• Sports Medicine and Shoulder Replacement Specialist

• Undergraduate degree: Birmingham-Southern College, Magna Cum Laude
• Medical school: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Cum Laude
• Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center Orthopedic Surgery Residency
• Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center Orthopedic Surgery Residency
• Fellowship: Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction Fellowship and AO-ASIF Trauma Fellowship–Johnson City, Tennessee

• Board Certified American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Subspeciality Certification in Sports Medicine

• Arthroscopic Shoulder Reconstruction and Repair
• Customized Shoulder Replacement
• Arthroscopic Knee Reconstruction and Repair
• Fracture Care

• Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region, 1996-97
• Team Orthopedic Surgeon Itawamba Community College
• Team Orthopedic Surgeon Northeast Community College
• Major US Air Force Honorably discharged
• Member of Birmingham Southern College Sports Hall of Fame for Soccer
• Adjunct Professor William Carey
• Team Orthopedic Surgeon for Multiple Local High Schools

• Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
• Member Arthroscopy Association of North America
• Member American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine\
• Member of Hawkins Society

• Peer Reviewed
  • Gabriel J Rulewicz, MD; Stacy Beaty, MD; Richard J. Hawkins, M.D.; Michael. Supraspinatus Atrophy as a Predictor of Rotator Cuff Tear Size: An MRI Study Utilizing the Tangent Sign. J Shoulder Elbow Surg; epub 25 January 2013.
  • J Kissenberth, MD, Gabriel J Rulewicz, MD, Stephen C Hamilton MD, Hannah Bruch BS, Richard Hawkins MD. A positive tangent sign predicts the repairability of rotator cuff tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg; Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 1023-1027, July 2014.
• Non-Peer Reviewed
  • Hand Fractures and Dislocations in the Developing Skeleton, Sheila Lindley MD and Gabriel Rulewicz MD, Hand Clinics 22 (August 2006) 253-268.
  • Technique for SI Joint Arthrodesis: Literature Review and Case Reports. RA McGuire, DK Donahoe, GJ Rulewicz, Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science, Vol 51(3), July 2006: 195.
  • cDNA, In Vitro Expression, and Biomechanical Characterization of Cholinesterase 1 and Cholinesterase 2 from amphioxus. McClellan JS, Coblentz WB, Sapp M, Rulewicz G…European Journal of Biochemistry, 12/1992, Volume 258(2), pp 419-429.
• Books and Book Chapters
  • Structure and Function of Cholinesterases and Related Proteins, Structure and Function of Cholinesterases from Agnathans and Cephalochordates: Implications for the Evolution of Cholinesterases. Pezzementi L, Sutherland D, Sanders M, Soong W, Milner D, McClellan JS, Sapp M, Coblentz WB, Rulewicz GJ. Volume: 105-110. Web Based Journal Articles
  • Genebank, Acession Number U74830, Branchiostoma floridae Cholinsterase 1 mRNA, complete code, McClellan JS, Coblentz WB, Sapp M, Rulewicz G.
  • Genebank, Acession Number U74831, Branchiostoma floridae Cholinsterase 1 mRNA, complete code, McClellan JS, Coblentz WB, Sapp M, Rulewicz G.
• Presentations
  • Tangent Sign to Evaluate Repairability of Rotator Cuff Tears. GJ Rulewicz, M Kissenberth, R Hawkins,. Presented at May 2013 Hawkins Society Meeting.
  • Case Study of Anterior Shoulder Instability in a Thrower. GJ Rulewicz, R Hawkins. Presented at May 2012 Hawkins Society Meeting.
  • Correlation of Acromiohumeral Distance on Upright Plain Films and MRI with Fatty Infiltration, Atrophy, and Massive Rotator Cuff Size. C Baker, GJ Rulewicz, R Hawkins. Presented at February 2012 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2012.
  • A New Technique for SI Arthrodesis. GJ Rulewicz. Mississippi Orthopedic Society Annual Meeting. 2006.
  • Anconeus Epitrochlearis. GJ Rulewicz. Mississippi Orthopedic Society Annual Meeting 2005.
• Posters
  • A New Technique for SI Joint Arthrodesis. McGuire RA, Donahoe DK, Rulewicz GJ. Poster Presentation. Global Spine Congress. AO International Academic Congress. San Francisco, June 21-26, 2009.
  • A Rare Case of Bilateral Exertional Superficial Peroneal Nerve Entrapment in a Military Athlete. Sean Martin, Gabriel Rulewicz. AOASM 24 Annual Clinical th Conference, Salt Lake City Utah, March 2008.

• See oinms.com and https://www.youtube.com/@orthopaedicinstituteofnort1532

He served in the Air Force active duty for 4 years and then another 9 years in the reserves. He spent time in Iraq and Eglin Air Force base. While at Eglin he served as the orthopedic PA fellowship director. Dr Rulewicz was honorably discharged as a Major.

Gabe enjoys spending time with his wife, Diane, and 3 daughters, Izzie, Lily, and Emme. He grew up in Tupelo and is a graduate of Tupelo High School in 1993. He returned home to practice Orthopaedic Surgery in 2012. He enjoys serving at church, playing sports, and going to antique sales.