Overview
Dr. Jose G. Diez is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. He serves as senior research scientist in interventional cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute at CHI Baylor St Luke's Medical Center (THI at BSLMC) and clinical associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is on the interventional cardiology professional staff at THI at BSLMC and the consulting staff of the cardiology service at the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Dr. Diez is also an associate editor of the Texas Heart Institute Journal. A graduate of Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia, Dr. Diez completed an internal medicine residency at the same institution and another at Boston University in Massachusetts. Dr. Diez completed his training in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, where he served as chief fellow. His previous academic experience includes appointments at Baylor College of Medicine as director of invasive cardiology at the Baylor Heart Clinic and director of interventional cardiology research. At Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, he served as director of clinical and interventional research and co-director of the cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. He has received research and education awards from the Mueller Foundation, the EVEREST program, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. His interests include acute coronary syndromes; acute and chronic aortic syndromes (aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, Marfan syndrome); valvular disease (with a focus on the aortic valve and new therapies, such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation TAVI/TAVR); atherothrombosis; antiplatelet and antithrombin therapy; interventional strategies and devices; and vascular biology. Dr. Diez is fluent in both English and Spanish. He is currently accepting new patients, including those seeking to begin cardiovascular care and treatment and those seeking secondary opinions and consultations.
Dr. Diez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Low Blood Pressure. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
6624 Fannin St, Ste 2480, Houston, TX 77030
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- Mitral Valve RegurgitationDr. Diez isAdvanced. Learn about Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
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- AnginaDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic DissectionDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Diez isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.