Todd Ruderman, DO, serves as a PEN-Plus Regional Advisor for the Center of Integration Science for Global Health Equity, where he supports the expansion of PEN-Plus and NCD services in southeastern Africa.

Dr Ruderman honed his expertise in NCDs, PEN-Plus, and mental health implementation during his six years as the manager and director of NCDs and mental health for Partners In Health in Malawi. There he played a pivotal role in developing and launching the PEN-Plus program in Neno, Malawi, and collaborated with the Ministry of Health on the national scale-up of PEN-Plus. In addition, he has directed research, policy development, and grant management in NCDs and PEN-Plus in Malawi.

Dr. Ruderman completed his medical training and internal medicine residency at the Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey. He continues to work as a hospitalist in Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.