A Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with subspecialty certification in Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Ruelaz is passionate about neuroscience, culture, spirituality and medicine. Her own journey has led her everywhere from working at Mother Theresa’s Sisters of Mercy center for abandoned children in Calcutta, India to become Associate Director of the Psychiatric Consultation Service of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA.

Through 15 years of studying, practicing and teaching in academic medicine, living yoga in yearly ashram retreats, and observing medical care during travel to 32 countries, Dr. Ruelaz has developed a “Spiritual Neuroscience” that integrates alternative and western medicine, spirituality and neuroscience for innovation in current medical practice.

Dr. Ruelaz teaches USC and UCLA medical students as well as Cedars-Sinai Psychiatry residents and has lectured to thousands of professionals and individuals. She has written several articles for medical journals and her expertise has been used by Medscape, Psychiatric Times, Journal of General Internal Medicine, The International Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and several others.

Now, she has chosen to reduce her time at one of LA’s leading hospitals in order to bring her Spiritual Neuroscience to those who desire tools and techniques to guide the journey of their own lives.