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Christina D. Diaz MD

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Professor

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

image of /images/ORCIDiD_icon16x16.png   https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-3018


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.
I am willing to mentor a junior faculty member.

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Clinical Expertise

  • Acute Pain
  • Airway Management
  • Anesthesiology
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
  • Faculty, Medical
  • High Fidelity Simulation Training
  • Mentoring
  • Pediatrics
  • Vaping

    • Leadership Positions

  • American Society of Anesthesiologist House Delegate
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Board Member - Section of Anesthesia and Pain - President Elect
  • At-large Member of the SPA Board of Directors, Board of Directors, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (Completed 10/2024)
  • Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologist Executive Board - President
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology Director of Faculty Development
  • Executive Coach

    • Publications (12)

  • Ethical Considerations of Unsedated Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Pediatric Patients (Calciano CS, Liphart CR, Friedrich AB, Diaz CD) Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 2025;15(1):69-77 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004986738 01/01/2025    
  • Oral Health Care for Children and Youth With Developmental Disabilities: Clinical Report. (Sarvas E, Webb J, Landrigan-Ossar M, Yin L, SECTION ON ORAL HEALTH , COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES , SECTION ON ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE ) Pediatrics 2024 Aug 01;154(2) PMID: 39034828 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200423210 07/22/2024       2 Citations
  • Vaping and E-Cigarette Use in Children and Adolescents: Implications on Perioperative Care From the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, and American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. (Rusy DA, Honkanen A, Landrigan-Ossar MF, Chatterjee D, Schwartz LI, Lalwani K, Dollar JR, Clark R, Diaz CD, Deutsch N, Warner DO, Soriano SG) Anesth Analg 2021 Sep 01;133(3):562-568 PMID: 33780391 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113171919 03/30/2021       16 Citations
  • 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       5 Citations
  • 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       2 Citations
  • 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 Jul;55(7):1712-1718 PMID: 32320538 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083798865 04/23/2020       26 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 May;145(5) PMID: 32312909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086884461 04/22/2020       25 Citations
  • 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 Jan 14;4(1):100-105 PMID: 31905240 PMCID: PMC6960478 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078147321 01/07/2020       25 Citations
  • Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use. (Diaz CD, Carroll BJ, Hemyari A) N Engl J Med 2020 Jan 23;382(4):384-385 PMID: 31747503 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078551463 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: 06/16/2025