Deborah Baker Diercks MD

Emergency Medicine•Dallas, TX

Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

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5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallas, TX 75390
Phone+1 214-648-3916
Fax+1 214-648-8423

Education & Training

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1994 - 1998
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1998 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2014 - 2026
OH State Medical License 1995 - 2001
KY State Medical License 1996 - 1999
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians

Clinical Trials

Clot Dissolving Treatment for Blood Clots in the Lungs Start of enrollment: 2008 May 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Study of NNZ-2566 in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study of NNZ-2566 in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury Under EFIC Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Efficacy and Safety of Ularitide for the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Improving Syncope Risk Stratification in Older Adults Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Completed
Shared Decision Making in the Emergency Department: Chest Pain Choice Trial Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Factors associated with corrective actions, remediation, and employment termination of emergency physicians.
Lyndsay Tyler, Yachana Bhakta, Michael Gottlieb, Chadd K Kraus, Terry Kowalenko
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025-10-07
Parental Stress in Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians.
Deborah B Diercks, Michelle Lall, Anne Messman, Ellen O'Connell, Meagan Hunt
Academic Emergency Medicine. 2025-09-13
Clinical Performance of an N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay in Acute Heart Failure Diagnosis.
Lori B Daniels, Patience Ajongwen, Robert H Christenson, Carol L Clark, Deborah B Diercks
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2025-03-03

Journal Articles

Effect of a Self-Care Intervention on 90-Day Outcomes in Patients with Acute Heart Failure Discharged from the Emergency Department
Phillip D Levy, Deborah J Diercks, Gregory J Fermann, Brian Hiestand, Joann Lindenfeld, Jennifer Martindale, Javed Butler, JAMA Cardiology

Lectures

Emergency Medicine Update
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc., Sedona, Arizona - 9/12/2012
Emergency Medicine 2012: 35th Annual UC Davis Winter Conference
UC Davis Health System, Truckee, California - 2/27/2012
PCORI Made Easy: An Insider's Guide to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
University of California at Davis, CA - 5/15/2014

Authored Content

To EM Doctors, Everyone Is a Difficult AirwayNovember 2019
To EM Doctors, Everyone Is a Difficult AirwayNovember 2019

Press Mentions

Comparative Risk of Myocarditis/Pericarditis Following Second Doses of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Coronavirus VaccinesNovember 1st, 2022
ACC Advocacy: Engage, Influence, AdvocateOctober 13th, 2022
Cardiovascular Drug Interactions with Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir in Patients with COVID-19: JACC Review Topic of the WeekOctober 12th, 2022
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Committees

Subcommittee Chair, Member, Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Thoracic Aortic Dissection, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 2015 - Present

Professional Memberships

American College of Emergency Physicians - ACEP
Fellow
American College of Cardiology - ACC
Member
society for academic emergency medicine - SAEM
Member