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Deborah B Diercks, M.D.

Deborah B Diercks, M.D.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
USA


Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Deborah Diercks joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2014. She oversees the emergency physicians who practice at Parkland Health and Hospital System, the busiest Emergency Department in the United States, and Clement University Hospital. She has obtained a Master of Science from Harvard and a Master of Business Administration from Brandeis University. Her clinical research interests evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failure who present to the emergency department. She is active in Emergency Medicine and has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, and as President of the Academy of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine. She is active within the American College of Cardiology and serves on the Editorial Boards for Circulation and Academic Emergency Medicine.

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