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Email

acruz@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
91¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Office)

6621 Fannin Street
Suite A210
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5459
Fax: (832) 824-1182

Education

MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

Residency at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Houston, TX

Pediatrics

Internship at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ

06/2002 - Houston, TX

Pediatrics

AB from Harvard University

06/1997 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Biochemistry

Fellowship from Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2009 - Houston, TX, United States

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

MPH from University Of Texas School Of Public Health

01/2009 - Houston, Texas, United States

Epidemiology

MD from Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2009 - Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Websites

Selected Publications

• Doughty CB, Cruz AT, Kaplan SL. " " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009 Feb ; 25 (2) : 100-1.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2011 Dec ; 91 : S11-5.
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• Cazacu AC, Cruz AT, Kaplan SL. " " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Oct ; 16 (4) : 234, 342-3.
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• Cruz AT, Palazzi DL. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2007 Mar ; 26 (3) : 275, 280-1.
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• Chu TT, Groh J, Cruz AT. " " Clin. Chem. Lab. Med.. 2011 Aug ; 49 (8) : 1341-4.
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• Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2009 Nov ; 28 (11) : 981-4.
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• Cruz AT, Mandalakas AM, Starke JR. " " Pediatrics. 2012 Dec ; 130 (6) : e1672-3.
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• Cruz AT, Antekeier SB. " " Am J. Orthop.. 2012 Aug ; 41 (8) : E109-11.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Paediatr Respir Rev. 2007 Jun ; 8 (2) : 107-17.
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• Cruz AT, Geltemeyer AM, Starke JR, Flores JA, Graviss EA, Smith KC. " " Pediatrics. 2011 Jan ; 127 (1) : e31-8.
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• Leary TP, Erker JC, Chalmers ML, Cruz AT, Wetzel JD, Desai SM, Mushahwar IK, Dermody TS. " " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2002 Apr ; 40 (4) : 1368-75.
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• Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR. " " Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Jul ; 18 (7) : 726-32.
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• Gaines NN, Patel B, Williams EA, Cruz AT. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2012 Nov ; 31 (11) : 1203-5.
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• Cuevas LE, Browning R, Bossuyt P, Casenghi M, Cotton MF, Cruz AT, Dodd LE, Drobniewski F, Gale M, Graham SM, Grzemska M, Heinrich N, Hesseling AC, Huebner R, Jean-Philippe P, Kabra SK, Kampmann B, Lewinsohn D, Li M, Lienhardt C, Mandalakas AM, Marais BJ, . " " J. Infect. Dis.. 2012 May ; 205 : S209-15.
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• Yoho RA, Cruz LL, Mazaheri R, Cruz AT. " " Plast. Reconstr. Surg.. 2003 Aug ; 112 (2) : 597-605.
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• Cruz AT, Perry AM, Williams EA, Graf JM, Wuestner ER, Patel B. " " Pediatrics. 2011 Mar ; 127 (3) : e758-66.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2012 Feb ; 31 (2) : 193-5.
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• Cruz AT, Tittle KO, Smith ER, Sirbaugh PE. " " Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Jun ; 6 (2) : 113-6.
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• Laos CM, Distefano MC, Cruz AT, Chantal Caviness A, Hsu DC, Patel B. " " Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Mar ; 19 (3) : 274-9.
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• Scott H, Melendez E, Cruz AT. " " N. Engl. J. Med.. 2011 Oct 6; 365 (14) : 1350-1; author .
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• Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2010 Aug ; 29 (8) : 772-4.
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• Cruz AT, Goytia VK, Starke JR. " " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Aug ; 45 (8) : 2745-6.
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• Belfort MA, Saade GR, Moise KJ, Cruz A, Adam K, Kramer W, Kirshon B. " " Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 1994 Aug ; 171 (2) : 417-24.
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• Mian AI, Laham FR, Cruz AT, Garg H, Macias CG, Caviness AC, Piedra PA. " " Open Respir Med J. 2012 ; 6 : 127-34.
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• Cruz AT, Patel B, DiStefano MC, Codispoti CR, Shook JE, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Sirbaugh PE. " " Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan ; 55 (1) : 23-31.
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• Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Allen CH. " " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Jun ; 45 (6) : 1989-92.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Rev. 2010 Jan ; 31 (1) : 13-25; quiz 25-.
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• Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, McBride LJ, Greer JM, Demmler GJ. " " Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Mar ; 47 (3) : 250-4.
