Deborah Diercks, M.D.
Professor & Chairman

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine (1994)

Residency

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (1998), Emergency Medicine

Graduate School

Harvard University School of Public Health (2008)

• acute cardiovascular emergencies

Featured Publications

Absolute and Relative Changes (Delta) in Troponin I for Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Trial.

Storrow AB, Nowak RM, Diercks DB, Singer AJ, Wu AH, Kulstad E, LoVecchio F, Fromm C, Headden G, Potis T, Hogan CJ, Schrock JW, Zelinski DP, Greenberg MR, Christenson RH, Ritchie JC, Chamberlin JS, Bray KR, Rhodes DW, Trainor D, Southwick PC Clin. Biochem. 2014 Sep

Diagnostic performance of cardiac Troponin I for early rule-in and rule-out of acute myocardial infarction: Results of a prospective multicenter trial.

Storrow AB, Christenson RH, Nowak RM, Diercks DB, Singer AJ, Wu AH, Kulstad E, LoVecchio F, Fromm C, Headden G, Potis T, Hogan CJ, Schrock JW, Zelinski DP, Greenberg MR, Ritchie JC, Chamberlin JS, Bray KR, Rhodes DW, Trainor D, Holmes D, Southwick PC Clin. Biochem. 2014 Sep

Hemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin ointment in emergency department patients.

Mumma BE, Dhingra KR, Kurlinkus C, Diercks DB J Emerg Med 2014 Aug 47 2 192-7

The management of acute hypertension in patients with renal dysfunction: Labetalol or Nicardipine?

Varon J, Soto-Ruiz KM, Baumann BM, Borczuk P, Cannon CM, Chandra A, Cline DM, Diercks DB, Hiestand B, Hsu A, Jois-Bilowich P, Kaminski B, Levy P, Nowak RM, Schrock JW, Peacock WF Postgrad Med 2014 Jul 126 4 124-30

Association between prehospital electrocardiogram use and patient home distance from the percutaneous coronary intervention center on total reperfusion time in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients: a retrospective analysis from the national cardiovascular data registry.

Mumma BE, Kontos MC, Peng SA, Diercks DB Am. Heart J. 2014 Jun 167 6 915-20

A consensus parameter for the evaluation and management of angioedema in the emergency department.

Moellman JJ, Bernstein JA, Lindsell C, Banerji A, Busse PJ, Camargo CA, Collins SP, Craig TJ, Lumry WR, Nowak R, Pines JM, Raja AS, Riedl M, Ward MJ, Zuraw BL, Diercks D, Hiestand B, Campbell RL, Schneider S, Sinert R Acad Emerg Med 2014 Apr 21 4 469-84

Treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism with tenecteplase or placebo: cardiopulmonary outcomes at 3 months: multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial.

Kline JA, Nordenholz KE, Courtney DM, Kabrhel C, Jones AE, Rondina MT, Diercks DB, Klinger JR, Hernandez J J. Thromb. Haemost. 2014 Apr 12 4 459-68

Minimizing transfer time to an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction-receiving center: a modified Delphi consensus.

Mumma BE, Williamson C, Khare RK, Mackey KE, Diercks DB Crit Pathw Cardiol 2014 Mar 13 1 20-4

Urinary Metabolomic Analysis to Detect Changes After Intravenous, Non-ionic, Low Osmolar Iodinated Radiocontrast for Computerized Tomographic Imaging.

Diercks DB, Owen KP, Tolstikov V, Sutter ME, Kline JA West J Emerg Med 2014 Mar 15 2 152-7

Effectiveness of the Chest Pain Choice decision aid in emergency department patients with low-risk chest pain: study protocol for a multicenter randomized trial.

Anderson RT, Montori VM, Shah ND, Ting HH, Pencille LJ, Demers M, Kline JA, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Torres CA, Schaffer JT, Herrin J, Branda M, Leblanc A, Hess EP Trials 2014 15 166

• Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award
  (2014)