Biography
Dr. Rumma received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2010 from Stanford University, after which she matriculated to Stanford School of Medicine, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2015. She completed her General Surgery Residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School, followed by her Vascular and Endovascular Surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian's Weill Cornell and Columbia Irving Medical Centers. Dr. Rumma practices the full range of Vascular Surgery with a particular clinical interest in peripheral vascular disease and complex limb salvage. She joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico's Vascular Surgery Division as a surgeon scientist, where she splits her time caring for patients with vascular disease and developing her independent investigator program to study the axis between flow dynamics to organ salvage through novel spectroscopic methods that elucidate tissue perfusion.
Personal Statement
Dr. Rumma is an independent investigator who utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding tissue viability and how perturbations in flow dynamics translate to tissue ischemia or salvage. She collaborates with Dr. Keith Lidke's team at the Physics and Optics Department to develop non-invasive spectroscopic platforms for understanding capillary bed perfusion and leads the hind-limb ischemia program at the Vascular and Endothelial Surgical Sciences Lab (VESSL) at UNM. She brings her experience developing microfluidic platforms for personalized genomic vetting at Stanford's Oncology Department and Genomics Center, her postdoctoral background working in the Bioengineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her expertise in building clinical predictive models of intestinal perfusion using hyperspectral imaging as a Johnson and Johnson Innovation Fellow to her investigational program.
Areas of Specialty
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Wound Healing and Complex Limb Salvage
Complex Aortic Repair
Cerebrovascular Disease
Hemodialysis Access
Venous Thromboembolic Disease
Pulmonary Embolic Disease
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Education
Bachelor of Science: Stanford University, 2010
Doctor of Medicine: Stanford School of Medicine, 2015
General Surgery Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,2022
Post-doctoral Research: Fellowship in Vascular Surgery: New York Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell-Columbia Irving Medical Center, 2024
Certifications
Board Eligible, Vascular Surgery
Achievements & Awards
Committee Member- Basic and Translational Science, Society for Vascular Surgery
Investigator, Vascular and Endothelial Surgical Sciences Laboratory (VESSL)
Gold Humanism Honors Society
Key Publications
Journal Article
Rumma, Rowza, Aljabban, I, Sheta, M, Illig, K, Morrissey, N, 2023 Morbidity of Central Venous Catheters Versus Time: Implications for Access Decision Making Principles of Dialysis Access (2nd ed.)
Journal Article
DeRubertis, BG, Rumma, Rowza, 2023 Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis Handbook of Venous and Lymphatic Disorders: Guidelines fo the American Venous Forum (5th ed.)
Journal Article
Song, GHH, Rumma, Rowza, Ozaki, CK, Edelman, E, Chen, CS, 2018 A Bioengineering Perspective on the Challenges and Promise of Vascular Tissue Engineering Cell Stem Cell
Journal Article
Monjiu, A, Rumma, Rowza, Wise, A, Farmer, R, 2019 Age versus ASA - Examining 30-day mortality in patients undergoing colectomy from the ACS NSQIP database Wor J Colorectal Surg.