James H. Diaz, MD, DrPH, is a Professor in the LSU School of Public Health and is Program Director, Environmental / Occupational Health Sciences MPH. He is also Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at the LSUHSC School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. After receiving his MD from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1975, Dr. Diaz went on to complete a master’s degree in Health Administration, doctorate of Public Health in Health Systems Management, and master’s degrees in Public Health and Tropical Medicine, all from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He completed residency training in General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, as well as a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine and Chronic Pain Management at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Colorado.
He is board-certified in Preventive Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Management. Dr. Diaz is a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and The American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a Diplomate of and a former Senior Examiner of the American Board of Anesthesiology., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Diaz’s current academic and clinical research interests include: (1) occupational and environmental toxicology; (2) infectious diseases, poisonings, and injuries in international travelers; (3) emerging environmentally associated diseases and poisonings, particularly food-borne, waterborne and vector-borne infectious diseases and poisonings; and (4) the impact of climate change on natural disasters and their public health outcomes., Dr. Diaz has published over 300 original articles and chapters in scientific journals and textbooks.
He has published one scientific text on perinatal anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and another text on human poisoning and envenoming, now in its second edition. Dr. Diaz currently authors the six-chapter section with updates on Ectoparasitic Infectious Diseases in Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease, the internationally recognized reference text on infectious diseases.