--- title: Dr. Nicholas Cozzi | TIME description: Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA is an emergency physician and EMS medical director in Chicago. His work focuses on prehospital care, disaster response, and medical communications. A contributor to TIME, Dr. Cozzi writes about how medicine intersects with culture—from the impact of social media on youth to the rise of emerging medical technologies. He is passionate about translating frontline experience into public understanding and policy. canonical: https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nicholas Cozzi ## Nicholas Cozzi Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA is an emergency physician and EMS medical director in Chicago. His work focuses on prehospital care, disaster response, and medical communications. A contributor to TIME, Dr. Cozzi writes about how medicine intersects with culture—from the impact of social media on youth to the rise of emerging medical technologies. He is passionate about translating frontline experience into public understanding and policy. ## Nicholas Cozzi *  Nov 10, 2025 ### [AI Isn’t Coming for Doctors. It’s Already in the Room.](https://time.com/7331890/ai-doctor-emergency-room-care/) In the emergency room, the line between human and machine is blurring. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 25, 2025 ### [Why Patients Are Flooding Emergency Rooms](https://time.com/7319387/health-insurance-us-emergency-room-prior-authorization/) Prior authorizations are breaking the healthcare system. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 22, 2025 ### [The Heavy Cost of Using Weight-Loss Drugs to Get Skinny](https://time.com/7311517/cost-weight-loss-drugs-skinny/) "Losing weight is a choice. But it should never be made because of society’s aesthetic obsession wit... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 2, 2025 ### [When TikTok Trends Send Kids to the ER](https://time.com/7299395/nicholas-cozzi-essay-tiktok/) "TikTok has the power to save a life, but the content being amplified has the potential to end one, ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 10, 2025 ### [Why We ER Doctors Love 'The Pitt'](https://time.com/7276040/the-pitt-nicholas-cozzi-essay/) "The show offers audiences a raw glimpse into a health care system on the brink," writes Nicholas Co... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/","name":"Nicholas Cozzi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/"},"name":"Nicholas Cozzi","jobTitle":null,"description":"Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA is an emergency physician and EMS medical director in Chicago. His work focuses on prehospital care, disaster response, and medical communications. A contributor to TIME, Dr. Cozzi writes about how medicine intersects with culture—from the impact of social media on youth to the rise of emerging medical technologies. He is passionate about translating frontline experience into public understanding and policy.","url":"https://time.com/author/nicholas-cozzi/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```