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Dr Victor Javier Lara Diaz

Honorary Professor

On May 2007, I obtained the master’s degree in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology, at Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Monterrey, NL, México. 

Later, I pursued a second Master of Sciences and a Doctoral degree, focused on Molecular Medicine applied to Oxidative Stress and Bio Protection, both at CEU-Universidad San Pablo, Madrid Spain, completed in 2013, with Cum Laude

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Obtained my M.D. Degree with honors at Universidad de Monterrey, in February 1982. Then, I pursued the Medical Residency in Pediatrics and obtained the degree of Specialist in Pediatrics in 1990, granted by Universidad Autónoma de NL, also in Monterrey, NL, México. Later, I completed the Fellowship in Neonatology and obtained the degree of Specialists in Neonatology, by Universidad de Monterrey, in 2004
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  • Book Chapters | 2020
    Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2020, 'EEMI - An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians', in Data Analytics in Medicine, IGI Global, pp. 614 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch034
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2020, 'EEMI – An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians', in Virtual and Mobile Healthcare, IGI Global, pp. 249 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9863-3.ch012
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2019, 'EEMI - An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians: Adoption Barriers, Services and Use in Mexico', in Data Analytics in Medicine Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications, pp. 614 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch034
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2019, 'EEMI-An electronic health record for pediatricians: Adoption barriers, services and use in Mexico', in Virtual and Mobile Healthcare Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, pp. 249 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9863-3.ch012
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Pham TAN; Sotiropoulos JX; Rakshasbhuvankar A; Bhandari V; Schmölzer GM; Kumar RK; Kusuda S; Zhang H; Nguyen TT; Kitsommart R; Kim HS; Ma L; Yang F; Ahmad Kamar A; Lusyati SD; Yeo KT; Kong JY; Tooke L; Fitzgerald D; Gonski K; Dekker J; Lim G; Lara-Díaz VJ; Oei JL, 2026, 'Clinician Perspectives of Oxygen Control in Children With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Home: An International Survey of Clinicians From 44 Countries', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70458
    Journal articles | 2025
    De Luca D; Modi N; Davis P; Kusuda S; de Wildt SN; Keszler M; Abbas-Hanif A; Juul SE; Turner M; Pillow JJ; Robertson N; Sanchez-Luna M; Tingay DG; Benachi A; Bustreo F; Ianiro G; Hanson M; Deprest J; De Coppi P; van den Hoogen A; Tarnow-Mordi W; Zanin A; Oei JL; Zhang H; Lara-Diaz VJ; Tooke L; Flori H; Ricciardi W; Abman SH, 2025, 'The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 9, pp. 578 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00106-3
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gámez-Valdez JS; Corona-Cervantes K; Sánchez-Salguero ES; Alcorta-García MR; López-Villaseñor CN; Carballo-Castañeda RA; Moreno-Ulloa A; Lara-Díaz VJ; Brunck MEG; Licona-Cassani C, 2025, 'Analysis of human colostrum reveals differential co-occurrence networks of metabolites, microbiota and cytokines in maternal obesity', Food and Function, 16, pp. 5900 - 5916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4fo05637j
    Journal articles | 2025
    Sánchez-Salguero ES; Prieto-Chávez JL; García-Alonso CA; Lampousi AM; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; López-Villaseñor CN; Brunck MEG, 2025, 'Maternal obesity associates with altered humoral immunity in blood and colostrum', Mucosal Immunology, 18, pp. 491 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.01.007
    Journal articles | 2024
    Rodriguez-Orduña L; Lara-Diaz VJ; Alcorta-Garcia MR; Lopez-Villaseñor CN; Licona-Cassani C, 2024, 'Genome sequences of 70 multidrug-resistant Gram-negative isolates in high-risk neonates in the Northeast of Mexico', Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00274-24
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ruiz-Barreto AL; Alanís-Rodríguez MT; Terrones-Martínez DI; Padrón-Martínez AC; Arízaga-Ballesteros V; Alcorta-García MR; Góngora-Cortés JJ; Rojas-Martínez A; Campo-Casanelles MD; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2023, 'Prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs consumption during teenage pregnancy: an observational, prospective, and cross-sectional study', Boletin Medico Del Hospital Infantil De Mexico, 80, pp. 345 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.24875/BMHIM.23000059
