BS Biology - 1971
Tulane University

MD Medicine - 1975
Tulane University

MHA Health Administration - 1990
Tulane University

DrPH - 1995
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

PhD Public Health and Health Systems Management - 1995
Tulane University

Diploma Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health - 1998
Tulane University

MPH and TM Public Health and Tropical Medicine - 2001
Tulane University

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 an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, and is also director of the department’s newly created Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Program. 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, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Diaz is a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American College of Anesthesiologists, and The American Academy of Pediatrics.

Cancer pain management

Environmental and Health Care Administration
Occupational Health and Medicine
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Anesthesiology
Clinical Pharmacology
Medical Toxicology
Travel Health and Tropical Medicine

Chair for Public Health, Academy Advisory Group, The LSUHSC Academy for the Advancement of Educational Scholarship, 2005-
Chair, Curriculum Committee, School of Graduate Studies, LSUHSC, 2002-2004
Co-Chair, Committee on Enduring Materials and Distance Learning, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2001-2004
Committee on Computer-Assisted Learning, LSU School of Medicine, 1998-
Curriculum Committee, LSU School of Medicine, 1998-
Curriculum Renewal Committee, LSU Health Sciences Center, 2000-
General Facilities Committee, LSU Health Sciences Center, 2000-
Member, Administrative Council, LSUHSC School of Public Health, 2004-
Member, Advisory Council on Environmental and Occupational Health, the Association of Schools of Public Health
Member, Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, LSUHSC School of Public Health, 2004-
Member, CDC Consultancy Panel, All-Hazards Public Health Emergency Response Guide, 2003-
Member, Chancellor’s Research Council, LSU Health Sciences Center, 2004-
Member, Emergency Management Committee, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, 2004-
Member, Emergency Management Committee, Medical Center of Louisiana-New Orleans, 2004-
Public Health Committee, Orleans Parish Medical Society, 1999-
Section Head, Preventive Medicine, 1997-
Written Examination Committee, Core Examination in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1998-

Diaz JH, Manawadu BR, Clonus during normocapnic enflurane anesthesia, Anesthesiology Review 5: 35-40, 1978.

Diaz JH, Lockhart CH, Hypotensive anaesthesia for craniectomy in infancy, British Journal of Anaesthesia 51: 533-535, 1979.

Diaz JH, Friesen RH, Anesthetic management of congenital complete heart block in childhood, Anesthesia and Analgesia 48: 344-346, 1979.

Diaz JH, Hill GE, Hypotension with anesthesia in disulfiram-treated patients, Anesthesiology 51: 366-368, 1979.

Diaz JH, Henling CE, Pneumoperitoneum and cardiac arrest during craniofacial reconstruction, Anesthesia and Analgesia 61:146-149, 1982.

Geist ET, Diaz JH, Perioperative management of the asthmatic patient undergoing dental surgery, Journal of the American Dental Association 105: 65-69, 1982.

Diaz JH, Prevost M, Subarachnoid air injection during epidural anesthesia, Anesthesiology Review 9: 27-30, 1982.

Diaz JH, Cooper ES, Ochsner JL, Cardiac surgery in patients with cold autoimmune disease, Anesthesia and Analgesia 63: 349-352, 1984.

Diaz JH, Stedman PM, LeTard FX, Perioperative management of newborn pharyngeal teratomas, Anesthesiology 61: 608-610, 1984.

Diaz JH, Cooper ES, Ochsner JL, Cold hemagglutination pathophysiology: Evaluation and management in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with hypothermia, Archives of Internal Medicine 144: 1639-1641, 1984.

Diaz JH, Croup and epiglottitis in children: The anesthesiologist as diagnostician, Anesthesia and Analgesia 64: 621-633, 1985.

Diaz JH, Halothane anesthesia in infancy: Identification and correlation of preoperative risk factors with intraoperative arterial hypotension and postoperative recovery, Journal of Pediatric Surgery 20: 502-507, 1985.

Diaz JH, Connolly ES, Anesthetic management of chemonucleosysis with chymopapain, Southern Medical Journal 79: 1554-1561, 1986.

Diaz JH, Marino RJ, Intraoperative management, in Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate, ed. by JP Goldsmith and EH Karotkin, Second Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders 357-375, 1987.

Diaz JH, Busick EJ, Diagnosis and management of acid-base disturbances, in Current Clinical Practice, ed. by FH Messerli, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders 573-577, 1987.

Diaz JH, Platelet infusion and hypotension, in Common Problems in Cardiac Anesthesia, ed. by JG Reves and K Hall, Chicago, Yearbook Medical Publishers 455-460, 1987.

