Medical Science Campus, University of Puerto Rico, 1976
Medical Science Campus, University of Puerto Rico, 1981
Plastic Surgery, Yale University, 1983
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Research on breast surgery and wound healing
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
The Society of Head and Neck Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
The Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Medical Association
The Puerto Rico Society of Plastic Surgeons
Alpha Omega Alpha
Iberolatinamerican Federation of Plastic Surgeons
International Confederation for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Executive Committee Member – University Hospital, Puerto Rico 1998-1999
Medical Faculty Board of Director – University Hospital, Puerto Rico 1998-1999
Editorial Board Bulletin of Puerto Rico Medical Association
Member of the Scientific Program Committee for the Puerto Rico
Medical Association Annual Meeting – 1991
President of the Scientific Program Committee of the Iberolatinamerican Plastic
Surgery Congress, Oct 1986
President of the Puerto Rico Society of Plastic Surgeons: 1987-1989, 1994
Moderator of the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum: 1991-2002
Delegate for the Carribbean Region to the Plastic Surgery Iberolatinamerican Federation: 1990-2002
Cruz, N.I., Vázquez-Quintana, E.: Surgical Management of Hepatic Cysts. Boletín Asoc. Med. P.R., 71:455-458, 1979.
Cruz, N.I., Márquez, E.: Distal Splenorenal Shunt: The Experience at the Puerto Rico University Hospital. Boletín Asoc. Med. P.R., 73:355-340, 1981.
Cruz, N.I., Blanco, G., Cestero, H.: Preserved Arterial Grafts in Microvascular Surgery. J. Microsurgery, 2:250-252, 1981.
Cruz, N.I., Cestero, H., Cora, M.L.: Management of Contaminated Bone Grafts. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 68:411-414, 1981.
Cruz, N.I., Ariyan, S., Duncan, C., et al: Repair of Lumbosacral Myelomeningoceles with Double Z-rhomboid Flaps. J. Neurosurg., 59:714-717, 1983.
Cruz, N.I., Ariyan, S., Miniter, P.: An Experimental Model to Determine the Level of Antibiotics in Radiated Tissues. Surg. Forum 34-605-607, 1983.
Cestero, H., Cruz, N.I., Salyer, K.: Preoperative Antibiotics and Bacterial Growth Inhibition in Bone Grafts. Surg. Forum, 34:607-609, 1983.
Watson, H.K., Beebe, R.D., Cruz, N.I.: A Centralization Procedure for Radial Clubhand. J. Hand. Surg. 9A: 541-547,1984.
Cruz, N.I., Ariyan, S., Miniter, P., Andriole, V.T.: An Experimental Model to Determine the Level of Antibiotics in Irradiated Tissues. Plast. & Reconstr. Surg., 73:811-816, 1984.
Laracuente, R., Cruz, N.I.: Attitudes Toward Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction in Puerto Rico. Bol. Asoc. Med. P.R. 77:99-100, 1985.
Cruz, N.I., Debs, N. & Fiol, R.E.: Evaluation of Fibrin Glue in Rat Sciatic Nerve Repairs. Plast. & Reconstr. Surg. 78:369-373, 1986.
O'Neil, J., Lowry, P. and Cruz, N.I.: Inhibition of Vasoactive Substances in Experimental Endotoxin Shock. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal 5:7-11, 1986.
Matos, M. and Cruz, N.I.: Reversing the Detrimental Effect of Adriamycin on Skin Graft in Rats. Plast. & Reconstr. Surg. 80:591-594, 1987.
Rodríguez-Bigas, M., Cruz, N.I., Suárez, A.: Comparative Evaluation of Aloe Vera in the Management of Burn Wounds in Guinea Pigs. Plastic & Reconstr. Surg. 81:386-389, 1988.
Cruz, N.I., Canario, Q.M.: Muscle Flaps in the Management of Vascular Grafts in Contaminated Wounds: An Experimental Study in Dogs. Plastic & Reconstr. Surg. 82:480-483, 1988.