    Journal articles | 2022
    Arizaga-Ballesteros V; Solórzano-Núñez D; Alcorta-García MR; Muñoz-García E; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2022, 'Serious bacterial infection in febrile newborns admitted to a pediatric emergency department', Revista Mexicana De Pediatria, 89, pp. 140 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.35366/109588
    Journal articles | 2022
    Fiscal MRC; Treviño V; Treviño LJR; López RO; Cardona Huerta S; Javier Lara-Díaz V; Peña JGT, 2022, 'COVID-19 classification using thermal images', Journal of Biomedical Optics, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.27.5.056003
    Journal articles | 2022
    Piñeiro-Salvador R; Vazquez-Garza E; Cruz-Cardenas JA; Licona-Cassani C; García-Rivas G; Moreno-Vásquez J; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG, 2022, 'A cross-sectional study evidences regulations of leukocytes in the colostrum of mothers with obesity', BMC Medicine, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02575-y
    Journal articles | 2021
    Arízaga-Ballesteros V; Garza-Castillo R; Del Carmen Franco-Cabrera M; Estrada-Hernández C; Lara-Díaz VJ; Alcorta-García MR, 2021, 'Measurement of intentional exposure to ionizing radiation in a neonatal intensive care unit', Revista Mexicana De Pediatria, 88, pp. 96 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.35366/102189
    Journal articles | 2021
    Gonzalez-Nunez A; Garcia-Solis P; Ramirez-Garcia SG; Flores-Ramirez G; Vela-Amieva M; Lara-Diaz VJ; Rojas-Martinez A, 2021, 'High iodine urinary concentration is associated with high tsh levels but not with nutrition status in schoolchildren of northeastern Mexico', Nutrients, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13113975
    Journal articles | 2021
    Guzmán-Navarro G; León MBD; Martín-Estal I; Durán RCD; Villarreal-Alvarado L; Vaquera-Vázquez A; Cuevas-Cerda T; Garza-García K; Cuervo-Pérez LE; Barbosa-Quintana Á; Pérez-Saucedo JE; Lara-Díaz VJ; Castorena-Torres F, 2021, 'Prenatal indole-3-carbinol administration activates aryl hydrocarbon receptor-responsive genes and attenuates lung injury in a bronchopulmonary dysplasia model', Experimental Biology and Medicine, 246, pp. 695 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1535370220963789
    Journal articles | 2021
    Gámez-Valdez JS; García-Mazcorro JF; Montoya-Rincón AH; Rodríguez-Reyes DL; Jiménez-Blanco G; Rodríguez MTA; de Vaca RPC; Alcorta-García MR; Brunck M; Lara-Díaz VJ; Licona-Cassani C, 2021, 'Differential analysis of the bacterial community in colostrum samples from women with gestational diabetes mellitus and obesity', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03779-7
    Journal articles | 2021
    Klingenberg C; Tembulkar SK; Lavizzari A; Roehr CC; Ehret DEY; Vain NE; Mariani GL; Erdeve O; Lara-Diaz VJ; Velaphi S; Cheong HK; Bisht SS; Waheed KAI; Stevenson AG; Al-Kafi N; Roue JM; Barrero-Castillero A; Molloy EJ; Zupancic JAF; Profit J, 2021, 'COVID-19 preparedness—a survey among neonatal care providers in low- and middle-income countries', Journal of Perinatology, 41, pp. 988 - 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01019-4
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lavizzari A; Klingenberg C; Profit J; Zupancic JAF; Davis AS; Mosca F; Molloy EJ; Roehr CC; Zupancic JAF; Bassler D; Burn-Murdoch J; Danhaive O; Davis J; Ferri WAG; Fuchs H; Ge H; Gupta A; Gupta M; Lang A; van Kaam A; Díaz VJL; Treviño-Pérez R; Helkey D; Tembulkar S; Mariani GL; Naver L; Patel A; Shah P; Szczapa T; Vento M; Wellmann S; Zangen S, 2021, 'International comparison of guidelines for managing neonates at the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic', Pediatric Research, 89, pp. 940 - 951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-0976-5
    Journal articles | 2021
    Molloy EJ; Lavizzari A; Klingenberg C; Profit J; Zupancic JAF; Davis AS; Mosca F; Bearer CF; Roehr CC; Bassler D; Burn-Murdoch J; Danhaive O; Davis J; Ferri WAG; Fuchs H; Ge H; Gupta A; Gupta M; van Kaam A; Díaz VJL; Treviño-Pérez R; Mariani GL; Naver L; Patel A; Shah P; Szczapa T; Vento M; Wellman S; Zangen S, 2021, 'Neonates in the COVID-19 pandemic', Pediatric Research, 89, pp. 1038 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-1096-y
    Journal articles | 2020
    Alcorta-García MR; López-Villaseñor CN; Sánchez-Ferrer G; Flores-Mendoza H; Castorena-Torres F; Aguilar-Torres MA; Sepúlveda-Treviño CM; Hernández-Hernández JA; López-Sánchez RC; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2020, 'Modulation of CYP2E1 metabolic activity in a cohort of confirmed caffeine ingesting pregnant women with preterm offspring', Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40348-020-00096-3
