Carrie Mendoza

Dr. Carrie Mendoza is an accomplished Emergency Medicine physician with 25 years of experience across rural, suburban, and urban hospitals. She is a healthcare policy innovator and social entrepreneur who works with advocacy groups to expose and correct the administrative state and politicization of medicine and was instrumental in passing legislation to mandate all electronic health records document biologic sex and parental access to medical records for their minor children. Carrie earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University, received a master's degree and medical degree from the University of Chicago, and did her residency and a fellowship at Denver Health Hospital.

Carrie is a proud Chicago native, born at Michael Reese Hospital and raised in Evanston and Winnetka. She is the granddaughter of immigrants including a maternal grandfather who escaped the Russian Revolution. Carrie and her husband Myles have three sons. As an observant Jewish family, their values guide Carrie every day - rooted in service, resilience and a belief that compassionate leadership can make a difference.