Dr. Rutherford graduated with his MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2001 and went to Ventura County Medical Center in California for his Family Practice internship and residency. He served as faculty in the Stanislaus Family Practice Residency where he practiced and supervised residents in outpatient family medicine, obstetrical deliveries, and inpatient/intensive care. He currently works as attending physician in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care at Ventura County Medical Center. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. His professional skills include a variety of emergency and intensive care procedures including fracture/dislocation reduction, airway management, chest thoracostomy and thoracentesis, vascular access, lumbar puncture, point of care ultrasound use, and procedural sedation. His awards include the Theodore Phillips Award for Excellence in Family Medicine, the Resident Teaching Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the Stanislaus Family Practice Residency Outstanding Faculty Award and the Ventura County Outstanding Resident Teacher Award.

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Attending Physician at the Ventura County Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine
Ventura, California