Email

diez@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

O'Quinn Medical Tower (Clinic)

6624 Fannin, #2480
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5570

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center (Hospital)

1313 Hermann Dr.
Houston, TX 77004
United States
Phone: (713) 527-5000

O'Quinn Medical Tower (Office)

6624 Fannin, #2480
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5570

CHI St. Luke's Health (Hospital)

6720 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-1000

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

6621 Fannin St.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-1000

Education

MD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Medical School

01/1989 - Bogota, Colombia

Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

06/1998 - Houston, Texas United States

Cardiology

Residency at Carney Hospital – Categorical Program, Boston University School of Medicine

06/1995 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Internal Medicine

Residency at Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

10/1993 - Bogota, Colombia

Internal Medicine

Certifications

Interventional Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

American College of Cardiology Interventional Scientific Council and Section

Member (01/2005 - 12/2008)

Professional Statement

Dr. José G. Díez 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. Díez is also an associate editor of the Texas Heart Institute Journal. A graduate of Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia, Dr. Díez completed an internal medicine residency at the same institution and another at Boston University in Massachusetts. Dr. Díez 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. Díez 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

Websites

Selected Publications

• Popma JJ, Adams DH, Reardon MJ, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Heimansohn D, Hermiller J Jr, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Coselli J, Diez J, Kafi A, Schreiber T, Gleason TG, Conte J, Buchbinder M, Deeb GM, Carabello B, Serruys PW, Chenoweth S, Oh JK "Transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients with severe aortic stenosis at extreme risk for surgery.." J Am Coll Cardiol.. 2014 May 20;63(19):1972-81. Pubmed PMID: 24657695
• Díez JG, Medina HM, Cheong BY, O'Meallie L, Ferguson JJ "Safety of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention.." Tex Heart Inst J. 2009;36(2):98-103. Pubmed PMID: 19436801
• Díez JG, Wilson JM "Practical strategies for the management of anticoagulation therapy: unsolved issues in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.." Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2010 Apr;24(2):161-74. Pubmed PMID: 20390444
• Kereiakes DJ, Tcheng J, Fry ET, Bhatt DL, Bosker G, Diez JG, Ferguson JJ, Levine GN, Schaer GL, Zidar J "Pharmacoinvasive management of acute coronary syndrome in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention: evidence-based, site- and spectrum-of-care strategies for optimizing patient outcomes in NSTE-ACS.." J Invasive Cardiol. 2003 Sep;15(9):536-53. Pubmed PMID: 12947218

Memberships

Texas Heart institute Cardiac Society

Member-at-Large

American College of Cardiology Foundation

Fellow

The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

Fellow

American Heart Association – Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Council

Member

Interdisciplinary Working Group on Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease

Member

American College of Physicians

Member

National Marfan Foundation

Member

Vascular Biology Working Group

Member

Languages

Spanish