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Christina D. Diaz MD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Anesthesiology
Division: Clinical
Program: Pediatrics

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Clinical Expertise

  • Acute Pain
  • Airway Management
  • Anesthesiology
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • High Fidelity Simulation Training
  • Pediatrics
  • Vaping

    • Leadership Positions

  • American Society of Anesthesiologist House Delegate
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Board Member - Section of Anesthesia and Pain
  • At-large Member of the SPA Board of Directors, Board of Directors, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologist Executive Board - Secretary/Treasurer

    • Publications (9)

  • Anesthesia for children with complete trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome): A cohort review of 84 anesthesia encounters in nine patients. (Birmingham EE, Stucke AG, Diaz CD) Paediatr Anaesth 2021 Apr;31(4):419-428 PMID: 33644930 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101807396 03/02/2021    
  • E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury-Lessons Learned: A Case Series. (Helm C, Labovsky K, Thakrar PD, Diaz CD) A A Pract 2020 Jun;14(8):e01242 PMID: 32643902 PMCID: PMC7323836 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088067425 07/10/2020    
  • Impaired lung function following e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury in the first cohort of hospitalized adolescents. (Carroll BJ, Kim M, Hemyari A, Thakrar P, Kump TE, Wade T, De Vela G, Hall J, Diaz CD, D'Andrea LA) Pediatr Pulmonol 2020 07;55(7):1712-1718 PMID: 32320538 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083798865 04/23/2020       6 Citations
  • Optimizing Resources in Children's Surgical Care: An Update on the American College of Surgeons' Verification Program. (Wang KS, Cummings J, Stark A, Houck C, Oldham K, Grant C, Fallat M, SECTION ON SURGERY, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, SECTION ON ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE) Pediatrics 2020 05;145(5) PMID: 32312909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086884461 04/22/2020    
  • Low VWF levels in children and lack of association with bleeding in children undergoing tonsillectomy. (Gill JC, Conley SF, Johnson VP, Christopherson PA, Haberichter SL, Diaz CD, Strong TC, Zhang J, Simpson P, Abshire TC, Montgomery RR, Flood VH) Blood Adv 2020 01 14;4(1):100-105 PMID: 31905240 PMCID: PMC6960478 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078147321 01/07/2020       6 Citations
  • Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use. (Diaz CD, Carroll BJ, Hemyari A) N Engl J Med 2020 01 23;382(4):384-385 PMID: 31747503 11/21/2019    
  • Pediatric patients: Do not resuscitate decisions (Campise-Luther RJ, Diaz CD) Ethical Issues in Anesthesiology and Surgery 1 January 2015:59-66 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017607558 01/01/2015    
  • Simulation of a patient with severe aortic stenosis undergoing emergency abdominal surgery. (Novalija J, Diaz CD, Drexler CM) Simul Healthc 2011 Aug;6(4):250-4 PMID: 21826042 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80051801135 08/10/2011    
  • Difficult airway caused by remnant tracheal cleft after tracheoesophageal fistula repair. (Merritt N, Diaz CD, Luther RC) Int Anesthesiol Clin 2011;49(2):1-6 PMID: 21441791 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79954452849 03/29/2011    
    • Last update: 04/07/2021