In 2024, Dr. Cruzen served as a Founding Chairperson for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Health Greenwich Village. Lenox Health was the first freestanding emergency medicine department in Manhattan, providing advanced care for patients ranging the entire spectrum of age and acuity. Dr. Cruzen’s role involved developing innovative models of emergency care, oversight of quality, and the delivery of clinical services. In 2021, Dr. Cruzen transitioned to a new role as Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), where he led 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. In 2022, Dr. Cruzen was promoted to Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Service Line. He was responsible for the operations of all Northwell Emergency Departments, as well as oversight of 51 urgent care centers and an extensive ambulance fleet. In his most recent role, Dr. Cruzen serves as the Senior Vice President, Chief Data and Informatics Officer, leading a multi-disciplinary team of informaticists, data and software architects and engineers, innovative product developers and strategists to lead Northwell’s data strategy, advanced analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. 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 Northwell in 2003 as an Associate Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Cruzen is a graduate of the MBA program at Hofstra University.