Patrick J Crocker DO

Chief, Emergency Medicine Dell Children;s Medical Center

601 E 15th StAustin, TX 78701
Phone+1 512-324-7000

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Education & Training

Des Moines University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1980
University of California, BerkeleyMS, Human Nutrition, 1975 - 1977
University of California, BerkeleyBS, Human Nutrition, Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1971 - 1975

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Certifications & Licensure

TX State License 1981 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook, 2012
Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians, 1988

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

26 citations
Comprehensive pain management protocol reduces children's memory of pain at discharge from the pediatric ED
Patrick Crocker, Eric Higginbotham, Benjamin T. King, Diane Hopkins Taylor, Truman J. Milling
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012-07-01
9 citations
Human cytokine response to Texas crotaline envenomation before and after antivenom administration
Patrick Crocker, Omid Zad, Truman J. Milling, Todd Maxson, Benjamin T. King
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010-10-01
35 citations
Alcohol, bicycling, and head and brain injury: a study of impaired cyclists' riding patterns R1.
Patrick Crocker, Omid Zad, Truman J. Milling, Karla A. Lawson
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

More Letters from the Pit: stories of a physician's odyssey in emergency medicine
Patrick J. CrockerKindle Press2020
Letters from the Pit: stories of a physician's odyssey in emergency medicine
Patrick J. CrockerBookBabyt2019