Rodríguez, P.M., Cruz, N.I, González, C.I., López, R.: The Effect of a High Fat Diet on the Incidence of Colonic Cancer After Cholecystectomy in Mice. Cancer 62:727-729, 1988.
Arboleda, B. and Cruz, N.I.: The Effect of Systemic Isotretinoin on Wound Contraction in Guinea Pigs. Plastic Reconstr. Surg. 83:118-121, 1989.
Cruz, N.I.: Nuestra Herencia Histórica: Las Primeras Doctoras en Medicina de Puerto Rico. Boletín Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico 80:121-123, 1988.
Cruz, N.I.: Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin. Boletín Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico 81:87-93, 1989.
Cruz, N.I., Bayron, F.R. and Suárez, A.J.: Accelerated Healing of Full Thickness Burns by the Use of High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation in the Pig. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 23:49-55, 1989.
Soltero, E., Cruz, N.I., Nazario, C.M., López, R., Alonso, A. and Ríos, C.F.: Cholecystectomy and Right Colon Cancer in Puerto Rico. Cancer 66:2249-2252, 1990.
Cruz, N.I., Guerrero, A., and González, C.I.: Current Findings in the Pathological Evaluation of Breast Reduction Specimens. Boletín Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico 81:387-389, 1989.
Cruz, N.I.: Current Status of Silicone Breast Implants. Boletín Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico 83:326-328, 1991.
Cruz, N.I. and Korchin, L.: The Effect of Isotretinoin and Triamcinolone Acetonide on Human Skin Fibroblasts In-Vitro. Plastic Surgical Forum, 16:309-310, 1993.
Cruz, N.I. and Korchin, L.: Inhibition of Human Keloid Fibroblasts Growth by Isotretinoin and Triamcinolone in Vitro. Ann Plast Surg 33:401-405, 1994.
Morales, P., Cruz, N.I., Toro, L., et al: Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Unusual Case. Ann Plast Surg 34:441-445, 1995.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Prevention of Hypertrophic Breast Scars Using Silicone Sheets. Plastic Surgical Forum 18:289-290, 1995.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Effectiveness of Silicone Sheets in the Prevention of Hypertrophic Breast Scars. Ann Plast Surg 37:345-348, 1996.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Editorial Letter Reply. Ann Plast Surg 38:547, 1997.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Effectiveness of Silicone Sheets in the Prevention of Scars, in Year Book of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, MO, 1998.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L., Climent, C., Diez, E., González, C. Determination of the percentage of fat in the different anatomical areas of the female breast. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 1999.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L., Climent, C., Diez, E., González, C. Fat content in the reduction mammoplasty breast. Plastic Surgical Forum 22: 300-302, 1999.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Soft Tissue Closure of Myelomeningoceles: Role of Skin Flaps- Limberg and Rhomboid. Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 7:77-81, 2000.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L. Evaluation of superficial fascial system suspension of the breast. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2000.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Evaluación de diferentes suturas en la fascia superficial en mamoplastias de reducción. Anales del XIII Congreso de la Federación Iberolatinoamericana de Cirugía Plástica 1:193-196, 2000.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L. Evaluation of superficial fascial system suspension of the breast. Plastic Surgical Forum 23:460-4663, 2000.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Outcome study of vertical reduction mammoplasty. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2001.
Aponte R. L. and Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Wound dressings for split-thickness skin graft donor sites: hydrocolloids vs. alginate. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2001.
Maldonado, A., Irizarry, I. and Cruz-Korchin, N.I. Patient acceptance of reconstruction following mastectomy in Puerto Rico. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2001.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L., Gonzalez-Keelan, C., et al. Macromastia: How much of it is fat? Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 109:64-68, 2002.
Cruz-Korchin, N.I., Korchin, L. Breast-feeding after vertical mammaplasty. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2002.
