Rocío Díaz, MD

Areas of Focus  |  Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical Retina

Office Locations  | Wichita Falls

Certification  |  American Board of Ophthalmology

Languages Spoken  |  English, Spanish

“I believe in providing compassionate and effective patient care. My goal is to improve quality of life for patients and their families.”

Fellowship

Medical and Surgical Retina
Truhlsen Eye Institute
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Residency

Ophthalmology
Hamilton Eye Institute
University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Internship

University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Medical School

University of Panama School of Medicine
Panama City, Panama

Professional Affiliations / Memberships

  • American Society of Retina Specialists
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology

Recent Publications

  • Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Randolph JC, Calzada JI. Subacute Exogenous Rhizoctonia Solani Endophthalmitis Following Cataract Extraction with Intraocular Lens Implantation. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 2013 Oct; 39(10):1609-10.
  • Diaz RI, Randolph JC, Sigler EJ, Calzada JI. Intraoperative Grasp Site Correlation with Morphologic Changes in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer After Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging – Retina. 2014 Jan 1; 45(1):45-9.
  • Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Randolph JC, Rafieetary MR, Calzada JI. Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography Characteristics of White-without-pressure. Retina. 2014 May; 34(5):1020-1.
  • Diaz RI, Randolph JC, Sigler EJ, Calzada JI. Proliferative Ischemic Retinopathy After Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization in a Child with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. Summer 2014; 8(3):219-22.
  • Kozak I, Mansour A, Diaz RI, Calzada JI, Pichi F, Cruz-Villegas V, Diaz-Llopis M, Gallego-Pinazo R, Chhablani J, Martinez Cartier M, Meerhoff M, Mieler WF, Arevalo JF. Outcomes of Treatment of Pediatric Choroidal Neovascularization with Intravitreal Anti-angiogenic Agents: The Results of the KKESH International Collaborative Retina Study Group. Retina. 2014 Oct; 34(10):2044-52.
  • Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Rafieetary MR, Calzada JI. Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome. Surv Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul-Aug; 60(4):279-295.
  • Randolph JC, Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Calzada JC, Charles S. 25-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Medium-term Perfluoro-n-octane for the Repair of Giant Retinal Tears. Graefe’s Archives of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2016 Feb; 254(2):253-7.
  • Iannaccone A, Giorgianni F, New D, Hollingsworth T.J., Umfress A, Alhatem AH, Neeli I, Lenchik N, Jennings B, Calzada J, Satterfield S, Mathews D, Diaz R, Harris T, Johnson K, Charles S, Kritchevsky S, Gerling I, Beranova-Giorgianni S, Radic M. Circulating Autoantibodies in Age-related Macular Degeneration Recognize Human Macular Tissue Antigens Implicated in Autophagy, Immunomodulation, and Protection from Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis. PLOS ONE. 2015 Dec 30; 10(12):e0145323.
  • Hood MP, Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Calzada JI. Temporal Macular Atrophy as a Predictor of Neovascularization in Sickle Cell Retinopathy. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging – Retina. 2016 Jan 1; 47(1):27-34.
  • Deibert B., Wark K., Diaz R., Blodi C. Spontaneous Hyphema Associated with Ocular Syphilis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2020 Jul 27; 10(1):17.

Presentations

  • Calzada JI, Diaz RI, Kocak M, Martinez Castellanos M, Harper CA, Berrocal A, Clark L, Baumal C, Chan RVP. Clinical Outcomes After Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
    Therapy for Pre-threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity: The Results of the International Anti-VEGF for ROP Collaborative Study Group. Paper presentation, American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, November 2014.
  • Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Rafieetary MR, Calzada JI. Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome: Morphology and Clinical Spectrum” Poster presentation, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 2014.
  • Diaz RI, Sigler EJ, Choudhri AF, Calzada JI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of the Subretinal Space in Bilateral Congenital Retinal Detachments in Norrie’s Syndrome. Poster presentation, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 2014.
  • Sigler EJ, Diaz RI. Focal Choroidal Elevations. Poster presentation, American Academy of Ophthalmology, November 2013.