Otology/Vestibular/Audiology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

EDUCATION:
• 1995 BA (with Distinction) Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
• 1999 MD, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis
• 1999-2000 Internship: General Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 2000-2004 Residency: Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 2004-2006 Fellowship: Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery, Michigan Ear Institute, Farmington Hills, MI

MEMBERSHIPS:
• Acoustical Society of America
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
• American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association
• American Institute of Physics
• American Medical Association
• Association for Research in Otolaryngology
• California Medical Association
• Filipino Americans In Medicine

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
• 1991 Valedictorian, John Swett High School, Crockett, CA
• 1991-1995 EC Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, APWU/AFL-CIO
• 1991-1995 Academic Honors, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley
• 1993 Dean’s List, College of Letters and Science University of California, Berkeley
• 1995 Graduation with Distinction, Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
• 1997 Philippine Medical Society of Northern California Scholarship
• 1999 Graduation Award for Excellence in Otolaryngology, University of California, Davis
• 2003 First Place, Bay Area Residents’ Research Symposium in Otolaryngology
• 2003 Research Award, Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Davis Medical Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Diaz’s research focus concerns the electrophysiologic and molecular biologic mechanisms of inner ear homeostasis and electrolyte transport dynamics central to hearing and balance function. Dr Diaz is currently investigating:

• potassium cycling and lateral wall transport processes
• generation and regulation of the endocochlear potential
• age related hearing loss
• syndromic and non-syndromic forms of hereditary hearing loss