Barrios, L., Cruz-Korchin, N. I. Adequacy of pain management for surgical patients. Raffucci Surgical Research Forum Booklet, 2002.
Management of contaminated bone grafts. Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, at Hershey, Pennsylvania, on April 22, 1980.
Repair of Lumbosacral Myelomeningoceles with Double Z-rhomboid Flaps. Presented at the Resident's Meeting of the New York Academy of Medicine, Plastic Surgery Section, New York, New York on March 1, 1982.
An Experimental Model to Determine the Level of Antibiotic in Radiated Tissues. Presented at the Plastic Surgery Senior Resident's Conference, at Columbus, Ohio on May 1, 1983 and at the Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons, at Atlanta, Georgia on October 17, 1983.
Preoperative Antibiotics and Bacterial Growth Inhibition in Bone Grafts. Presented at the Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons, at Atlanta, Georgia on October 17, 1983.
Evaluation of Different Methods of Rat Sciatic Nerve Repair. Presented at the Surgical Research Forum of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, at San Juan on Feb. 21, 1985.
Attitudes Toward Post-mastectomy Reconstruction in Puerto Rico. Presented at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 7th Annual Research Week at San Juan, on March 29, 1985.
Inhibition of Vasoactive Substances in the Canine Endotoxin Shock: Histamine and Prostaglandins. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons on Feb. 12, 1986 at Richmond, Virginia. Also presented at the Surgical Forum of the ACS, Puerto Rico Chapter on Feb. 20, 1986.
Reversal of Deleterious Effect of Adriamycin on Skin Grafts. Presented at the Research Forum of the American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter, at San Juan on Feb. 1986.
Comparative Evaluation of Aloe Vera in the Management of Burn Wounds in the Guinea Pigs. Presented at the 8th Annual Research Forum of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Sept. 25, 1986.
Frontonasal Axial Flap for Immediate Reconstruction of Malignant Nasal Lesions. Presented at the VI Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress at San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 20, 1986.
Muscle Flaps in the Management of Vascular Grafts in Contaminated Wounds: An Experimental Study in Dogs. Presented at the Surgical Research Forum of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, at San Juan on Feb. 26, 1987.
The Effect of a High Fat Diet on the Incidence of Colonic Cancer After Cholecystectomy in Mice. Presented at the 9th Annual Research Forum of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Oct. 1, 1987, at the Puerto Rico, Medical Association Convention on Nov. 13, 1987 and at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Feb. 11,1988 at San Juan, P.R.
The Effects of Systemic Isotretinoin on Wound Contraction in Guinea Pigs. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. on Feb. 11, 1988.
Attitudes Toward Post-mastectomy Reconstruction in Puerto Rico. Presented at the VII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on May 24, 1988.
Accelerated Healing of Full Thickness Burns by the Use of High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation in the Pig. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R., February 23, 1989.
Epidemiological Study of Right Colon Cancer in Puerto Rico. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting at San Juan, P.R., February 23, 1989.
Current Findings in the Pathological Evaluation of Breast Reduction Specimens. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R., Feb. 15, 1990.
Nasofrontal Flap for Immediate Reconstruction of Nasal Lesions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the P.R. Medical Association, at San Juan, P.R., Nov. 10, 1989.
Histologic Evaluation of Tissue Removed during Reduction Mammoplasties. Presented during the VIII Iberolatinoamerican Plastic Surgery Congress at Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 17, 1990.
Evaluation of the Quality of Medical Care of Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Comparative Study Between the Oncologic and University Hospitals. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R., February 21, 1991.
The Controversy About Silicone Mammary Breast Implants. Presented at the IX Iberolatinamerican Congress of Plastic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22, 1992.
Reduction Mammoplasty by the McKissock Method, with Recent Modifications of the Technique. Presented at the IX Iberolatinamerican Congress of Plastic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22, 1992.
