Monica Maria Diaz, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Co-Director of the Global Health Neurology Elective Rotation
Vice Chair for American Academy of Neurology, Global Health Section
Areas of Interest
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.
About
Dr. Diaz is an assistant professor of neurology in the Division of MS/Neuroimmunology at 黑料网. She sees patients in the MS and transverse myelitis clinics of 黑料网, 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 黑料网 and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru.
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Doctor of Medicine
State University of New York 鈥� Downstate College of Medicine
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Masters of Science
Medical University of South Carolina
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Residency, Neurology
Yale University
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Fellowship, Neuroinfectious Diseases and Neuroimmunology
University of California, San Diego
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Fellowship, Global Health
National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center/Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia