Esperanza Diaz, MD
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Biography
Esperanza Díaz M.D. attended Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia, and completed Psychiatry residency training at Yale. She graduated from the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. As medical director of the Hispanic Clinic and its expansion to the community, mental health services for Limited English proficiency populations are a model. She founded the Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship addressing mental health disparities in Latinos. Along with residents, she developed the Cultural Psychiatry curriculum, a predecessor of the Social Justice and Health Equity curriculum. Her work with the medical school Teaching and Learning Center addresses cultural sensitivity and microaggressions management training. Using an experiential model, she leads interviewing training for residents. She chairs the evaluation committee to review and revise the Yale Psychiatry evaluation system.
Education & Training
- MAYale University, Psychiatry (2018)
- Medical Educational FellowshipYale School of Medicine (2011)
- PsychonalystWestern New England Inst. for Psychoanalysis (2002)
- ResidentYale School of Medicine (1987)
- MDJaveriana University (1978)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Simon Bolivar Award | American Psychiatric Association | 2022 |
Life Fellow | American Psychiatric Association | 2016 |
Stephen Fleck MD Faculty Award, as exemplary Physician and Clinician Teacher | Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine | 2012 |
American Psychiatric Association Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Resident 2012 | American Psychiatric Association | 2012 |
American Psychiatric Association, Assembly Member-in-Training (MIT) Mentor Award. 2012 | American Psychiatric Association Assembly | 2012 |
Felllow | American Psychiatric Association | 2006 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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UBHC UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Led organization of Clinica Latina offering Mental Health Services to Hispanics, New Brunswick and Newark NJ at UBHC UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | 2006 - 2008 |
National Institute of Health | Integrated Review Group Study Sections, Center for Scientific Review, CSR, NIH, National Research Service Awards NRSA | 2004 - Present |
Psychiatry Resident recruitment Committee | ||
Yale Dpt of Psychiatry-CMHC-Stateof CT-NAMI | Organized and chair first Spanish mental health educational conference for Latinos in greater New Haven |
Departments & Organizations
- Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System
- Connecticut Mental Health Center
- Division of Public Psychiatry Research
- Global Health Studies
- Psychiatry
- Yale Global Mental Health Program
- Yale Ventures