Deborah Diercks, M.D.

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Deborah Diercks, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She holds the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Clinical Care and Research. 

A nationally recognized leader in the specialty, Dr. Diercks oversees the emergency medicine programs at Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern University Hospitals, which together constitute one of the largest emergency medicine programs in the nation.

After receiving her undergraduate degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Diercks attended Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati and joined the faculty of the University of California, Davis, where she was a major contributor to the growth and development of its emergency medicine programs. She also holds a master’s degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health.

Dr. Diercks has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, among other sources, for research on early management of acute coronary syndromes, the influence of gender on symptom characteristics, and utilization of cardiac biomarkers. She has held numerous leadership positions within the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and was presented the Society’s 2014 Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award. Additionally, Dr. Diercks is a Senior Associate Editor of the Annals of Emergency Medicine. 

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine (1994)

Residency

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

Other Post Graduate Training

Harvard University School of Public Health (2008)

Graduate School

Harvard University School of Public Health (2008)

• acute cardiovascular emergencies

Featured Publications

Possible Missed Acute Coronary Syndrome Rate in North Texas: Is There Room to Improve?

Chang MP, Vigen R, Sharma S, Diercks DB, Crit Pathw Cardiol 2019 Sep 18 3 121-124

Clinical Benefit of Hospitalization for Older Adults With Unexplained Syncope: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.

Probst MA, Su E, Weiss RE, Yagapen AN, Malveau SE, Adler DH, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Nicks BA, Nishijima DK, Shah MN, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Sun BC, Ann Emerg Med 2019 May

Creating Consensus: Revisiting the Emergency Medicine Resident Scholarly Activity Requirement.

Kane BG, Totten VY, Kraus CK, Allswede M, Diercks DB, Garg N, Ling L, McDonald EN, Rosenau AM, Wilk M, Holmes AD, Hemminger A, Greenberg MR, West J Emerg Med 2019 Mar 20 2 369-375

Evaluation of a Novel Rule-Out Myocardial Infarction Protocol Incorporating High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a US Hospital.

Vigen R, Kutscher P, Fernandez F, Yu A, Bertulfo B, Hashim IA, Molberg K, Diercks DB, Metzger JC, Soto J, Alzubaidy D, Thibodeaux L, Joglar JA, de Lemos JA, Das SR Circulation 2018 Oct 138 18 2061-2063

Scholarship by the Clinician-Educator in Emergency Medicine.

Franzen D, Cooney R, Chan T, Brown M, Diercks DB AEM Educ Train 2018 Apr 2 2 115-120

Gender Bias in the Management of Patients Still Exists.

Mackey C, Diercks DB Acad Emerg Med 2018 Feb

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

• Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Advancement Award
  (2019)
• Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award
  (2014)