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Raul Ruiz's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 25

Contact Information

Campaign


81719 Doctor Carreon Blvd.
Suite G
Indio, CA 92201

445 East Florida Ave
2nd Floor
Hemet, CA 92543

343 S. 8th Street
Suite A
El Centro, CA 92243

2342 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Raul Ruiz

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Monica; 2 Children: Sky, Sage

Birth Date:

08/25/1972

Birth Place:

Zacatecas, MX

Home City:

Palm Desert, CA

Religion:

Adventist

MPH, Harvard University, 2007

MD, Harvard University at Cambridge, 1995-2001

MPP, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 2001

BS, University of California at Los Angeles, 1994

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 25, 2023-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 25, 2022, 2024

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 36, 2012-2023

Member, Subcommittee on Health, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, House Oversight & Investigations Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Former Member, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans’ Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Expedition Physician, TCS Expeditions, 2007-present

Former Emergency Room Physician, Eisenhower Medical Center

Former Resident, Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Former Medical Director, J/P Haitian Relief Organization

Former Consultant, Ministries of Health, El Salvador

Former Consultant, Ministries of Health, Serbia

Senior Associate Dean, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, 2011-2012

Fellow, International Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2006-2007

Director, Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative

Founder, Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative

Founder, Future Physician Leaders Program

Volunteer, Partners in Health

Awards:

Commander's Award for Public Service - US 82nd Airborne, 2010

Humanitarian Award - The California American College of Emergency Physicians, 2011

Humanitarian of the Year - Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce, 2010

Person of the Year Award - The Desert Magazine, 2011

Influential Latino of the Year - Inland Empire Hispanic Image Awards, 2009

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