Anastasia Ruiz, MD

Dr. Ruiz is a board-certified psychiatrist. She received her medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She chose psychiatry as a specialty because it continues to be the frontier of medicine. Dr. Ruiz believes that the mind and body's well-being involves a biopsychosocial treatment approach. Dr. Ruiz works with her clients’ goals of treatment to achieve maximal results.

Dr. Ruiz enjoys research and has authored publications. Dr. Ruiz has worked in psychiatric hospitals as staff psychiatrist where she provided ECT treatment as well as provided a wide range of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment including anxiety, depression, panic disorder, OCD, bipolar disorder, and severe mental illness. Dr. Ruiz also has experience working in IOP and PHP programs. Dr. Ruiz enjoys her academic appointments, and teaches medical students and physicians in training. She is up-to-date on literature and current treatment guidelines. Dr. Ruiz’s areas of interest include teaching and promotion of the topic of psychiatry. She also has a special interest in psychiatric women's health, as well as perinatal diagnosis and treatment (such as pregnancy and postpartum).She has received the AWP International Fellowship Award and the ADMSEP Innovations Award for her dedication and passion in the field of psychiatry.

Dr. Ruiz's practice focuses on a combination of medication management and therapy, as research demonstrates that a combination of therapy and medication results in better outcomes for certain conditions and symptoms.