The Effect of Isotretinoin and Triamcinolone Acetonide on Human Skin Fibroblasts in Vitro. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R., February 18, 1993.
The Effect of Isotretinoin and Triamcinolone Acetonide on Human Skin Fibroblasts in Vitro. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New Orleans, Sept. 18, 1993.
Modifying the Cell Growth and Collagen Degradation of Human Keloid Fibroblasts. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R., February 17, 1994.
Silicone breast implants and autoimmune disease: no evidence of an association. Presented at the X Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Viña del Mar, Chile. November 14, 1994.
Saline-filled breast implants: advantages and disadvantages of their clinical use. Presented at the X Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Viña del Mar, Chile. November 17, 1994.
Silicone sheets in the prevention of hypertrophic scars. Presented at the X Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Viña del Mar, Chile. November 17, 1994.
Prevention of hypertrophic breast scars using silicone sheets. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Soc. of Plastic and Reconstr. Surg., at Montreal, October 1995.
Decreasing collagen synthesis by human keloid fibroblasts in vitro. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the American College of Surgeons Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 15, 1996.
Patient acceptance of reconstruction following mastectomy in Puerto Rico. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 13, 1997.
Aesthetic outcome of conservative breast cancer surgery with radiation therapy. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 13, 1997.
The use of ultrasound assisted lipoplasty to improve the results of reduction mammoplasty. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 12, 1998.
Relationship between silicone breast implants and autoimmune disease: no cause and effect association. Presented at the XII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Santo Domingo. October 13, 1998.
Ultrasound assisted liposuction to improve the results of reduction mammoplasties. Presented at the XII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Santo Domingo. October 14, 1998.
Determination of the percentage of fat in the different anatomical areas of the female breast. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 11, 1999.
Fat content in the reduction mammoplasty breast. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, at New Orleans, Louisiana. October 23, 1999.
Aesthetic outcome of conservative breast cancer surgery followed by radiation therapy. Presented at the Meeting of the Soc. of Latin American Plastic Surgeons of the U.S. & Canada, at New Orleans. October 28, 1999.
Evaluation of superficial fascial system suspension of the breast. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 17, 2000.
Current state of the controversy: Breast implants and autoimmune diseases. Presented at the XIII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Lima, Peru. May 26-31, 2000.
Breast Reduction Panel: What are we doing now. Presented at the XIII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Lima, Peru. May 26-31, 2000.
Evaluation of different suture materials for the support of the superficial fascia in breast surgery. Presented at the XIII Iberolatinamerican Plastic Surgery Congress, at Lima, Peru. May 26-31, 2000.
Breast implants: New regulations and the state of the controversy. Presented at the II Plastic Surgery Congress, at Santo Domingo. July 27-29, 2000.
Evaluation of different sutures for suspension of superficial fascia in breast surgery. Presented at the II Plastic Surgery Congress, at Santo Domingo. July 27-29, 2000.
Fat content in the reduction mammoplasty breast. Presented at the II Plastic Surgery Congress, at Santo Domingo. July 27-29, 2000.
Evaluation of superficial fascial suspension of the breast. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, at Los Angeles, California. October 14-18, 2000.
Outcome study of vertical reduction mammoplasty. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 15, 2001.
Update on the breast implant controversy. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Ultrasonic Surgery (I.S.U.S.), at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. March 8, 2001.
Macromastia: Percentage of fat in the different areas of the breast. Presented at the Annual Meeting of I.S.U.S., at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 8, 2001.
Ultrasound assisted liposuction in reduction mammoplasty. Presented at the Annual Meeting of I.S.U.S., at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 9, 2001.
Outcome study of vertical reduction mammaplasty. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, at Orlando, Florida. November 6, 2001.
Breast-feeding after vertical mammaplasty. Presented at the Raffucci Surgical Research Forum, during the ACS Meeting, at San Juan, P.R. February 7, 2002.