2020
DR. ERIC
WEI
SENIOR VP & INTERIM CEO
NY HEALTH + HOSPITALS/ELMHURSTELMHURST
Dr. Eric Wei has been serving as the Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for
NYC Health + Hospitals and the Interim Chief Executive Officer for NYC Health + Hospitals/
Elmhurst.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at University
of California, Los Angeles in 2003. He completed the combined MD and MBA program at
University of California, Irvine in 2009. Dr. Wei completed his Emergency Medicine residency
and the Healthcare Administration Scholars Program at the University of Michigan in 2013.
Dr. Wei has led the Office of Quality and Safety, focused on fostering a culture of safety,
building quality improvement capacity across all 42,000 staff, aligning improvement
efforts with system vision and strategic pillars, and becoming a data driven, high reliability
organization. He has also led care experience, staff wellness, high value care, arts in
medicine, spiritual care, data governance and analytics, emergency management, hospital
police and security, and the Helping Healers Heal (H3) program.
He has been a practicing Emergency Medicine physician rotating through all 11 Emergency
Departments in NYC Health + Hospitals. He has served on the board of MetroPlus Health
and as faculty for the Greater New York Hospital Association/UHF Clinical Quality Fellowship
Program.
Previously, he was the Chief Quality Officer and Associate Medical Director for Quality, Safety
and Risk for LAC + USC Medical Center in the Los Angeles County Department of Health
Services.
Dr. Wei has been residing in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife, Lili, children, Ava, Audrey,
and Aiden, and dog, Yuki. His outside interests include travel, camping, tennis, cycling, and
exploring new activities and food in New York City with his family.
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