UMC Advanced Primary Stroke Center
Director of Neuroscience Critical Care, Neurologist Medical School Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México, Monterrey, México 1979-1985 Internship Residency - Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital Universitario Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México, Monterrey, México 1987-1990 - Neurology Residency, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México, Monterrey, México 1990-1992 - Neurology Residency, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 1993-1996 Fellowship - Cerebrovascular Diseases and Neurologic Intensive Care, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 1996-1997 - Epidemiology, Seminar in Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (AHA), Tahoe City, California 2006 - Medical Business Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 2011 Other Education Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 2010 Board Certification American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Neurology and Vascular Neurology, United Council of Neurological Specialties: Neurocritical Care and Neuroimaging American Society of Neuroimaging: Neurosonology; CT and MRI Societies American Academy of Neurology, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Society of Neuroimaging, Neurocritical Care Society, American College of Physicians, World Stroke Organization Honors -Sidney W Souers Endowed Chair, 2010-2013, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Hugh McCullock Award, American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate, 2010 - Fellow of American Heart Association, - Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, -Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, -Fellow of the American College of Physicians, -Fellow of the American Neurological Association Hospitals University Medical Center of El Paso Dr. Cruz is currently a Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso. His expertise is in neurology, stroke neurology and neurocritical care. He is committed to the compassionate and competent care of stroke and critically ill neurological patients with the goal of achieving patient centered outcomes through a team approach to care. |