    Journal articles | 2020
    Alvarado-Ramos S; Lara-Díaz VJ; López-Gutiérrez MR; Torcida-González ME; Campos-Rodríguez JF, 2020, 'Minimally invasive hemodynamic assessment during obstetric hysterectomy for invasive placentation with epidural anesthesia', Anesthesiology Research and Practice, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1968354
    Journal articles | 2018
    Aeinehvand MM; Martins Fernandes RF; Jiménez Moreno MF; Lara Díaz VJ; Madou M; Martinez-Chapa SO, 2018, 'Aluminium valving and magneto-balloon mixing for rapid prediction of septic shock on centrifugal microfluidic platforms', Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, 276, pp. 429 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.08.145
    Journal articles | 2018
    Castorena-Torres F; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2018, 'Aquaporine-5 and epithelial sodium channel β-subunit gene expression in gastric aspirates in human term newborns', Heliyon, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00602
    Journal articles | 2018
    Guzmán-Navarro G; Garza-García K; Lara-Díaz VJ; Castorena-Torres F, 2018, 'Animal model of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Approach to reality', PEDIATRICS, 142, pp. 170 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.142.1ma2.170
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lopez-Sanchez RDC; Lara-Diaz VJ; Aranda-Gutierrez A; Martinez-Cardona JA; Hernandez JA, 2018, 'HPLC Method for Quantification of Caffeine and Its Three Major Metabolites in Human Plasma Using Fetal Bovine Serum Matrix to Evaluate Prenatal Drug Exposure', Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2085059
    Journal articles | 2017
    Castilla-Cortazar I; De Ita JR; Aguirre GA; García–Magariño M; Martín-Estal I; Lara-Diaz VJ; Elizondo MI, 2017, 'Growth hormone insensitivity: Mexican case report', Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports, 2017, pp. 17 - 0126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/edm-17-0126
    Journal articles | 2017
    Guzmán-Navarro G; Castorena-Torres F; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2017, 'To the Editor: Concerning Kaya et al.', Fetal and Pediatric Pathology, 36, pp. 345 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2017.1310338
    Journal articles | 2017
    Lara-Diaz V; Castilla-Cortazar I; Martín-Estal I; García-Magariño M; Aguirre G; Puche J; de la Garza R; Morales L; Muñoz U, 2017, 'IGF-1 modulates gene expression of proteins involved in inflammation, cytoskeleton, and liver architecture', Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 73, pp. 245 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13105-016-0545-x
    Journal articles | 2017
    Martínez LM; Videa M; López Silva T; Castro S; Caballero A; Lara-Díaz VJ; Castorena-Torres F, 2017, 'Two-phase amorphous-amorphous solid drug dispersion with enhanced stability, solubility and bioavailability resulting from ultrasonic dispersion of an immiscible system', European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 119, pp. 243 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2017.06.021
    Journal articles | 2016
    Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2016, 'EEMI - An electronic health record for pediatricians: Adoption barriers, services and use in Mexico', International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 11, pp. 57 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJHISI.2016070104
    Journal articles | 2015
    Arízaga-Ballesteros V; Alcorta-García MR; Lázaro-Martínez LC; Amézquita-Gómez JM; Alanís-Cajero JM; Villela L; Castorena-Torres F; Lara-Díaz VJ, 2015, 'Can sTREM-1 predict septic shock & death in late-onset neonatal sepsis? A pilot study', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 30, pp. e27 - e32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.10.013
    Journal articles | 2015
    Ita JR; Castilla-Cortázar I; Aguirre GA; Sánchez-Yago C; Santos-Ruiz MO; Guerra-Menéndez L; Martín-Estal I; García-Magariño M; Lara-Díaz VJ; Puche JE; Muñoz U, 2015, 'Altered liver expression of genes involved in lipid and glucose metabolism in mice with partial IGF-1 deficiency: An experimental approach to metabolic syndrome', Journal of Translational Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-015-0684-9
    Journal articles | 2013
    Lara-Díaz VJ; Vega-Méndez JDL; Arízaga-Ballesteros V; Tinoco-Torres BR; Moreno-Cuevas JE, 2013, 'Diagnostic accuracy of buffy coat culture compared to total blood culture in late-onset sepsis of the newborn', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. e110 - e114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2012.09.005
