Rocio I Diaz, MD
Rapid City Medical Center
Retina Specialist
3024 Tower Rd
Rapid City, SD 57701
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(605) 343-2020 office
https://rapidcitymedicalcenter.com/
diazri@rcmed.net
(605) 342-3280 office
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Ophthalmology residency
- Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Internship
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Additional fellowship
- Clinical Research Fellowship, Charles Retina Institute, Memphis, TN, USA
- Medical School
- Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Rep. of Panama
Biography
Dr. Rocio Diaz is a fellowship-trained retina specialist, specializing in medical and surgical retina, as well as a board-certified ophthalmologist. Dr. Diaz is fluent in English and Spanish. She was born and raised in Panama City, Panama, where she obtained her medical degree, becoming the first physician in her family.
Following her work as a research fellow, Dr. Diaz completed her Ophthalmology residency at the Hamilton Eye Institute, in Memphis, TN. She then moved to Omaha, NE to train as a retina fellow at the Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center. After completing her fellowship, she moved to Medford, OR and worked for three years at the prestigious Retina Care Center, a well-known referral center for southern Oregon and northern California.
While Dr. Diaz practices a full spectrum of retinal conditions, her interests include diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, vitreous floaters, epiretinal membranes, macular holes, retinal tears and retinal detachments.
Dr. Diaz moved to Rapid City during the summer of 2023 to join her family. Her husband, Dr. Colin Brown, is a LASIK, cataract and cornea specialist at Great Plains Eye Specialists. They are blessed with a beautiful daughter, and they enjoy their free time exploring the Black Hills, and spending time with their family and friends. Dr. Diaz loves stand-up comedy, cooking, and she is an amateur gardener and bird watcher.