Dr. Eric Kiza is an internal medicine physician and hospitalist based in Las Vegas, Nevada, with extensive experience in inpatient care, medical education, research, and medicolegal medicine. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wright State University in 2015, graduating magna cum laude. He then attended the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, earning his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree in 2020. During medical school, he participated in the Rural and Urban Scholars Pathway, developing specialized skills for caring for patients in underserved communities.
Following medical school, Dr. Kiza completed his postdoctoral training at Summa Akron City Hospital through the Summa Health System/Northeast Ohio Medical University Program. He completed an internship in pathology from 2020 to 2021, during which he completed autopsy reports, performed specimen grossing, and prepared pathology reports. He then completed an internal medicine internship from 2021 to 2022 and a categorical internal medicine residency from 2022 to 2024. Throughout his residency, he also served as a Clinical Instructor of Pathology and Internal Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Prior to relocating to Nevada, Dr. Kiza practiced as a nocturnist with OhioHealth from 2024 to 2026, providing overnight hospital care, managing rapid responses and medical emergencies, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Dr. Kiza is committed to thoughtful, patient-centered care. He takes time to understand each patient’s needs and works closely with the healthcare team to develop an individualized treatment plan. His scholarly work includes a published clinical case report on Bouveret syndrome in the Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases.
In addition to his hospital medicine work, Dr. Kiza provides clinical insight for medicolegal case reviews involving standards of care and causation. He actively conducts independent medical examinations (IMEs) and prepares expert medical opinions. Dr. Kiza maintains active certifications in BLS, ACLS, and Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS), and is multilingual, with fluency in English, French, Kinyarwanda, and Swahili.