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Jason A. Diaz, MD, FACS – Salt Lake City Utah

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Jason A. Diaz, MD, FACS

ENT Center of Utah

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22 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
United States
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Dr. Jason A. Diaz received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Wake Forest University in 1998. He went on to get his MD from the Medical College of Georgia in 2003. Dr. Diaz completed both an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He then pursued a fellowship in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Pennsylvania. During his time in Philadelphia, he also served as Instructor of Otolaryngology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In July of 2009, Dr. Diaz accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstruction within the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis. He held that position for 5 years. In July of 2014, he moved his family to Utah and joined the Ear, Nose & Throat Center.

His clinical interests include management of benign and malignant tumors of the head & neck, thyroid and parathyroid disease, melanoma and other advanced cutaneous malignancies, salivary gland disorders, paragangliomas, and other skull base tumors. He has special expertise in the fields of minimally-invasive transoral laser excision, transoral robotic surgery, and conservation laryngeal tumor resection. Dr. Diaz is part of the most experienced community-based Head & Neck Microvascular Reconstructive team in the state. He is also one of the few surgeons in the Intermountain West that routinely performs ultrasound of the head & neck.

Dr. Diaz has done research in the fields of cancer therapy, transoral robotic surgery, rare head & neck tumors, patient safety, and complex head & neck reconstruction. He has published 24 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, and also co-authored two chapters in the authoritative text on transoral robotic surgery by Drs. Weinstein and O'Malley. He has given over a dozen presentations at national and international Society meetings, as well as countless other invited lectures at local and regional medical gatherings.

Dr. Diaz is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Head & Neck Society. Dr. Diaz is Chief of Otolaryngology at Intermountain Medical Center, and Director of Head & Neck Oncology at Jordan Valley Cancer Center. He is an active member of both the Jordan Valley Cancer Committee and the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program.

GSK1120212 in Surgically Resectable Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Cancer

Start of enrollment: 2013-02-01

Douglas Adkins, M.D., Rajendra Apte, M.D., Farrokh Dehdashti, M.D., Jason Diaz, M.D., Bruce Haughley, MB. ChB, Dorina Kallogjeri, M.D., MPH, James Lewis, M.D., Loren Michel, M...

Post Operative Adjuvant Therapy De-intensification Trial for Human Papillomavirus-related, p16+ Oropharynx Cancer

Start of enrollment: 2013-01-01

Matthew Zarka, M.D., Kelly Curtis, M.D., Samir Patel, M.D., Michael Hinni, M.D., Hiram Gay, M.D., Wade Thorstad, M.D., Douglas Adkins, M.D., Tanya Wildes, M.D., Loren Michel, ...

Phase II Randomized Trial of Transoral Surgical Resection Followed by Low-Dose or Standard-Dose IMRT in Resectable p16+ Locally Advanced Oropharynx Cancer

Start of enrollment: 2013-08-01
Robert Ferris, et. al.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1.Microvascular Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (incl. Diaz JA). “Salvage Laryngectomy and Laryngopharyngectomy: A Multi-Center Review of Outcomes Associated with Reconstructive Approach.” Head & Neck. 2019 Jan; 41(1): 16-29. 

2.Hill K, Diaz J, Hagemann IS, Chernock RD. “Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Massive Amyloid Deposition in a Parathyroid Gland Associated with Amyloid Goiter: A Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Mimic on Intra-Operative Frozen Section.” Head and Neck Pathology. 2018 Jun;12(2): 269-273.

3.Uppaluri R, Winkler A, Lin T, Law J, Haughey B, Nussenbaum, B, Paniello R, Rich, J, Diaz JA, Michel L, Wildes T, Dunn G, Kallogjeri D, Zolkind P, Dehdashti F, Siegel B, Chenock R, Lewis JS, Piccirillo J, Adkins D.“Biomarker and Tumor Response of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcioma to Trametinib: A Phase II Neoadjuvant Window-of-Opportunity Clinical Trial.” Clinical Cancer Research. 2017 May 1; 23 (9): 2186-2194.

4.Sand JP, Diaz JA, Nussenbaum B, Rich JT. “Full-Thickness Scalp Defects Reconstructed with Outer Table Calvarial Decortication and Surface Grafting: A 13-Year Review.” JAMA – Facial Plastic Surgery. 2017 Jan 1; 19 (1): 74-76.

5.Mohaptra A, Khan T, Diaz J, Brasington R, Zebala LP. “Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) Causing Atlantoaxial Instability: A Case Report.” Spine Journal. 2016 Oct; 16 (10): e717-e720.

6.Richmon JD, Yarlagadda BB, Wax MK, Patel U,Diaz J, Lin DT. “Locoregional and Free Flap Reconstruction of the Lateral Skull Base.”Head & Neck. 2015 Sep; 37(9): 1387-1391.

7.Lin DT, Yarlagadda BB, Sethi RK, Feng AL, Shnayder Y, Ledgerwood LG, Diaz JA, Sinha P, Hanasono MM, Yu P, Skoracki RJ, Lian TS, Patel UA, Leibowitz J, Purdy N, Starmer H, Richmon JD. “Long term functional outcomes of total glossectomy with and without total laryngectomy.” JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. 2015 Sep; 141(9): 797-803.

8.Zenga J, Sharon JD, Santiago P, Nussenbaum B, Haughey BH, Fox IK, Myckatyn TM, Diaz JA, Chicoine MR. “Lower Trapezius Flap for Reconstruction of Posterior Scalp and Neck Defects after Complex Occipital-Cervical Surgeries.” Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base. 2015 May; 76 397-408.

