On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 25
Post Office Box 3433
Palm Desert, CA 92261
Phone: 760-360-2495
445 East Florida Avenue - Second Floor
Hemet, CA 92543
43875 Washington Street
Suite F
Palm Desert, CA 92211
2342 Rayburn House Office Building
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, District 36, 2012-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 25, 2022
Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce
Member, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Member, Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change
Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce)
Member, Veterans' Affairs
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 Member, Subcommittee on Health, 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
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
Founder, Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative
Director, 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