Esperanza Díaz, M.D.

2019 Simon Bolivar Award Recipient

Lecture Title: Advocacy, a Hallmark of Psychiatrists Serving Minorities                

Dr. Díaz provides teaching and supervision for medical students, psychiatry residents, and trainees from multiple disciplines. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Medical Director of the Hispanic Clinic, and Associate Residency Program Director. Dr. Diaz received her M.D. degree from Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia, and finished a psychiatry residency at Yale. She is a psychoanalyst and a Life Fellow of the APA. Her research concentrates on adherence to treatment, the development of culturally sensitive mental health services for Hispanics with persistent mental disorders, and the development of teaching methods of culturally sensitive care.