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Mario Cruz Jr.

Mario Cruz Jr., MD

Clinical Associate Professor


Department: Pediatrics

Specialties: Pediatrics

Education

  • MD - Albany Medical College
2024 Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™

Dr. Mario Cruz is a board certified pediatrician, practicing in Philadelphia at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

  • Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia magazine (2023, 2024)

Clinical Services

Pediatrics

Internships

  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (2005)

Residencies

  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
  • Albert Einstein Medical Center

Affiliated Hospitals

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Mario Cruz Jr., MD, is a clinical associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine.

He also serves as faculty director for Drexel's Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program (BTG CHIP). In this role he shares responsibility for overseeing the recruitment and hiring of up to 50 Drexel graduate students in the helath professions, developing and leading the summer curriculum, and serving as a member of the Bridging the Gaps consortium.

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is a primary academic campus of Drexel University College of Medicine. Its physicians are non-compensated members of the teaching faculty of Drexel University College of Medicine and its clinical practices are independent of Drexel University.


Contact Information


St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
160 East Erie Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Phone: 215.427.5000
Fax: 215.427.5555