Dr. Jason A. Diaz received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Wake Forest University in 1998. He went on to get his MD from the Medical College of Georgia in 2003. Dr. Diaz completed both an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Utah here in Salt Lake City. He then pursued a fellowship in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Pennsylvania. During his time in Philadelphia, he also served as Instructor of Otolaryngology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In July of 2009, Dr. Diaz accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstruction within the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis. He held that position for 5 years. In July of 2014, he moved his family to Utah and joined the Ear, Nose & Throat Center.

His clinical interests include management of benign and malignant tumors of the head & neck, thyroid and parathyroid disease, melanoma and other advanced cutaneous malignancies, salivary gland disorders, paragangliomas, and other skull base tumors. He has special expertise in the fields of minimally-invasive transoral laser excision, transoral robotic surgery, conservation laryngeal tumor resection, and complex head & neck reconstruction.

Dr. Diaz has done research in the fields of cancer therapy, transoral robotic surgery, rare head & neck tumors, patient safety, and complex head & neck reconstruction. He has published 25 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals. He also co-authored two chapters in the authoritative text on transoral robotic surgery by Drs. Weinstein and O’Malley. He has given over a dozen presentations at national and international Society meetings, as well as countless other invited lectures at local and regional medical gatherings. He is currently involved in research looking at optimal ways to reconstruct throat and scalp defects. Since 2008, he has reviewed manuscripts that were submitted for publication to several major medical journals.

Dr. Diaz is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Head & Neck Society. He has held positions on several Committees within those organizations. Dr. Diaz currently sees patients at our Draper and Riverton offices. He is Chief of Otolaryngology at Intermountain Medical Center. He also has privileges at Lone Peak Hospital, St Mark's hospital, and Alta View Surgical center. Dr. Diaz is an active member of the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program.