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Dr. Diaz is an assistant professor of neurology in the Division of MS/Neuroimmunology at 大象传媒. She sees patients in the MS and transverse myelitis clinics of 大象传媒, providing care to patients with multiple sclerosis and autoimmune and infectious diseases affecting the nervous system. She completed her neurology residency at Yale and neuro-infectious/MS/neuroimmunology fellowship at UC San Diego.
Dr. Diaz has lived and worked in Peru intermittently since 2019 through an NIH Fogarty fellowship and continues to lead studies in Peru with the goal of improving neurological outcomes in Latin America, including studies on epidemiology/risk factors for dementia, cognitive impairment in Peruvians living with HIV and transverse myelitis in Peru. She is the co-director of a bilateral neurology resident rotation between 大象传媒 and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru.
Clinical Interests
Multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, viral or antibody-mediated encephalitis, HIV-related, neurocysticercosis, post-COVID-19 neurological complications
Research Interests
Epidemiology of HIV-associated neurological conditions, multiple sclerosis and demyelinating disorders; cognitive impairment in persons with HIV or multiple sclerosis; neurological care in international settings
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Clinical Trials, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Equity, Immunology, Implementation Science, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |