Ivonne Ruiz, Psy.D.

Ivonne Ruiz, Psy.D., is a licensed Psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience working clinically with severe mental illness. She completed her doctoral degree at Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Psychological Studies where she obtained extensive experience in working with children and adolescents. Afterwards, she completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency at Citrus Health Network (1999-2001) as a supervisor in the assessment and emergency services department. Following completion of her residency, she became a clinical coordinator for the School Based Clinical Services Program (2001-2007) where she oversaw the provision of intensive therapeutic on- site clinical services. Her work in this community setting focused on providing intensive wrap around services in order to preserve the in-home placement. Additionally, she worked closely with the training program, directly supervising both pre-doctoral interns as well as post doctoral residents in Outpatient Psychotherapy (2001-2007), as well as in the Child Crisis Stabilization Unit (CCSU) (2001-2014).  Dr. Ruiz then served as clinical coordinator in the Residential Inpatient Treatment Services Program (RITS), (2007-2014) a Statewide Inpatient Psychiatric Program (SIPP), which provides behaviorally based services to children and adolescents with significant behavioral and emotional difficulties. Additionally, the program focuses on the treatment of juvenile sexual offenders, as such, she has worked closely with the Juvenile Division of the Miami Dade County Courts. As clinical supervisor for the Foster Care Program, (2014-2015) Dr. Ruiz also worked to develop a manualized group treatment protocol for survivors of human trafficking. Since 2015, Dr. Ruiz has served as clinical coordinator to the Utilization Management program working closely with Medicaid Managed Care companies as well as providers to ensure positive clinical outcomes. In 2021, care coordination teams were integrated with utilization management in order to improve clinical outcomes and decrease recidivism rates in our more intensive programs, including crisis stabilization and SIPP. Additionally, Dr. Ruiz implemented and supervises the chronic care management program focusing on the provision of care coordination to Medicare patients who have chronic conditions, and as of 2025 will be supervising the Accountable Care Organization (ACO).