Dr. Liz Cruz was named Top Gastroenterologist in 2019 and 2025. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Gastroenterology. Dr. Cruz is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. In 2014, she received the Quilly Award from the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors® for her Best-Selling Book “Answering the Call".

Dr. Cruz began her formal career in medicine by attending Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. Graduating in 1993, she went on to do her Internal Medicine Internship under the auspices of the U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospital, Oakland, California. In 1996, she was deployed to Guam to fulfill her commitment to the U.S. Navy. While in Guam, she served as a Staff Internist at the U.S. Naval Hospital. During her active-duty years in the Navy, she received the Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal as well as the Humanitarian Service Medal and the National Defense Medal for service during Operation Desert Storm.

In 2000, she went back to the University of California, San Francisco where she completed her training in Gastroenterology (GI). Dr. Liz Cruz owned an outpatient gastroenterology practice, Dr. Liz Cruz Partners in Digestive Health from 2007 - 2025. She founded her wellness business, drlizcruz.com in 2010 and cotinues to work and grow that business to this day. She is an author, and the creator of Everyday Enzymes®, as well as a variety of other wellness products designed to promote all-natural, holistic wellness. Cruz’s products have received critical acclaim and are widely praised for effectively reducing the need for prescription medicine. Dr. Cruz is extremely passionate about colon cancer awareness and using the colonoscopy as a screening tool as opposed to the many other options available to patients today. She hosts her very own podcast, “Digest This” featuring hundreds of episodes with thousands of listeners.

Dr. Cruz speaks fluent Spanish and enjoys her family, traveling, jazz music, and photography.