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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)
Project Liaison, Philippine Pediatric Society (2000-2001)
Project Liaison, Institute of Human Genetics - National Institutes of Health - University of the Philippines Manila (2001-2002)
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 1987-1991)
University of the Philippines Diliman (B.S. Biology 1991-1995)
University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (M.D. 1995-2000)
Philippine General Hospital (Required Rotating Internship 1999-2000)
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)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (M.P.H. 2024-2026)
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Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Vascular