Dr. Deborah Diercks joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2014. She completed her residency at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and obtained a Master of Science from Harvard.  Her clinical research interests have included the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failure who present to the emergency department.  She has been involved in both single center and multi-center trials in both of these areas. 

Dr. Diercks has collaborated in studies involving the identification of acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department, including the use of cardiac injury markers and novel electrocardiogram techniques, and has done work evaluating observation unit care of the chest pain patient.  She has participated in therapeutic trials for congestive heart failure and acute coronary syndrome.  

Over the past several years, Dr. Diercks has participated in a number of national acute coronary syndrome symposia.  She is active in Emergency Medicine serving on many ACEP committees and on the Board of Directors for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.