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Christina M Cruz, MD
Internal Medicine, Primary Care
About Me
Christina M. Cruz, MD, is Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Care and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at Beth Israel. She is a Primary Care Internist. Dr. Cruz earned her Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2011 and completed her internship and residency at Montefiore’s Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine Residency Program. She oversees the residency's Ambulatory and Wellness Curricula.
Dr. Cruz regularly reviews clinical vignettes and medical education workshops for the Society of General Internal Medicine's (SGIM) annual and regional conferences and is serving as the 2018 Co-Chair for SGIM’s Mid-Atlantic Medical Innovations Committee. She participates in medical education research including a multi-center study of prevalence and potential contributors to burnout among resident physicians, along with research designed to study whether or not decreasing clerical burden decreases burnout among Internal Medicine residents. In 2014, she received Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Leo M. Davidoff Society's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Medical Students. In 2018, she received the National Hispanic Medical Association’s 2018 Young Physicians of the Year Award. Dr. Cruz's primary area of interest is the intersection between medical education and social accountability.
Language
English, Spanish
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medical Education
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Acne
- Annual Physical
- Birth Control / Contraception
- Blood Work
- General Consultation
- Migraine
- Rash
- Sore Throat
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Residency, Other, Not Listed
Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Rheumatology
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Awards
2022
Junior Faculty Award, Mount Sinai Health System’s Faculty Council
2022
Excellence in Teaching Award, Institute of Medical Education (IME), Mount Sinai Health System
2020
Society for the Teaching of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
2014
Elected to Leo M. Davidoff Society's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Medical Students
2011
Latino Medical Student Association's Excellence and Service Award
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
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Dr, Cruz is the best and she is awesome. I love my Doctor
I've been with Dr. Cruz for several years now and I am very happy that she is very well informed with all of my medical history. [...] I am very pleased with my care under Dr. Cruz I have my husband & sister in law seeing her as well Hopefully I can get my son to see her as well She will be our family Dr ^_^
Doctor Cruz is phenomenal.
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Cruz during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Outside Employment
- Verily Life Sciences LLC
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.