Dr. José L. Díaz-Gómez

José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, MAS, NCC (UCNS), FASE, FCCM, is the Institute Chair- Critical Care at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. His immediate previous position was chief of cardiothoracic, mechanical circulatory support, and transplant critical care at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, TX.

Dr. Díaz-Gómez is a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist who has dedicated his career to contributing to the clinical practice, research, and education related mainly to the fields of perioperative and critical care ultrasonography. His initial investigations on critical care ultrasonography education highlighted the interdisciplinary application of this tool in critical care practice. He subsequently proposed alternative techniques in advanced critical care ultrasonography for specific patient populations, such as pulmonary hypertension and mechanical circulatory support. Lastly, he has shown increased safety by applying real-time ultrasonography for bedside procedures such as thoracentesis.

Dr. Díaz-Gómez was a former Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 2018. And he started the review process for academic rank promotion as Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine. He received a master’s in applied science at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at John Hopkins University in 2023. And he is pursuing an MBA program at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Díaz-Gómez's his medical degree from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia. He completed his residency and further cardiac anesthesia training at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, and his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Dr. Díaz-Gómez's research contributions include over 75 peer-reviewed publications in critical care medicine and ultrasonography; an edited book in critical care ultrasonography; an edited critical care ultrasound booklet; a dozen non-peer reviewed publications and two dozen book chapters. He is the co-chair of the upcoming SCCM critical care ultrasonography guidelines and he has been re-elected as the Anesthesia designated seat within the SCCM Council. He is a member of the SCCM Biomarkers Leadership Task Force and leads the Cardiac Biomarkers group.

Dr. Díaz-Gómez holds the Fellowship in the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and the Fellowship in the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE).

Dr. Díaz-Gómez resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife. In his spare time, he enjoys biking, traveling, and cheering for his children in high-level soccer and tennis tournaments as they are current student athletes in the USA.