Diaz JH, Tension pneumoperitoneum-peumothorax during repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Anesthesia and Analgesia 66: 577-580, 1987.

Diaz JH, Lockhart CH, Postoperative quadriplegia following spinal fusion for scoliosis, Anesthesia and Analgesia 66:1039-1042, 1987.

Diaz JH, Furman EB, Perioperative management of conjoined twins, Anesthesiology 66:1039-1042, 1987.

Busch EH, Diaz JH, Intracardiac knotting of a pulmonary artery catheter in a pacemaker-dependent patient, Anesthesiology Review 15: 45-47, 1988.

Sauter ER, Diaz JH, Arensman RM, Butcher RB III, Guarisco JL, Hayes DH, The perioperative management of neonates with congenital oropharyngeal teratomas, Journal of Pediatric Surgery 25: 925-928, 1990.

Diaz JH, The difficult intubation kit, Anesthesiology Review 17: 49-56, 1990.

Diaz JH, Guarisco JL, LeJeune FE Jr, A modified tubular pharyngolaryngoscope for difficult pediatric laryngoscopy, Anesthesiology 73: 357-358, 1990.

Diaz JH: Preface. Diaz JH, Ed.,, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. XI-XV, 1991.

Diaz JH, Perioperative management of the pregnant patient undergoing nonobstetric surgery. Part I. Indications for surgery and direct and indirect effects of anesthetics on fetal well-being, Anesthesiology Review 18: 21-27, 1991.

Diaz JH, Perioperative management of the pregnant patient undergoing nonobstetric surgery. Part II. Perioperative management and special techniques, Anesthesiology Review 18: 27-34, 1991.

Diaz JH, Guarisco JL, LeJeune FE Jr., Perioperative management of pediatric microstomia, Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 38: 217-221, 1991.

Diaz JH, Are anesthetics teratogens? In Diaz JH, Ed., Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. 1-23, 1991.

Diaz JH, Ed., The physiologic changes of pregnancy have anesthetic implications for both mother and fetus, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co., 24-50, 1991.

Diaz JH, Ed., Anesthetic management of nonobsteric surgery in the pregnant patient, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. 51-67, 1991.

Diaz JH, Ed., Anesthetic management of premature neonates, term neonates, and infants, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. 281-321, 1991.

Diaz JH, Furman EB, Perioperative management of conjoined twins undergoing separation surgery, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. 342-360, 1991.

Brown H, Diaz JH, Obstetric management of premature infants, breech presentation, and multiple gestations, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co., 188-208, 1991.

Diaz JH, Arensman RM, Postoperative critical care management of neonates, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. 361-374, 1991.

Diaz JH, Editor, Perinatal Anesthesia and Critical Care, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, Co. , 1991.

Diaz JH, Hurler syndrome and umbilical hernia, Common Problems in Pediatric Anesthesia, Second edition, Ed. by L. Stehling, Malvern, PA, Mosby Year Book 267-276, 1992.

Diaz JH, Perioperative management of neonatal ectopia cordis: Report of three cases, Anesthesia and Analgesia 75: 833-837, 1992.

Diaz JH, Is uvular edema a complication of endotracheal intubation?, Anesthesia and Analgesia 76: 1139-1141, 1993.

Diaz JH, A new transparent disposable plastic facemask for children and adults, Anesthesiology 78: 1195-1196, 1993.

Diaz JH, Belani K, Perioperative management of children with mucopolysaccharidoses, Anesthesia and Anagelsia 77: 1261-1270, 1993.

DeConti RW, Diaz JH, Falterman KW, Prolonged postoperative analgesia with lumbar epidural morphine in children undergoing thoracic and upper abdominal surgery, Pediatric Surgery International 8: 204-206, 1993.

Diaz JH, Anencephalic organ donors: A challenge to existing moral and statutory laws, Critical Care Medicine 21: 1781-1786, 1993.

Diaz JH, Intraoperative management, Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate, Ed. by JP Goldsmith and EH Karotkin, Third Edition, Philadelphia, W.B, Saunders, textbook chapter, 1996.

Diaz JH, Intranasal ketamine premedication of paediatric outpatients, Paediatric Anaesthesia 7: 273-278, 1997.

Diaz JH, Gould HJ III, Management of post-thoracotomy pseudoangina and myofascial pain with botulinum toxin, Anesthesiology 91 (3): 877-879, 1999.

Diaz JH, Statistical power gets respect, Survey of Anesthesiology 43 (4): 245-246, 1999.

Diaz JH, Perioperative management of children with congenital phakomatoses, Paediatric Anaesthesia 10: 121-128, 2000.

