Diana Chapa, MD

Biography

Dr. Diana Chapa is a proud Rio Grande Valley native who has relocated back to her hometown from Minnesota. She received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1995, and completed her psychiatry internship and residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals from 1995 to 1998. She then completed her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship from 1998 to 2000. 

Dr. Chapa has earned board certification in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has extensive experience in her field. Since returning to the RGV, her goal is to make a positive impact in the community through her resident teachings and supervision. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and is the Chair of the Department of Neuro and Behavioral Health at the UTRGV School of Medicine.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Chair of Neuro & Behavioral Health

• Shall be directly accountable to the Dean.
• Shall be responsible for the administration of his/her Department/Center/Institute.
• Shall hold regular meetings of the Department/Center/Institute faculty to present pertinent information and to discuss issues that may include, among others, Department/Center/Institute or SOM policies, educational, research and service programs, long-range objectives, and current problems. Chairpersons of larger Departments and Directors of larger Centers/Institutes that have been divided into Sections/Programs may elect to have regular meetings with the SectionsChiefs/Program Directors rather than with the entire faculty, with the expectation that the Chiefs will meet with their section/program faculty to present and discuss matters from the Section Chiefs'/Program Directors' meetings at regular intervals.
• Shall recruit and recommend to the Dean the appointment of faculty and other personnel.
• Shall be responsible for his/her Department's/Center's/Institute’s role in carrying out the programs that are the responsibility of SOM faculty.
• Shall be responsible for the implementation of all UTRGV and SOM policies and regulations applicable to the Department/Center/Institute.
• Shall prepare the Department/Center/Institute budget to be submitted to the Dean annually including recommendations for compensation of both faculty and non-faculty personnel.
• Shall be responsible for the budgetary control of his/her Department/Center/Institute and for the allocation of space within his/her Department/Center/Institute.
• Shall recommend faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure to the Dean and pertinent UTRGV SOM committee for review and processing.
• Shall organize the Department/Center/Institute in a way that best serves the needs of the Department/Center/Institute and SOM and provide for appropriate interaction with Department/Center/Institute faculty and between its faculty and leadership.
• Shall be responsible for the career development and mentoring of faculty members in his/her department.