Diomel De La Cruz MD
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, Univ. of Florida Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Florida, College of Medicine
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1600 Archer RoadGainesville, FL 32610
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Summary
- Diomel De La Cruz, MD, is a neonatologist based in Gainesville, FL. He is currently the Director of the University of Florida Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and has been serving in the role since 2020. He completed his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Florida and his pediatrics residency at Southern Illinois University. He serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UF Health Shands Hospital and has been teaching since 2015. His clinical experience includes work at AdventHealth Ocala, focusing on necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal critical care, and neonatal/perinatal nutrition. He has several publications in the field, with significant work on neonatal sequential organ failure assessment. Dr. De La Cruz was recognized as an Exemplary Teacher by the University of Florida, College of Medicine, in 2017.
Education & Training
University of FloridaFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
Southern Illinois UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2009 - 2012
University of Santo TomasClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2012 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2009 - 2014
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Exemplary Teacher University of Florida, College of Medicine, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsReassessing acquired neonatal intestinal diseases using unsupervised machine learning.Daniel R Gipson, Alan L Chang, Allison C Lure, Sonia A Mehta, Taylor Gowen
Pediatric Research. 2024-07-01 - Antibiotics Use and Its Effects on the Establishment of Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Neonates.Neel K Singh, Lester Will, Sharef Al-Mulaabed, Lauren Ruoss, Nan Li
American Journal of Perinatology. 2024-05-01 - 8 citationsEffect of Early vs Late Inguinal Hernia Repair on Serious Adverse Event Rates in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial., Martin L Blakely, Andrea Krzyzaniak, Melvin S Dassinger, Claudia Pedroza
JAMA. 2024-03-26
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