Eric Eskioglu

In his role as Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Novant Health, Dr. Eric Eskioglu provides strategic, clinical, and cultural leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered care across Novant Health. Eskioglu also oversees all medical staff and leads the safety and quality teams and initiatives while also leading eight Novant Health Clinical Institutes as well as being Co-Executive Director for Novant’s Institute of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. Before his career in medicine, Dr. Eskioglu worked as an aerospace engineer at the Allied-Signal Aerospace and Boeing, where he participated in Six Sigma and research teams in charge of developing new power sources for the next generation of aircraft. He continues to apply his engineering background in efforts to streamline healthcare, decrease errors, and improve patient satisfaction. He is passionate about data analytics and artificial intelligence in healthcare applications. Dr. Eskioglu earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas and completed a two-year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health with Pfizer Clinical Research Scholars program, as well as an endovascular/vascular neurosurgery fellowship at the University of Florida. He completed his neurosurgical residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Eskioglu also earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona.