Dr. Francisco Carlos Cruz M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3525 Prytania St Suite #620 New Orleans LA, 70115About
Dr. Francisco Cruz is a nephrologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Cruz specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Cruz most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Univ Complutense De Madrid, Fac De Med, Madrid, Spain 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Relativistic and interchannel coupling effects in photoionization angular distributions by synchrotron spectrocopy of laser cooled atoms.
- Sum-frequency generation of continuous-wave light at 194 nm.
- Diode-Pumped Nd:FAP Laser at 1.126 microm: A Possible Local Oscillator for a Hg+ Optical Frequency Standard.
- Deceleration of a calcium atomic beam with a frequency-doubled diode laser.
- Effects of simultaneous exposure to stress and nicotine on nicotine-induced locomotor activation in adolescent and adult rats.
- Impaired oxidative metabolism by leukocytes from renal transplant recipients: a potential mechanism for the increased susceptibility to infection.
- NADPH-induced chemiluminescence and lipid peroxidation in kidney microsomes.
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