Rose B. Diaz, MD

Rose Diaz is a former IDHEAL fellow in Social Emergency Medicine and current faculty at UCLA. She started her professional life as a kindergarten teacher where she taught young children for over 10 years. Driven by a desire to help underserved communities, Rose eventually transitioned to medicine to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a physician with a goal of serving as a community health advocate for vulnerable populations. Rose attended medical school at UC Davis and completed her residency training at University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCLA, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Charles Drew University. Her research interests include reducing health disparities in the Emergency Department, improving the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in medicine, and strengthening ties between providers and their surrounding communities.