Maria Albuja-Cruz, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery

Professional Titles

• Medical Director Multispecialty Surgery

Teaching

Publications

• 13. Assumpcao, L., Quinn, C.M., Franco S, R., Leonard, L.D., Thomas, M., Albuja-Cruz, M., Gleisner, A.L., 2023. MT4 Implementation of Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy for Cancer Care: Conversion Rates Are Associated with Facility Learning Curve but Not Total Volume of Thyroidectomies. Value in Health 26, S297. ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.1651
• 14. Assumpcao, L., Quinn, C.M., Franco, S.R., Leonard, L.D., Thomas, M., Albuja-Cruz, M. and Gleisner, A.L., 2023. HPR5 Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy Implementation for Cancer Care: Do Racial, Ethnic and Insurance Characteristics Play a Role? Value in Health, 26(6), p.S211.
• 15. Mario Barrio, Christopher Raeburn, Robert McIntyre, Maria Albuja-Cruz, Bryan Haugen and Nikita Pozdeyev, Computer-Assisted Levothyroxine Dose Selection for the Treatment of Postoperative Hypothyroidism, Thyroid, 2023, 33 (5) 547-555
• Alzofon N, Koc K, Panwell K, Pozdeyev N, Marshall CB, Albuja-Cruz M, Raeburn CD, Nathanson KL, Cohen DL, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L. Mastermind Like Transcriptional Coactivator 3 (MAML3) Drives Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression. Mol Cancer Res. 2021 Sep;19(9):1476-1485. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0992. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 33986121; PMCID: PMC8419063.
• Anderson D, Selby LV, Albuja-Cruz M. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Arising within a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst. Am Surg. 2020 Mar 1;86(3):e139-e141. PubMed PMID: 32223822
• Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Kar A, Razzaghi R, Xu M, Gowan K, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Somerset H, Fishbein L, Leong S, Wierman ME. Elucidating the Role of the Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase in Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Endocrinology. 2018 Jul 1;159(7):2532-2544. PubMed PMID: 29790920
• Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Bagby SM, Kar A, Pozdeyev N, Xu M, Gowan K, Sharma V, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Fishbein L, Schweppe RE, Somerset H, Pitts TM, Leong S, Wierman ME. Development of new preclinical models to advance adrenocortical carcinoma research. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Apr;25(4):437-451. PubMed PMID: 29371329
• Albuja-Cruz M, Travis C, Benge M, Caufield B, Nehler M. Examination of Nondesignated Preliminary Surgery Residents Recruited Since the Inception of Supplementary Offer and Acceptance Program: Lessons Learned From a Large Academic Program. J Surg Educ. 2018 Mar - Apr;75(2):294-298. PubMed PMID: 28886935
• Albuja-Cruz M, Travis C, Benge M, Caufield B, Nehler M. Examination of Nondesignated Preliminary Surgery Residents Recruited Since the Inception of Supplementary Offer and Acceptance Program: Lessons Learned From a Large Academic Program. J Surg Educ. 2017 Sep 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28886935
• Albuja-Cruz MB, Pozdeyev N, Robbins S, Chandramouli R, Raeburn CD, Klopper J, Haugen BR, McIntyre R Jr. A "safe and effective" protocol for management of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Am J Surg. 2015 Dec;210(6):1162-9. PubMed PMID: 26601651
• Patel NU, McKinney K, Kreidler SM, Bieker TM, Russ P, Roberts K, Glueck DH, Albuja-Cruz M, Klopper J, Haugen BR. Ultrasound-based clinical prediction rule model for detecting papillary thyroid cancer in cervical lymph nodes: A pilot study. J Clin Ultrasound. 2015 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26402153

Professional Memberships

• American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Member
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist (AACE), Member
• American College of Surgeons (ACS), Member