Dr. Ruggieri is a Board Certified general surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He earned his medical degree from Georgetown University in 1987 and completed his surgical training at Barnes Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine. He spent three years as a surgeon in the U.S. Army prior to entering into private practice in Tennessee. He joined our group in 1999. Dr. Ruggieri has a special interest in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Dr. Ruggieri also specializes in advanced laparoscopic bowel resection, hernia repair, spleen removal and gallbladder surgery. He is licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and is available at our Fall River office. He is on the medical staff at Charlton Memorial, St. Anne's and Newport Hospitals. He is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Massachusetts Medical Society.