    Journal articles | 2012
    Lara-Díaz VJ; Arízaga-Ballesteros V; Garrido-Rodríguez A; Ruiz-de la Garza R; Moreno-Cuevas JE, 2012, 'Incidence of positive DNA from Cytomegalovirus, Human Parvovirus B19 and Hepatitis B virus, at birth', Salud Publica De Mexico, 54, pp. 105 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36342012000200004
    Journal articles | 2011
    Lara-Díaz VJ; Garza-Bulnes R; Garza-Garza R; Durand M, 2011, 'Ectopic liver within the umbilical cord in a very preterm infant from a multiple gestation', Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, pp. 110428110516006, http://dx.doi.org/10.2350/11-01-0955-misc.1
    Journal articles | 2011
    Lara-Díaz VJ; Garza-Bulnes R; Garza-Garza R; Durand M, 2011, 'Ectopic liver within the umbilical cord in a very preterm infant from a multiple gestation', Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 14, pp. 422 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.2350/11-01-0955-CR.1
    Journal articles | 2009
    Lara-Díaz VJ; Gaytán-Ramos AA; Dávalos-Balderas AJ; Santos-Guzmán J; Mata-Cárdenas BD; Vargas-Villarreal J; Barbosa-Quintana A; Sanson M; López-Reyes AG; Moreno-Cuevas JE, 2009, 'Microbiological and toxicological effects of Perla black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) extracts: In vitro and in vivo studies', Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 104, pp. 81 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00330.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    López-Reyes AG; Arroyo-Curras N; Cano BG; Lara-Díaz VJ; Guajardo-Salinas GE; Islas JF; Morales-Oyarvide V; Morales-Garza LA; Galvez-Gastelum FJ; Grijalva G; Moreno-Cuevas JE, 2008, 'Black bean extract ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats with CCl4-induced injury', Annals of Hepatology, 7, pp. 130 - 135
  • Conference Papers | 2010
    Hinojosa-Velasco A; Lara-Díaz VJ; Mejía-Velázquez GM; Gutiérrez-Ramírez SF; Santos-Guzmán J, 2010, 'Air pollution effects (PM10 and PM2.5) in neonatal mortality in the Northeast of Mexico', in 15th Iuappa World Clean Air Congress 2010 Presentations, pp. 2719 - 2744
    Preprints |
    Gámez-Valdez JS; Corona-Cervantes K; Sanchez-Salguero ES; Alcorta-García MR; Lopez-Villaseñor CN; Carballo-Castañeda RA; Moreno-Ulloa A; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG; Licona-Cassani C, Analysis of human colostrum reveals differential co-occurrence networks of metabolites, microbiota and cytokines in maternal obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.27.645789
    Preprints |
    Gámez-Valdez JS; García-Mazcorro JF; Rincón AHM; Reyes DLR; Blanco GJ; Rodriguez MTA; Vaca RP-CD; García MRA; Brunck MEG; Díaz VJL; Licona-Cassani C, Compositional Analysis Of The Bacterial Community In Colostrum Samples From Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus And Obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-48912/v1
    Preprints |
    Gámez-Valdez JS; García-Mazcorro JF; Rincón AHM; Reyes DLR; Blanco GJ; Rodriguez MTA; Vaca RP-CD; García MRA; Brunck MEG; Díaz VJL; licona-cassani C, Compositional analysis of the bacterial community in colostrum samples from women with gestational diabetes mellitus and obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-48912/v2
    Preprints |
    Piñeiro-Salvador R; Vazquez-Garza E; Cruz-Cardenas JA; Licona-Cassani C; de Jesús García-Rivas G; Moreno-Vásquez J; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG, Insights into the trafficking of human leukocytes to colostrum evidences a modulation of the B lymphocyte compartment in obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.19.469333
    Preprints |
    Sánchez-Salguero E; Bonilla-Ruelas D; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; López-Villaseñor CN; Brunck MEG, Maternal obesity shapes the B lymphocyte and antibody repertoires of human colostrum, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.01.23294956

I am founder member and past-president of Sociedad de Neonatología del Estado de NL, AC; Current member of Federación Nacional de Neonatología de México, AC; past-president and counselor for Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Pediatría, Sección Neonatología AC; full member of Academia Mexicana de Pediatría AC; and member of Conacyt National Researchers Council (Level I). 

I am in active clinical practice, strongly involved in translational medical research and postgraduate medical teaching. 

I have conducted 18 medical specialty and 5 Clinical Sciences doctoral theses at Tec de Monterrey affiliated programs.

Since 2014, I have been part of Institutional Review Boards in Mexico.