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Patrick Ockerse

Patrick Ockerse, MD

Languages spoken: English

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  • Dr. Ockerse is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students. He is the Director of Ultrasound for the Division of Emergency Medicine.

    Specialties

  • Dr. Ockerse is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates fellows, resident physicians, and medical students. He is the Director of Ultrasound for the Division of Emergency Medicine.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Eccles Health Library -Primary

    Education history

    Fellowship Medical Education - American College of Emergency Physicians Fellow
    Emergency Ultrasound - University of Utah Fellow
    Chief Resident Emergency Medicine - University of Utah Chief Resident
    Emergency Medicine - University of Utah Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Indiana University School of Medicine M.D.
    Physics - Indiana University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Krulewitz N, Levin NM, Youngquist S, Kelly C, Hoareau G, Johnson MA, Ockerse P (2023). Evaluation of esophageal injuries after defibrillation with transesophageal ultrasound probe in the mid-esophagus in pigs. Am J Emerg Med, 74, 14-16. (Read full article)
    2. Weekes AJ, Davison J, Lupez K, Raper JD, Thomas AM, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Murphy K, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Kelly C, OConnell NS (2023). Quality of life 1 month after acute pulmonary embolism in emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med, 30(8), 819-831. (Read full article)
    3. Weekes AJ, Raper JD, Esener D, Davison J, Boyd JS, Kelly C, Nomura JT, Thomas AM, Lupez K, Cox CA, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Murphy K, OConnell NS (2023). Comparing predictive performance of pulmonary embolism risk stratification tools for acute clinical deterioration. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 4(3), e12983. (Read full article)
    4. Crockett D, Kelly C, Brundage J, Jones J, Ockerse P (2022). A Stress Test of Artificial Intelligence: Can Deep Learning Models Trained From Formal Echocardiography Accurately Interpret Point-of-Care Ultrasound? J Ultrasound Med, 41(12), 3003-3012. (Read full article)
    5. Weekes AJ, Raper JD, Thomas AM, Lupez K, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Davison J, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Abrams E, Kelly C, OConnell NS (2022). Electrocardiographic findings associated with early clinical deterioration in acute pulmonary embolism. Acad Emerg Med, 29(10), 1185-1196. (Read full article)
    6. Raper JD, Thomas AM, Lupez K, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Davison J, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Murphy K, Kelly C, OConnell NS, Weekes AJ (2022). Can right ventricular assessments improve triaging of low risk pulmonary embolism? Acad Emerg Med. (Read full article)
    7. Griffith AM, Ockerse P, Shaaban A, Kelly C (2021). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on CT scans ordered from the emergency department for abdominal complaints. Emerg Radiol, 28(3), 485-495. (Read full article)
    8. Brant-Zawadzki GM, Ockerse P, Brunson JR, Smith JL, McRae BR, Fonnesbeck A, Ledyard H, Ruechel A, Fassl BA (2021). An Aerosol Containment and Filtration Tent for Intubation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Surg Innov, 28(2), 226-230. (Read full article)
    9. Fair J 3rd, Mallin MP, Adler A, Ockerse P, Steenblik J, Tonna J, Youngquist ST (2019). Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Associated With Shorter Compression Pauses Compared With Transthoracic Echocardiography. Ann Emerg Med, 73(6), 610-616. (Read full article)
    10. Kelly C, Ockerse P, Glotzbach JP, Jedick R, Carlberg M, Skaggs J, Morgan DE (2019). Transesophageal echocardiography identification of aortic dissection during cardiac arrest and cessation of ECMO initiation. Am J Emerg Med, 37(6), 1214.e5-1214.e6. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Kelly C, Ockerse P (2022). Proposal for an Amendment to the ACEP Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidelines: The Aortic View. [Letter to the editor]. Ann Emerg Med, 81(3), 379-380. (Read full article)
    2. Kelly C, Ockerse P (2019). Reply to: ECPR in acute aortic dissection - Really a no-go? [Letter to the editor]. Am J Emerg Med, 37(8), 1591. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Weekes AJ, Raper JD, Lupez K, Thomas AM, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Davison J, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Murphy K, Kelly C, Norton HJ (2021). Development and validation of a prognostic tool: Pulmonary embolism short-term clinical outcomes risk estimation (PE-SCORE). PLoS One (16(11), pp. e0260036). United States. (Read full article)
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