Diomel De La Cruz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
Department:
MD-PEDS-NEONATOLOGY
Business Phone:
(352) 273-8985
Business Email:
ddelacruz@peds.ufl.edu
About Diomel De La Cruz
Dr. de la Cruz attended the University of Florida Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program from and stayed on as faculty after graduating in 2015. He was chosen as Co-Director of the Pediatric Residency Global Health Track in 2016. In 2018, he assumed position of Associate Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and was promoted to Director in June of 2020. He also serves as the Director of the UF Neonatal Nutrition Team and as a core member of the UF Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Team.
Accomplishments
Exemplary Teacher
2017
·
University of Florida College of Medicine
Most Outstanding Resident
2015
·
Southern Illinois University – Pediatrics
Board Certifications
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Neonatal-Perinatal MedicineAmerican Board of Pediatrics
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PediatricsAmerican Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Pediatrics
Areas of Interest
- Infant – newborn development
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Neonatal weight gain and nutrition
- Neonate
Research Profile
Areas of Interest
- Gastrointestinal physiology and immunology (necrotizing enterocolitis)
- Global Health
- Neonatal Nutrition
- medical education
- neonatal microbiome
Publications
2021
Antibiotics and the developing intestinal microbiome, metabolome and inflammatory environment in a randomized trial of preterm infants.
Scientific reports.
11(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-021-80982-6.
[PMID] 33479274.
2021
Hourly Kinetics of Critical Organ Dysfunction in Extremely Preterm Infants.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.
[DOI] 10.1164/rccm.202106-1359OC.
[PMID] 34550843.
2021
Maximum vasoactive-inotropic score and mortality in extremely premature, extremely low birth weight infants.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.
41(9):2337-2344
[DOI] 10.1038/s41372-021-01030-9.
[PMID] 33712712.
2021
Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
World review of nutrition and dietetics.
122:367-378
[DOI] 10.1159/000514760.
[PMID] 34352768.
2021
Using machine learning analysis to assist in differentiating between necrotizing enterocolitis and spontaneous intestinal perforation: A novel predictive analytic tool.
Journal of pediatric surgery.
56(10):1703-1710
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.11.008.
[PMID] 33342603.
2020
Antibiotics Effects on the Fecal Metabolome in Preterm Infants.
Metabolites.
10(8)
[DOI] 10.3390/metabo10080331.
[PMID] 32823682.
2020
Neonatal Dieulafoy Lesion Requiring Massive Transfusion Protocol and Surgical Intervention.
Neonatology.
117(3):380-383
[DOI] 10.1159/000506704.
[PMID] 32325456.
2020
Pediatric Healthcare Needs and Barriers Self-Reported by a Rural Hispanic Community.
Cureus.
12(12)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.11999.
[PMID] 33442501.
2018
Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Instead of Necrotizing Enterocolitis? A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Case Series.
The Journal of pediatrics.
200:270-273
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.048.
[PMID] 29803301.
2014
Meconium microbiome analysis identifies bacteria correlated with premature birth.
PloS one.
9(3)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0090784.
[PMID] 24614698.
Education
Fellowship – Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
2012-2015
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University of Florida
Residency – Pediatrics
2009-2012
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Southern Illinois University
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-8985
Emails:
- Business:
- ddelacruz@peds.ufl.edu