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• Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Greer JM, Demmler GJ. " " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Jun ; 45 (6) : 1993-5.
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• Cruz AT, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Caviness AC, Buffone GJ, Revell PA. " " Pediatrics. 2010 Mar ; 125 (3) : e645-50.
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• Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Greer JM, Demmler GJ. " " J. Clin. Virol.. 2008 Feb ; 41 (2) : 143-7.
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• Cruz AT. " " Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2011 Aug ; 96 (4) : 160.
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• Cruz AT, Williams EA, Graf JM, Perry AM, Harbin DE, Wuestner ER, Patel B. " " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Sep ; 28 (9) : 889-94.
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• Cruz AT, Franklin GY, Kaplan SL. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2008 Jun ; 27 (6) : 563-4.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2008 Dec ; 6 (6) : 939-57.
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• Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski MA, Raphael JL. " " Pediatrics. 2013 Mar ; 131 (3) : e718-25.
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• Cruz AT, Medina D, Whaley EM, Ware KM, Koy TH, Starke JR. " " Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb ; 32 (2) : 188-90.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2013 Feb ; 17 (2) : 169-74.
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• Crouse HL, Macias CG, Cruz AT, Wilson KA, Torrey SB. " " Int J Emerg Med. 2010 ; 3 (4) : 227-32.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2007 Jan ; 26 (1) : 91, 94-5.
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• Cruz AT, Marape M, Graviss EA, Starke JR. " " J Int Assoc Providers AIDS Care. 2015 ; 14 (4) : 4-7.
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• Highsmith HY, Cruz AT, Guffey H, Minard CG, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 ; 34 (8) : 901-903.
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• Zhorne DJ, Altobelli ME, Cruz AT. " " Hosp Pediatr. 2015 ; 5 (6) : 337-341.
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• Sloas HA, Ence TC, Mendez DR, Cruz AT. " " Am J Emerg Med. 2013 ; 31 (9) : e5-6.
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• vi. Chiang SS, Cruz AT, Del Castillo H, Contreras C, Becerra MC, Lecca L. " " Paediatr Int Child Health. 2015 ; 35 (1) : 29-35.
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• Cruz AT, Karam LB, Orth RC, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 ; 33 (7) : 779-781.
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• iv. Crouse HL, Torres F, Vaides H, Walsh MT, Ishigami EM, Cruz AT, Torrey SB, Soto MA. " " Paediatr Int Child Health. 2015 ;
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• Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski MA, Raphael JL. " " Hosp Pediatr. 2013 ; 3 (4)
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• Daftary R, Cruz AT, Reaves E, Garrett A, Fagbuyi D, Kapur BG, Christian M, Burkle F, Sirbaugh PE. " " Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 ; 29 (5) : 431-467.
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• Correa JA, Fallon SC, Cruz AT, Grawe GH, Vu PV, Rubalcava DM, Kaziny B, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Brandt ML. " " J Pediatr Surg. 2014 ; 49 (6) : 1009-1015.
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• Starke JR, Cruz AT. " " Pediatrics. 2014 ; 133 (3) : e725-727.
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• Cruz AT, Ahmed A, Mandalakas AM, Starke JR.. " Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. " J Pediatr Infect Dis Soc. 2013 ; 2 : 248-258.
• viii. Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski M, Raphael JL. " " Hosp Pediatr. 2015 ; 4 (5) : 269-275.
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• Cruz AT, Merchant O, Zafar A, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 ; 33 (8) : 885-888.
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• Cruz AT, Airewele G, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 ; 61 (8) : 1484-1485.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Lancet Global Health. 2014 ; 2 (8) : e432-433.
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• Cruz AT, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Bisset GS. " " J Emerg Med. 2015 ; 48 (5) : 607-608.
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• Bui D, Cruz AT, Graviss EA. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 ; 33 (2) : 220-222.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Clin Pediatr. 2014 ; 53 (12) : 1196-1199.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR. " " Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 ; 18 (9) : 1057-1061.
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• Kazi BA, Revell PA, Buffone GJ, Cruz AT. " " Am J Emerg Med. 2013 ; 31 (9) : 1405-1407.
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• ix. Birnbaum GD, Marquez L, Hwang KM, Cruz AT. " " Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 ; 30 (8) : 566-567.
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• Cruz AT, Starke JR, Lobato MN. " " Curr Opin Pediatr. 2014 ; 26 (1) : 106-113.
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• Cruz AT, Birnbaum GD, Hwang KM, Starke JR. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 ; 32 (9) : 937-941.
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