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Kim de la Cruz
Kim Insua de la Cruz, MD FACS FACC FCCP
TCV Office Ste 4077, 4th Flr, Hospital Expansion Bldg
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Background
Co-Director, UVA Health Aortic Disease Program (8/2024-present)
Surgery Physician Advisor for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), UVA Health (8/2024-present)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine (8/2024-present)
Section Chief of Aortic Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital (9/2022-7/2024)
Member of the Faculty of Surgery (recommended/submitted rank: Associate Professor), Harvard Medical School (9/2022-7/2024)
Director of Aortic Surgery, Methodist Healthcare System/HCA Healthcare San Antonio Division (4/2019-8/2022)
Adjunct Faculty of Surgery, University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (9/2021-8/2022)
Attending Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (8/2011-3/2019)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (8/2011-3/2019)
Other Interests
Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Aortic Arch Surgery
Repair of Type I Aortic Dissection
Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Open, Endovascular, and Hybrid Repairs
Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular
Conditions
Transcatheter Valve Therapies
Additional Educational Information
La Salle Green Hills (High School 1991)
University of the Philippines Diliman (B.S. Biology 1995)
University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (M.D. 2000)
Philippine General Hospital (Rotating Internship 1999-2000)
Philippine Pediatric Society (2000-2001)
Institute of Human Genetics - National Institutes of Health - University of the Philippines Manila (2001-2002)
The Brooklyn Hospital Center General Surgery Residency (2002-2007)
Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Surgery Residency (2007-2010)
Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Aortic Surgery Fellowship (2010-2011)
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Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Vascular