ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ, M.D.
Antonio De la Cruz, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, USC School of Medicine

Director of Education, House Ear Institute

Clinical Fellowship in Otolaryngology/Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery, House Ear Institute/ Clinic, 1974

Specialty in Otolaryngology at the University of Miami Hospitals

MD, University of Costa Rica School of Medicine

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery
  • Skull Base Tumors
  • Otosclerosis / Laser Stapedectomy
  • Congenital Atresia

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book: Salvinelli F, De la Cruz A. Otoneurosurgery and lateral skull base surgery. WB Saunders; 1996

De la Cruz A, Chandrasekhar SS. Transcochlear approach to cerebellopontine angle lesions. In: Brackmann DE, Shelton C, Arriaga MA, eds. Otologic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1994-650-657

De la Cruz, A., Angeli, S., Slattery, W.H.: Stapedectomy in Children. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 120, No. 4 pp. 487- 492, 1999.

De la Cruz A, Fayad J. Stapedectomy Revision.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Dec 123(6): 728-32 (2000)

De la Cruz A, Teufert KB, Acoustic Neuromas: Evaluation and Treatment. Manuel De Otorrinolaringologia Cabeza y Cuello. Editors: Augusto Penaranda, Juan Manuel Garcia, Martin Pinzon. Published by AMOLCA Editorial 2007

De la Cruz A, Hansen, MR: Correction of Congenital Malformations, Ear and Temporal Bone Surgery (Minimizing Risks and Complications), Chapter 5, pages 50-57 Thieme 2006


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Offices Held:

  • President, Otosclerosis Study Group 2007-2008
  • President, Pan American Association of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2006-2008
  • President, American Otological Society, 2006
  • President, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1998
  • President, American Neurotology Society, 199l-l992
  • Président International 2002-2005, Institut George Portmann, Bordeaux, France
  • President, XXVI Pan-American Congress ORL-HNS, San Francisco 2002
  • President, Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology, l99l-l992
  • President, Alumni Fellowship Group/House Ear Institute, 1981
  • President, University of Miami ENT Alumni, l982-1994
  • Director of Education, House Ear Institute, 1982 – Present
  • Collegium Oto-Rhinolaryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, Member since 1990
  • Honorary Member of the Otolaryngology Societies of Italy, India, The Philippines, Argentina, Brasil, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica.
  • Member of Instruction Course Advisory Committee, AAO-HSN, 1985 - present
  • Member, Credentials/Membership Comm., AAO-HNS, 1988 - Present
  • Listed in Who is Who: Best Doctors of America, 1992-2007
  • Listed in "Best Doctors in Los Angeles" complied by Los Angeles Magazine

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DR. DE LA CRUZ'S C.V.

Antonio De la Cruz, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, USC School of Medicine

Director of Education, House Ear Institute

Specialty in Otolaryngology at the University of Miami Hospitals

MD, University of Costa Rica School of Medicine

Clinical Fellowship in Otolaryngology/Neurotology

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery
  • Skull Base Tumors
  • Otosclerosis/Stapedectomy
  • Congenital Atresia

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book: Salvinelli F, De la Cruz A. Otoneurosurgery and lateral skull base surgery. WB Saunders; 1996 De la Cruz A, Chandrasekhar SS. Transcochlear approach to cerebellopontine angle lesions. In: Brackmann DE, Shelton C, Arriaga MA, eds. Otologic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB
Saunders; 1994-650-657

De la Cruz A, Chandrasekhar SS. Congenital malformation of the temporal bone. In: Brackmann
DE, Shelton C, Arriaga MA, eds. Otologic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1994:70-84

De la Cruz A, Chandrasekhar SS. Congenital malformation of the temporal bone. In: Brackmann
DE, Shelton C, Arriaga MA, eds. Otologic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1994:70-84

De la Cruz A, Chandrasekhar SS. Congenital malformation of the temporal bone. In: Brackmann
DE, Shelton C, Arriaga MA, eds. Otologic Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1994:70-84

De la Cruz A, Linthicum FH Jr., Luxford WM. Congenital atresia of the external auditory canal. Laryngoscope. 1985; 95:421-427

De la Cruz A, Doyle KJ. Ossiculopolasty in congenital hearing loss. Otolaryngology Clin North Am. 1994;27:799-811

De la Cruz A, McElveen JT Jr. Hearing preservation in vestibular neurectomy Laryngoscope.
1984;94:874-877


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Past President, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
  • Secretary General, Pan American Association of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
  • Chairman, International Federation of Otolaryngology Societies Committee
  • Honorary Member of the Otolaryngology Societies of India, The Philippines, Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica, Rio de Janeiro and Guadalajara
  • Member of the Committee for Latin American Medicine, AAO-HSN
  • Member of Instruction Course Advisory Committee, AAO-HSN
  • Past President of the American Neurotology Society
  • Past President of the Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology
  • Listed in Who is Who: Best Doctors of America
  • Listed in "Best Doctors in Los Angeles" complied by Los Angeles Magazine

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DR. DE LA CRUZ'S C.V.

 
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