Diego J. Maselli, MD, FCCP, is the Division Chief of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine and a Professor of Medicine at University of Texas Health at San Antonio. He earned his medical degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala and completed his internal medicine residency at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, followed by fellowships in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine at UT Health San Antonio. In 2016, he founded UT Health’s Severe Asthma Program.
Dr. Maselli has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, with a focus on severe asthma, noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and COPD. He is also a frequent speaker at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Maselli has received multiple honors for excellence in education, research, and patient care, including repeated Distinguished CHEST Educator awards. He is Chair of the Asthma and COPD Section within the Airways Disorders Network and a former Section Editor of CHEST Physician.
