Neonatal Research
Respiratory care, caffeine pharmacology, delivery room performance, stabilization of preterm infants, point-of-care ultrasound, and outcomes-driven clinical questions.
Neonatology · Research · Quality Improvement · Clinical AI
Building practical clinical systems for better neonatal care.
I’m Efren Diaz, MD, a neonatologist focused on bedside medicine, research operations, medical education, quality improvement, and responsible use of artificial intelligence in clinical environments.
NICUClinical neonatology
QISystems improvement
AIClinical productivity
Professional Focus
Medicine, education, and systems that translate into bedside impact.
I work across neonatal care, clinical research, digital education, and implementation science. The goal is simple: develop useful tools, conversations, and collaborations that help clinicians move from ideas to execution.
Quality Improvement
Structured approaches for safer extubation, ventilation practices, workflow standardization, clinical databases, and high-reliability NICU systems.
Medical Education
Practical teaching for trainees and interdisciplinary teams through simulation, journal clubs, digital content, and board-relevant neonatal education.
Clinical AI
Applied AI workflows for protocol development, literature review, research support, QI design, clinical education, and responsible productivity.
Featured Platforms
Digital platforms designed for clinicians, educators, and collaborators.
Medical Education
NeoRounds
A neonatal education platform focused on practical learning, research discussions, clinical reasoning, and high-yield concepts for neonatal clinicians and trainees.
Collaborate on NeoRoundsClinical AI
The AI Consult
A YouTube channel exploring how clinicians can use AI for clinical productivity, research, quality improvement, medical education, and responsible implementation.
Discuss a topic or guest ideaResearch Infrastructure
Clinical Systems Lab
Project space for retrospective studies, QI initiatives, clinical databases, protocol development, manuscript drafting, and research operations.
View project areasSelected Work
Current project areas.
Research
Caffeine pharmacokinetics and clinical outcomes in premature neonates
Retrospective cohort work evaluating caffeine concentrations, respiratory outcomes, and clinical significance in premature infants.
Quality Improvement
Safer extubation and ventilation weaning practices
Standardized algorithms and workflow redesign for extremely premature infants receiving invasive respiratory support.
Education
Simulation, journal clubs, and neonatal learning systems
Practical education formats that improve discussion quality, team readiness, and clinical reasoning.
Innovation
AI-assisted clinical and academic workflows
Responsible use of AI to accelerate literature review, protocol development, data collection design, and educational content creation.
Collaborate
Interested in neonatal research, clinical AI, QI, education, or media collaboration?
I’m open to collaborations involving neonatal research, clinical education, journal clubs, AI-enabled workflows, responsible medical content, and implementation-focused quality improvement.
Email
ediaz35@gmail.com