G7 recipient
Dr . De La Cruz , a Filipino American , entered college at the age of fifteen and received his Bachelor ’ s degree from Texas Tech University , where he graduated summa cum laude , majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology . He successfully balanced his studies with volunteer work at the Texas Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center in Lubbock , Texas .
Following four years of medical school training in Houston at the University of Texas , where he earned the Frank Webber Prize in medical research , Dr . De La Cruz spent the next several years in California , where he successfully completed a rigorous training in general surgery at Loma Linda University . During his third year as a surgery resident , he developed the “ Celtic cross technique ” for immediate umbilical reconstruction , which was published in the Journal of Plastic , Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery , one of the world ’ s leading international journals in reconstructive surgery . Dr . De La Cruz was subsequently boardcertified by the American Board of Surgery .
Dr . Emmanuel De La Cruz ........................
Outstanding Corporate Citizenship
With the aim of further refining his surgical skills and knowledge , as well as his interest in hand surgery since he was a child ( after undergoing a finger replant himself ), Dr . De La Cruz pursued further training in Hand and Microsurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University under the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery . There , he acquired extensive experience in microsurgery , and learned to be more meticulous and precise with his surgical dissections . He finished the program with flying colors , and performed more than nine hundred procedures during his training .
Dr . De La Cruz pursued further training in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Georgia Health & Sciences University ( formerly known as Medical College of Georgia ), where he honed his skills in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery . At the Georgia Health & Sciences University , he refined his techniques in breast reconstruction ( Free TRAM , DIEP free flaps ), craniofacial surgery , abdominoplasty ( tummy tuck ), liposuction and fat grafting , breast augmentation ( breast implant surgery ), facelift , rhinoplasty , facial rejuvenation with BOTOX ®/ dermal fillers , and other aspects of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery . With over nine years of surgical training , Dr . De La Cruz also served as Chief Surgery Resident in Plastic Surgery , and scored 94th percentile nationally on the 2010 Plastic Surgery Inservice Examination .
As sculptor and painter , Dr . De La Cruz blends art and plastic surgery to create natural , beautiful results for his cosmetic surgery patients . Under the tutelage of a world renowned French sculptor , Philippe Faraut , Dr . De La Cruz further honed his skills in advanced body sculpting .
36 iF Magazine | May 2018