Dr. Emmanuel De La Cruz is a Double-Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Houston who specializes in the 4D VASER Hi-Definition Liposuction, Brazilian Butt Lift and other body contouring procedures.  Dr. De La Cruz, a Filipino American, received his Bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University, where he graduated summa cum laude, majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology.  Dr. De La Cruz finished two surgical residencies in General Surgery, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  He also succesfully completed a Hand & Microsurgery fellowship. 

Dr. De La Cruz succesfully balanced his career as a plastic surgeon with his passion for sculpting, playing the piano and with his yearly surgical mission trips in the Philippines helping indigent children born with a cleft lip/cleft palate and other congenital deformities like encephaloceles.

He has received numerous awards, which includes the  St. Jude's Research Hospital "Helping Hands Award," The Global 7 Corporate Citzenship award, and the "We Are One" Humanitarian award in Stockholm, Sweden.  Dr. De La Cruz also received a congressional recognition for his humantarian efforts by the United States Congress.

He also received the 2019 Grand Master "Best B/A High-Definition Liposuction" award which was given to him by Dr. Alfredo Hoyos, the inventor of the High-Definition liposuction procedure.   Six plastic surgeons from all-over-the-world (Brazil, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Russiam, Spain & U.S.A.) were nominated from all the surgeons who perform the High-Definition liposuction procedure.  Dr. De La Cruz was also chosen by Dr. Alfredo Hoyos to be an expert panelist for the High-Definition liposuction.  Dr. De La Cruz was a lecturer and faculty at the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's 2020 The Meeting.  He was one of the expert panelist in "The Art of Sculpting and Vector-based Liposculpture" along with Dr. Alfredo Hoyos of Colombia and Dr. Hassan Tahseen of Egypt. 

Dr. De La Cruz is double-board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. De La Cruz is one of the distinguished faculty and lecturers at ehe American Society of Plastic Surgeon's The MEETING 2020, and the TD ABS Plastic Surgery Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia.