Dr. Jacobo Cruz, MD

Dr. Cruz is a truly gifted practitioner - he has what cannot be taught or learned in a formal education. Raw knowledge, anyone can gain by a fine education but Dr. Cruz has the innate character of a compassionate humanitarian caregiver which cannot be said of all professionals in this field. Having bumped into more than a few during my painful 40+ year struggle, I speak from direct experience. Fortunately for myself and other patients, Dr. Cruz uses his life long pursuit of gaining further understanding & knowledge by filtering it through what is an exceptional and importantly autonomous intelligence, tempered by common sense and real life experience. It has made all the difference to me and I often think of how lucky I am to have such a brilliant, humble, compassionate doctor as part of my brain health care and treatment team. Thank you, so very much Brenda for getting me on the schedule and all you do is appreciated and noticed.

In 2014 - 2015 I consulted Dr. Cruz for severe depression. He recommended electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). He performed ECT under general anesthesia in a hospital setting. I felt no pain during the procedure. Woke up in the recovery room. Was driven home by family member. After 3 ECT treatments I am fine. Dr. Cruz changed my meds. I highly recommend Dr. Cruz. He is competent, professional, caring and compassionate.

Dr. Cruz is the only genuinely nice psychiatrist. I was hesitant at first meeting when i learned he doesn't look at your past psych evals. i let my frustration out in his office about medication not working, week after week, Dr. Cruz remaining patient all the while and truly listening to my concerns of certain side effects. I highly recommend Dr. Cruz~

I have seen Cruz out of convenience for years now, as it is not easy to find psychiatrists in this area. Cruz never seems to remember me (after years), and has made me feel like a lab rat at times with medicine. His lack of effort to even pretend to care about you bothers me the most. I even suggested to him That maybe he review my chart before I come in (because he was saying things that were not about me, maybe someone else).He replied " I have too many patients for that, I can't do that.

I saw dr Cruz many years ago and he was very professional and he really helped me work through years of abuse. I highly recommend.

He is a good Dr. I am sorry I am not much of writer.