Luis Antonio Diaz

Biography

Dr. Díaz is a Gastroenterology Specialist and Assistant Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Medicine. Trained as Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology specialist at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and currently a visiting scholar at the MASLD research center, University of California San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Díaz is a Clinical Researcher with interest in translational and clinical research in alcohol-associated liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and liver transplantation. He currently co-lead several multi-national studies regarding alcohol-associated liver disease (including AH-Latin and Global AlcHep) and is a collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease study (The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation), Director of the Chilean Hepatology Association (ACHHEP), and member of the Global NASH/MASH Council (GNC).