 citations
Divergence in endothelin-1- and bradykinin-activated store-operated calcium entry in afferent sensory neurons.
Kalina Szteyn, Ruben Gomez, Kelly A. Berg, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;ASN Neuro. 2015 Mar 1
22 citations
β-arrestin-2-biased agonism of delta opioid receptors sensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) in primary sensory neurons.
Matthew P. Rowan, Kalina Szteyn, Allison P. Doyle, Ruben Gomez, Michael A. Henry, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Molecular Pain. 2014 Aug 1
42 citations
Activation of mu opioid receptors sensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) via β-arrestin-2-mediated cross-talk.
Matthew P. Rowan, Sonya M. Bierbower, Michael A. Eskander, Kalina Szteyn, Elaine D. Por, Ruben Gomez, Nicholas A. Veldhuis, Nigel W. Bunnett, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Plos One. 2014 Apr 2
24 citations
Phosphorylation regulates TRPV1 association with β-arrestin-2
Elaine D. Por, Ruben Gomez, Armen N. Akopian, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;The Biochemical Journal. 2013 Apr 1
35 citations
β-Arrestin-2 desensitizes the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel.
Elaine D. Por, Sonya M. Bierbower, Kelly A. Berg, Ruben Gomez, Armen N. Akopian, William C. Wetsel, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2012 Oct 26
13 citations
Metallopeptidase inhibition potentiates bradykinin-induced hyperalgesia.
Ruben Gomez, Elaine D. Por, Kelly A. Berg, William P. Clarke, Marc J. Glucksman, Nathaniel A. Jeske> ;Pain. 2011 Jul 1
29 citations
A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 150 Mediates Transient Receptor Potential Family V Type 1 Sensitivity to Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate
Nathaniel A. Jeske, Elaine D. Por, Sergei Belugin, Sraboni Chaudhury, Kelly A. Berg, Armen N. Akopian, Michael A. Henry, Ruben Gomez> ;The Journal of Neuroscience. 2011 Jun 8
10 citations
Association of mitochondrial allele 4216c with increased risk for sepsis-related organ dysfunction and shock after burn injury
Ryan M. Huebinger, Ruben Gomez, Daphne McGee, Ling Yu Chang, Jessica E. Bender, Terence O'Keeffe, Agnes Burris, Susan M. Friese, Gary F. Purdue, John L. Hunt, Brett D....> ;Shock. 2010 Jan 1
21 citations
Regulation of protein kinase C by transforming growth factor β1 in rat costochondral chondrocyte cultures
Victor L. Sylvia, S. Mackey, Zvi Schwartz, L. Schuman, Ruben Gomez, Barbara D. Boyan> ;Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2009 Dec 3
13 citations
Association of mitochondrial allele 4216C with increased risk for complicated sepsis and death after traumatic injury.
Ruben Gomez, Terence O'Keeffe, Ling Yu Chang, Ryan M. Huebinger, Joseph P. Minei, Robert Barber> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2009 Mar 1
84 citations
Causes of Mortality by Autopsy Findings of Combat Casualties and Civilian Patients Admitted to a Burn Unit
Ruben Gomez, Clinton K. Murray, Duane R. Hospenthal, Leopoldo C. Cancio, Evan M. Renz, John B. Holcomb, Charles E. Wade, Steven E. Wolf> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2009 Mar 1
20 citations
Inhalation injury: Pathophysiology and clinical care. Proceedings of a Symposium Conducted at the Trauma Institute of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA on 28 March 2006
Leopoldo C. Cancio, Andriy I. Batchinsky, Michael A. Dubick, Myung S. Park, Ian H. Black, Ruben Gomez, Jeffrey A. Faulkner, Travis J. Pfannenstiel, Steven E. Wolf> ;Burns. 2007 Sep 1
22 citations
Management of burn wounds in the emergency department.
Ruben Gomez, Leopoldo C. Cancio> ;Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2007 Feb 1
The Greenfield filter as a potential hazard to the operating surgeon.
Ruben Gomez, Walter A. Salwen, Marc D. Basson> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2004 Aug 1
2 citations
Rethinking the watchful waiting approach to the swallowed coin problem.
Ruben Gomez, Marc D. Basson> ;Surgery. 2003 Jun 1
94 citations
The First Stage of Transforming Growth Factor β1 Activation is Release of the Large Latent Complex from the Extracellular Matrix of Growth Plate Chondrocytes by Matrix...
Shingo Maeda, David D Dean, Ruben Gomez, Zvi Schwartz, Barbara D. Boyan> ;Calcified Tissue International. 2002 Jan 1
50 citations
Potential mechanisms for the plasmin-mediated release and activation of latent transforming growth factor-β1 from the extracellular matrix of growth plate chondrocytes
H. A. Pedrozo, Zvi Schwartz, M. Robinson, Ruben Gomez, David D Dean, Lynda F. Bonewald, Barbara D. Boyan> ;Endocrinology. 1999 Dec 1
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Hospital Affiliations

DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital & University Health CenterDetroit, Michigan
DMC Harper University HospitalDetroit, Michigan