Diaz JH, Perioperative management of infants with the linear nevus sebaceous syndrome of Jadassohn: Report of two cases, Paediatric Anaesthesia 10: 669-673, 2000.

Pine JC, Diaz JH, Environmental health screening with GIS: Creating a community environmental health profile, Journal of Environmental Health 62 (8): 9-16, 2000.

Kaplan JL, Wright MJ, Lazarus L, Congemi N, DuTreil K, Arnold R, Mercante D, Diaz JH, Vrahas M, Hunt J, Use of an unmanned police car to reduce traffic speed, Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 49 (1): 43-46, 2000.

Diaz JH, Carpal tunnel syndrome in female nurse anesthetists versus operating room nurses: Prevalence, laterality, and impact of handedness, Anesthesia and Analgesia 93: 975-980, 2001.

Diaz JH, Epidemiology and outcome of postural headache management in spontaneous intracranial hypotension, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 26: 582-587, 2001.

Diaz JH, Permanent paraparesis and cauda equina syndrome after epidural blood patch for postdural puncture headache, Anesthesiology 96: 1515-17, 2002.

Diaz JH, Chronic postoperative epidural abscess with ascending neuromyotonia, Anesthesia and Analgesia 95: 1770-1, 2002.

Bernstein CD, Diaz JH, Gould HJ, A possible role for zonisamide in treating neuropathic pain: A case of idiopathic polyneuropathy, Pain Practice 2 (2): 134-136, 2002.

Diaz JH, The public health impact of global climate change, Accepted for publication, Family and Community Health , 2003.

Diaz JH, Gould HJ, Permanent neurologic symptoms after prolonged epidural analgesia, Accepted for publication, Pain Practice , 2003.

Marier RL, Fontham E, Diaz JH, LSU School of Public Health, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 155: 332-336, 2003.

Barbier HM, Diaz JH, Preventing toxic seafood-borne illnesses in travelers, Journal of Travel Medicine 10: 29-37, 2003.

Diaz JH, The safety of seafood consumption, Southern Medical Journal, Accepted for publication , 2003.

Marier RL, Fontham E, Diaz JH, LSU School of Public Health, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 155: 332-336, 2003.

Diaz JH, Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenomation, Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press , 2004.

Diaz JH, Treatment outcomes in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Do epidural blood patches stop the leaks?, Pain Practice 4: 300-307, 2004.

Diaz JH, Is fish consumption safe?, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 156: 394-400, 2004.

Diaz JH, The public health impact of global climate change, Family and Community Health 27: 219-230, 2004.

Diaz JH, Gould HJ, Permanent neurologic symptoms after prolonged epidural analgesia, Pain Practice 4: 132-135, 2004.

Diaz JH, Is Shellfish consumption safe?, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society , 2004.

Diaz JH, Is fish consumption safe?, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 156: 394-400, 2004.

Diaz JH, The global epidemiology, syndromic classification, management, and prevention of spider bites, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , 2004.

Diaz JH, The public health impact of hurricanes and major flooding events, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 156: 144-149, 2004.

Diaz JH, The epidemiology, syndromic diagnosis, management, and prevention of spider bites in the South, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 157: 29-35, 2005.

Diaz JH, Most necrotic ulcers are not spider bites, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 72: 364-367, 2005.

Diaz JH, The epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of caterpillar envenoming in the southern US, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 157: 30-34, 2005.

Diaz JH, The epidemiology, toxidromic classification, general management, and prevention of mushroom poisoning in the United States, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 137: 44-50, 2005.

Diaz JH, The epidemiology, diagnosis, management, and prevention of ectoparasitic diseases in travelers, Journal of Travel Medicine 13: 100-111, 2005.

Diaz JH, The syndromic diagnosis and management of confirmed mushroom poisonings, Critical Care Medicine 33: 427-436, 2005.

Diaz JH, The evolving global epidemiology, syndromic classification, management, and prevention of caterpillar envenoming, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 157: 29-35, 2005.

Diaz JH, The evolving global epidemiology, syndromic diagnosis, general management, and prevention of mushroom poisonings, Critical Care Medicine 33: 419-428, 2005.

Diaz JH, Weed JT, Correlation of adverse neurological outcomes with increasing volumes and delayed administration of epidural blood patches for postdural puncture headaches, Pain Practice 5: 216-222, 2005.

Diaz JH, Controversies in the diagnosis and management of common upper airway infections, E.R. Reports 1983, 4: 25-30.

Diaz JH, McDonald JS, Propranolol and induced labor: Anesthetic implications, Anesthesiology Review 1979, 6: 29-32.

Diaz JH, Lockhart CH, The early diagnosis and airway management of acute epiglottitis in children, Southern Medical Journal 1982, 75: 399-403.