| DR. DE LA CRUZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY Los Angeles • November 10,2004
Antonio De la Cruz, M.D., an otolaryngologist with the renowned House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, was elected president of the Pan American Association of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS) during its 29th Congress held in Guatemala, November 3-6, 2004. Dr. De la Cruz has been a member of the association for many years, and accepts the new post for the 2004-2006 term.
In addition to working in private practice at the House Ear Clinic, Dr. De la Cruz is director of education at the House Ear Institute and a clinical professor of otolaryngology at the USC School of Medicine. The scope of his practice includes skull base surgery, and current projects focus on hearing preservation in acoustic tumor surgery, otosclerosis and the stapes procedure, and congenital atresia.
An author and co-author of numerous publications in otolaryngology, Dr. De la Cruz is a past president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), a member or officer of the most prestigious committees and associations of his field, and is listed as a "Best Doctor of America" and "Best Doctor in Los Angeles."
About the Pan American Association of Ortorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The Pan American Association of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Pan American Association of ORL-HNS) was founded in Chicago in 1946 by Chevalier L. Jackson, M.D., and an international group of Western Hemisphere otolaryngological societies who saw the need for scientific and social exchange among the specialists of the three Americas. This organization has been extremely successful and has fulfilled the goals and aspirations of the founding fathers. Since its inception, a Congress of the Association (Pan American Congress) has been held every two years, with only one exception.
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