Dr. Ruthi Landau is the Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia at Columbia University in New York.

She is past President of SOAP and the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia (IJOA).

She has authored over 180 articles and is invited to lecture on genomics and anesthesia, optimized labor analgesia, enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery, the opioid crisis, and ethnic/racial disparities in maternal health care.