Dr. Neal Ruda, M.D.

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Neal Ruda, who serves patients in Hazlet, New Jersey.

Dr. Ruda is a remarkable and trusted pediatrician who delivers quality pediatric care to infants, children, and adolescents in the Hazlet, New Jersey area at Jersey Shore Bethany Pediatrics. 

With a motto “let your child grow with us”, Jersey Shore Bethany Pediatrics provides the high-quality clinical care one can expect and the reassuring personal concern for a child’s health and well-being. 

Professionally, Dr. Ruda can also be found on staff at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, and at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. An active member of the New Jersey State Medical Society, he was elected as one of New Jersey’s Favorite Kids’ Docs in 2010 and 2011 by New Jersey Family Magazine.

A 1984 graduate of the University of Bologna – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Ruda relocated to the United States to further his education. Once there, he served his residency in pediatrics at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Following his education, he became board-certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, which is primarily accountable to children, from infants to young adults, and their families as it guides professional self-regulation and certifies pediatricians. 

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. As a pediatrician, Dr. Ruda provides medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. He is trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses through all their developmental stages, as they grow and mature. 

On a more personal note, Dr. Ruda is an avid photographer and enjoys traveling the world.  He lives in Holmdel with his wife of 35 years, Suzanne, where he raised his 4 children. In addition to English, he is fluent in Italian.

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