9.Mohapatra A, Holekamp TF, Diaz J, Zebala L, Brasington R. “Atlantoaxial Subluxation and Nasopharyngeal Necrosis Complicating Suspected Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.” Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2015 Apr; 21(3): 156-159.

10.Schell A, Ley J, Wu N, Trinkaus K, Wildes TM, Michel L, Thorstad W, Gay H, Lewis J, Rich J, Diaz J, Paniello RC, Nussenbaum B, Adkins DR. “Nab-Paclitaxel-based Compared to Docetaxel-based Induction Chemotherapy Regimens for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.” Cancer Medicine. 2015 Apr; 4(4): 481-489.

11.Gay HA, Liu J, Spencer CR, Lewis JS, Diaz J, Nussenbaum B, Piccirillo JF, Ferraro DF, Wildes T, Sinha P, Adkins DR, Haughey BH, Thorstad WL.“Outcomes of p16 Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Surgery and Adjuvant IMRT.” Journal of Radiation Oncology. 2015 Mar; 4(1): 37-46.

12.Zenga J, Nussenbaum B, Rich JT, Diaz JA. “Reconstruction of Composite Oral Cavity Defects with Temporalis Flaps after Prior Treatment.” American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2015 Jan-Feb; 36(1): 97-102.

13.Verma V, Liu J, Eschen L, Danieley J, Spencer C, Lewis JS, Diaz J, Piccirillo JF, Adkins DR, Nussenbaum B, Thorstad WL, Gay HA. “Pre-Radiotherapy Feeding Tube Identifies a Poor Prognostic Subset of Postoperative p16 Positive Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.” Radiation Oncology. 2015 Jan 9; 10(1): 8.

14.Graboyes EM, Yang Z, Kallogjeri D, Diaz JA, Nussenbaum B. “Patients Undergoing Total Laryngectomy: An At-Risk Population for 30-Day Unplanned Readmission.” JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2014 Dec 1; 140(12): 1157-1165.

15.Graboyes EM, Liou TN, Kallogjeri D, Nussenbaum B,Diaz JA.  “Risk Factors for Unplanned Hospital Readmission in Otolaryngology Patients.” Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2013 Oct; 149(4): 562-571.

16.Graboyes EM, Allen CT, Chernock RD, Diaz JA. “Oral Hairy Leukoplakia in the HIV-negative patient.” ENT – Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 2013 Jun; 92(6): E12-E15.

17.Diaz JA. “ENT Infections: Atlas of Investigation and Management.” Head & Neck. 2012 May; 34 (5): 762.

18.Adkins D, Ley J, Nussenbaum B, Thorstad W, Gay H, Rachocki T, Diaz J, Paniello R, Wildes T, Subramanian J, Kuperman D. “Safety analysis of a novel induction chemotherapy regimen of weekly nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel and Cetuximab with every 3 week Cisplatin and 5-FU in 30 patients with locally advanced non-metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.” Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2011 May 20; 29 (15_suppl): e16025.

19.Warrick J, Lewis JS Jr, Diaz JA. “Pathology Quiz Case 2. Primary Signet Ring Carcinoma of the Eyelid.” Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2010 Nov; 136(11): 1146, 1148-1149.

20.Lee JY, O'Malley BW Jr, Newman JG, Weinstein GS, Lega B, Diaz J, Grady MS. “Transoral robotic surgery of the skull base: a cadaver and feasibility study.” ORL:Journal for Oto-rhino-laryngology and its Related Specialties. 2010 Aug; 72(4): 181-187.

21.Bentz BG, Diaz J, Ring TA, Wade M, Kennington K, Burnett DM, McClane R, Fitzpatrick FA. “Fiberoptic Resonance Raman Spectroscopy to Measure Carotenoid’s Oxidative Breakdown in Live Tissues.” Cancer Prevention Research. 2010 April; 3(4): 529-538.

22.Lee JY, O’Malley BW, Newman JG, Weinstein GS, Lega B, Diaz J, Grady MS. “Transoral Robotic Surgery of Craniocervical Junction and Atlantoaxial Spine: A Cadaveric Study.” Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2010 Jan; 12(1): 13-18.

23.Park AH,Diaz JA. “A Different Approach to Orbital Blow Out Fractures: Microscope Assisted Reconstruction of the Orbital Floor.” International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2008 May; 72(5): 707-710.

24.Rajan GP, Diaz J, Eikelboom RH, Atlas MD, Shelton C, Huber AM. “Eliminating the limitations of manual crimping in stapes surgery: mid-term results of 90 patients in the Nitinol stapes piston multicenter trial.” Laryngoscope. 2007 Jul; 117(7): 1236-1239.

 

Book Chapters

1.O’Malley Jr BW, Weinstein GS, Diaz JA. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS): From the Robotics Lab to the Bedside. In: Weinstein GS, O’Malley Jr BW, eds. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS). San Diego: Plural, 2012: 1-5.

2.Lega BC, Lee JYK, Newman JG, Grady MS, Weinstein, GS, O’Malley Jr BW, Diaz JA. Skull Base TORS, Robotic Cranial Base Surgery, and TORS Nasopharyngeal Resection. In: Weinstein GS, O’Malley Jr BW, eds. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS). San Diego: Plural, 2012: 165-78.

 

Other Invited Works

  1. Diaz JA. Interview by Casey Scott. Fresh Living. CBS. KUTV, Salt Lake City. 17 Feb 2015. Television.
  2. Diaz JA. Interview by Kelly Mickle. Redbook. Date Month 2011: Page. Print.
  3. 3. Diaz JA. “Ask the Expert – Thyroid Problems.” Ladue News.Date Month 2010: Page. Print.
  4. Diaz JA. Interview by Pippa Wysong. ENT Today. Sep 2008: 8. Print.