Email

humberto.diazsilva@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Neuroradiology
Baylor College of Medicine
US

Education

Fellowship at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

Barcelona, Spain

Inverventional Neuroradiology

Residency at Universidad del Norte

Barranquilla, Colombia

Diagnostic Radiology

Internship at Hospital Occidente de Kennedy

Bogota, Colombia

MD from Universidad del Magdalena

Santa Marta, Colombia

Professional Interests

• Medical education and professionalism.
• Stroke imaging and endovascular treatment.
• Clinical and pathological radiology correlation.

Selected Publications

• Diaz-Silva H, Piñana C, Gramegna L, Requena M, Rivera E, Gonzalez E, Fondevila J, Chirife O, Moreu M, Vega P, Remollo S, Martinez M, Galván J, Schuller M, Cirillo L, Hernández D, Ribó M, Tomasello A. "Safety and feasibility of reconstructing dissection tandem lesions with flow diverter stents during mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: a multicenter retrospective case series.." Stroke: Vascular and interventional Neurology. 2022;
• Requena M, Olivé-Gadea M, Muchada M, Hernández D, Rubiera M, Boned S, Piñana C, Deck M, García-Tornel Á, Díaz-Silva H, Rodriguez-Villatoro N, Juega J, Rodriguez-Luna D, Pagola J, Molina C, Tomasello A, Ribo M "Direct to Angiography Suite Without Stopping for Computed Tomography Imaging for Patients With Acute Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Neurol.. 2021;
• Juega J, Palacio-Garcia C, Rodriguez M, Deck M, Diaz H, Sanjuan E, Hernandez-Perez M, Dorado L, Quesada H, Cardona P, De-La-Torre C, Tomasello A, Gallur L, Sanchez M, Gonzalez-Rubio S, Camacho J, Ramon-Y-Cajal S, Álvarez-Sabin J, Molina CA, Pagola J "Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Clot Analysis as a Marker of Cardioembolic Stroke Etiology.." Transl Stroke Res.. 2021;
• Lance J. Lyons, Sarah A. Smith, Orlando Diaz, Humberto Diaz, Aroucha Vickers, Claudia Prospero & Andrew G. Lee "Percutaneous transorbital embolization of a carotid-cavernous fistula.." Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 2019;

Skills

Interventional Neuroradiology

Mechanical thrombectomy for acute strokes, aneurysm embolization, percutaneous embolization of facial and neck malformations, intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma, and vertebroplasty for managing pain.

Neuroradiology

Vascular imaging and brain tumors.

Languages

Spanish