MASLD Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California San Diego (UCSD); Departamento de Gastroenterología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC).
Dr. Díaz is currently an Assistant Professor at the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California San Diego (UCSD), and Assistant Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). He is a Gastroenterologist and Internal Medicine specialist trained at the PUC, School of Medicine.
As a Clinical Researcher, he focuses on translational and clinical research in steatotic liver disease and liver transplantation. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers on gastrointestinal and liver diseases in high-impact factor journals and co-authored 11 book chapters. He currently co-leads several multi-national studies regarding alcohol-associated liver disease, including STELLA and the Global AlcHep Network.
He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD) Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and Chair of the ALD and Public Health SIGs for the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH). He is also a senior collaborator on the Global Burden of Disease study (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington), a member of the Global NASH/MASH Council, and advisor of the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation.