Eric Cruzen, MD, MBA

Dr. Cruzen is a graduate of the integrated 6-year BA/MD program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After completing residency in Emergency Medicine in Orlando, Florida, he worked all over the United States as a physician in the Army Reserve before joining the Health System in 2003 as Associate Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Southside Hospital. A graduate of the MBA program at Hofstra University, Dr. Cruzen is proud to have been appointed an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Hofstra/Northwell. 

In 2021, Dr. Cruzen moved into a new role as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) in charge of the newly formed Integrated Operations division at Northwell Health. In this role, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of software architects, data scientists, and medical informaticists to create innovative solutions to complex problems in the space where technology and medicine intersect. Most recently, Dr. Cruzen was promoted to Senior Vice President & Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Service Line, making him ultimately responsible for the operations of all of the EDs across the Northwell System, as well as medical oversight of Northwell’s 51 urgent care centers and extensive ambulance fleet.