Frank De La Cruz

Dynamic and dependable medical professional aspiring to continue and practice my medical education as a house physician, including consults, interventions, and referrals.

• Margain, D., Arrangoiz, R., De La Cruz, F., Legaspi, A., Vasudevan, V., Sastry, A., De Llano, J.G., Fernandez, J., Galindo, L., Llaneras, N., Farrell, M., Fernandez-Christlieb, G. and Cordera, F. (2022) The Role of Preoperative Ultrasound and Sesta- mibi Scintigraphy in the Surgical Manage- ment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 11, 91-105. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijohns.2022.112010
• Arrangoiz, R., De La Cruz, F., De Llano, J., Mijares, M., Fernandez-Christlieb, G., Vasudevan, V., Sastry, A., Legaspi, A., Fernandez, J., Cordera, F. and Margain, D. (2021) Current Understanding of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 10, 184-221. DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2021.103019.
• Arrangoiz, R. , De La Cruz, F., De Llano, J. , Mijares, M. , Fernandez-Christlieb, G. , Vasudevan, V. , Sastry, A. , Legaspi, A. , Fernandez, J., Cordera, F. and Margain, D. (2021) Molecular Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules and Its Future Implications for the Management of Thyroid Cancer. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery,10, 398-418. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2021.105037.
• Barbara Junco, Frank De La Cruz, Sebastian Koch, et al. Abstract WP142: Baseline and Demographic Factors Associated With Improvements in Physical Activity, Cognition, and Mood: Preliminary Data from the Bugher Foundation’s Stroke and Exercise Study. 10.1161/str.49.suppl_1. WP142.

USMLE STEP 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK)

• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
• American College of Emergency Physician
• American Heart Association
• American College of Pediatrics
• American College of Radiology
• Golden Key Honor Society

December 2020 - Present

Pancreaticoduodenectomy at a Community Hospital

Frank De La Cruz, M.D., Adrian Legaspi, M.D., Rodrigo Arrangoiz, M.D., Vanitha Vasudevan, M.D., Amit Sastry, M.D., Jeronimo Garcialopez De Llano, M.D., Maria Fernanda Mijares, M.D,

Centers for Advanced Surgical Oncology at Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL

Proctorship & Researcher

● Abstract and manuscript composition and editing.

● Data mining for statistical analysis and interpretation.

December 2020 - Present

The Florida Pancreas Collaborative (FPC) Next Reducing Health Disparities and Improving Survival for Pancreatic Cancer

Adrian Legaspi, M.D., Rodrigo Arrangoiz, M.D., Vanitha Vasudevan, M.D., Amit Sastry, M.D., Frank De La Cruz, M.D., Jeronimo Garcialopez De Llano, M.D., Maria Fernanda Mijares, M.D,

Centers for Advanced Surgical Oncology at Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL

Researcher

● Screened and recruited pancreatic cancer patients.

● Data mining for statistical analysis and interpretation

● Abstract and literature paper composition and editing.

December 2020 - Present

Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic microwave ablation (MWA) in the management of HCC in cirrhotic livers

Adrian Legaspi, M.D., Rodrigo Arrangoiz, M.D., Vanitha Vasudevan, M.D., Amit Sastry, M.D., Frank De La Cruz, M.D., Jeronimo Garcialopez De Llano, M.D., Maria Fernanda Mijares, M.D,

Centers for Advanced Surgical Oncology at Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL

Researcher

● Data mining for statistical analysis and interpretation

● Abstract and literature paper composition and editing.

2016 - 2021

Evaluating the Levels of Awareness of and Attitudes on Advance Directives Among Primary Care Physicians in Puerto Rico, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine

Martha Eugenia Garcia Osorio, MD, MSc., Microbiology Department

Researcher

● Recruited and collected surveys from active Puerto Rican primary care physicians - Family, Internal, and General medicine – for statistical analysis and interpretation.

● Abstract and literature paper composition and editing.

2017

Bugher Study: The Safety and Tolerability of an Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Program with or Without Cognitive Training Post-Stroke, University of Miami

Dr. Sebastian Koch, MD, Neurology Department

Researcher

● Screened and recruited stroke participants. Performed exams: (a) NIH Stroke Scale, (b) Modified Ranked Scale Self-assessment (MRS), physical evaluation and motricity-index, and Rescored data pre and post-intervention.

2012

Collective Epithelial Cell Sheet Adhesion and Migration on Polyelectrolyte Multilayers with Uniform and Gradients of Compliance, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Thomas C.S. Keller, Ph. D, Biological Sciences Department

Researcher

● Euthanized and explanted primary fish epithelial tissue onto different PEMU for analyses along with time-lapse and live-cell imaging.

2012

Cell resistant zwitterionic polyelectrolyte coating promotes bacterial attachment: An adhesion contradiction, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Dr. Thomas C.S. Keller, Ph. D, Biological Sciences Department

Researcher

● Maintained and tested rat aortic smooth muscle (A7r5) and mouse fibroblasts (3T3).

● Former Salsa Dancer and Instructor.

● CrossFit.

● Reading fiction and nonfiction as well as poetry in both English and Spanish.

● Double-Nine Dominoes Playe.