“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” John F. Kennedy
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins University-Neuroscience, BA
University of Arizona-Certificate Biomedical Sciences
Albany Medical College-Medicine, MD
University at Buffalo-Internal Medicine, Residency
Indiana University-Pulmonary/Critical Care, Fellowship
Selected Publications
PUBLICATIONS:
Ramineni, T., Prusik, J., De La Cruz, P., Gee, L., Kumar, V., Wilock, M. E., Haller, J., Fama, C., Patel, S., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2016). The Impact of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation on Disability and Depression. Neuromodulation : Journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, 19(3), 306–310. https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.12363
De La Cruz, P., Gee, L., Walling, I., Morris, B., Chen, N., Kumar, V., Feustel, P., Shin, D. S., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2015). Treatment of Allodynia by Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Chronic Migraine Rodent. Neurosurgery, 77(3), 479–485. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000846
Gee, L., Smith, H., De La Cruz, P., Campbell, J., Fama, C., Haller, J., Ramirez-Zamora, A., Durphy, J., Hanspal, E., Molho, E., Barba, A., Shin, D., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2015). The Influence of Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Impulsivity and Prepulse Inhibition in Parkinson's Disease Patients. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 93(4), 265–270. https://doi.org/10.1159/000381558
De La Cruz, P., Plakas, C., Ramirez-Zamora, A., Pilitsis, J.G. (2015). Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Neurosurgery Knowledge Update.
De La Cruz, P., Fama, C., Roth, S., Haller, J., Wilock, M., Lange, S., & Pilitsis, J. (2015). Predictors of Spinal Cord Stimulation Success. Neuromodulation: Journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, 18(7), 599–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.12325
Roth, S. G., Lange, S., Haller, J., De La Cruz, P., Kumar, V., Wilock, M., Paniccioli, S., Briotte, M., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2015). A Prospective Study of the Intra- and Postoperative Efficacy of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spinal Cord Stimulation. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 93(5), 348–354. https://doi.org/10.1159/000437388
Ramirez-Zamora, A., Kahn, M., Campbell, J., De La Cruz, P., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2015). Interleaved programming of subthalamic deep brain stimulation to avoid adverse effects and preserve motor benefit in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology, 262(3), 578–584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7605-3
Campbell, J. C., Jeyamohan, S. B., De La Cruz, P., Chen, N., Shin, D., & Pilitsis, J. G. (2014). Place conditioning to apomorphine in rat models of Parkinson's disease: differences by dose and side-effect expression. Behavioural Brain Research, 275, 114–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.09.002
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
De La Cruz, P., Fama, C., Roth, S., Haller, J., Wilock, M., Lange, S., Pilitsis, J. G. (2014). Predictors of Spinal Cord Stimulation Success. Choice Abstract. Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
POSTERS:
De La Cruz, P., Fisher, A., Cook, T., Smith, P., Lockett, A., Gomes, M., Claus, M., Twigg, H., Machado, R. (2023). Loss of Phosphorylated Tyrosine-33 Ww Domain-Containing Oxioreductase (Wwox) is Associated with Sickness Behavior in a Sepsis Model. American Thoracic Society.
Ramirez-Zamora, A., Kahn, M., Campbell, J., De La Cruz, P., Pilitsis, J. G. (2014). Interleaved programming of subthalamic deep brain stimulation to avoid adverse effects and preserve motor benefit in Parkinson’s disease. American Neurology Association.
De La Cruz, P., Roth, S., Haller, J., Wilock, M., Lange, S., Pilitsis, J. G. (2014). Prospective Investigation of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Functional Outcomes in Chronic Pain Patients. Functional Neurosurgery Section. American Society Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.