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Pedro Ruiz, M.D.

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Biography:

Dr. Pedro Ruiz is currently a Tenured Professor for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Born in Cuba, Dr. Ruiz conducted his pre-medical school studies at the University of Havana in Cuba and completed him medical school education at the University of Paris in France. Subsequently, he finished his graduate training in General Psychiatry at the University of Miami Medical School in Florida.

During his academic career, Dr. Ruiz was also Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as well as Assistant Dean at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He was also President of the American College of Psychiatrists, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Association for Social Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association. Currently, he is also President Elect of the World Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Ruiz has received numerous honors and awards; among them, the “Simon Bolivar Award”, the “George Tarjan Award”, the Administrative Psychiatry Award”, the Nancy C. Roeske Award, the Irma J. Bland Award, and a “Presidential Commendation” from the American Psychiatric Association. Also, the “Bowis Award” and the "Distinguished Service in Psychiatry Award" from the American College of Psychiatrists, and the “Exemplary Psychiatrist Award” from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Dr. Ruiz has published over 600 original articles, invited articles, books, book chapters, scientific abstracts and book reviews during his academic career. Among them, the well established textbook “Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook”. Additionally, he has served in numerous Editorial Boards, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, World Psychiatry, and Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment where he is currently Editor-in-Chief. His areas of research interest are administrative psychiatry, psychiatric education, cross-cultural psychiatry and health services research.

Education:

Medical School: University of Paris, Paris, France, 1958-1964

Graduate Training in Psychiatry: University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida, 1964-1968

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Psychiatric Education
2. Administrative Psychiatry
3. Cross-Cultural Psychiatry
4. Addiction Psychiatry
5. Health Services Research

Publications (selected):

• Ruiz, P, Primm A (eds): Disparities in Psychiatric Care: Clinical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
• Ruiz P: 133rd Presidential Address: Addressing Patient Needs: Access, Parity, and Human Care. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164(10): 1507-1509, 2007.
• Ruiz P, Strain, EC, Langrod JG: The Substance Abuse Handbook. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
• Fernandez F, Ruiz P: Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS (eds.). Baltimore, Maryland, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
• Ruiz P, Primm A: APA’s Efforts to Eliminate Disparities. Psychiatric Serviceds, 56(12): 1603-1605, 2005.
• Ruiz P, Bland IJ, Pi EH, de Zulueta F: Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy. In G.O. Gabbard, J. Beck, J. Holmes (eds.): Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy. Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 431-439.
• Lowinson JH, Ruiz P, Millman RB (eds.): Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2005.
• Ruiz P: Addressing Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Psychiatric Practice.  Psychiatric Annals, 34(7): 527-532, 2004.
• Johnson BA, Ruiz P, Galanter M (eds.): Handbook of Clinical Alcoholism Treatment.  Baltimore, Maryland, Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, 2003.
• Ruiz P: Recent Advances in Graduate Psychiatric Training. World Psychiatry, 2(1):57-59, 2003.
• Ruiz P: System-Based Practice Core Competencies.  In S.C. Scheiber, T.A.M. Kramer, S.E. Adamowski (eds.): Core Competencies for Psychiatric Practice: What Clinicians Need to Know. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 2003, pp. 109-118.
• Ruiz P: Hispanic Access to Health/Mental Services. Psychiatric Quarterly, 73(2):85-91, 2002.
• Szigethy EM, Ruiz P, DeMasso DR, Shapiro F, Beardslee WR: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: A Longitudinal and Integrated Approach.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(3):373-378, 2002.
• Ruiz P, Lile B, Matorin AA: Treatment of a Dually Diagnosed Gay Male Patient: A Psychotherapy Perspective.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(2):209-215, 2002.
• Johnson BA, Devous MD, Ruiz P, Ait-Daoud N: Treatment Advances in Cocaine-Induced Ischemic Strokes: Focus on Dihydropyridine-Class Calcium Channel Antagonists. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(8): 1191-1198, 2001.
• Szigethy EM, Ruiz P: Depression Among Pregnant Adolescents: An Integrated Treatment Approach.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(1): 22-27, 2001.
• Ruiz P, Guynn RW, Matorin AA: Psychiatric Considerations in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV/AIDS.  Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 6(3): 129-139, 2000.
• Ruiz P (ed.): Ethnicity and Psychopharmacology (book). Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Review of Psychiatry Series, Volume 19, No. 4, 2000.
• Ruiz P: Living and Dying with HIV/AIDS: A Psychosocial Perspective.  The American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(1): 110-113, 2000.

 

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Mental Sciences Institute
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Houston, Texas 77030

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Faculty Biography

• Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
  Professor
• Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  1300 Moursund Street
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-2799
  e-mail: Pedro.Ruiz@uth.tmc.edu