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Patrick Ockerse, MD

Languages spoken: English

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.

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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.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Eccles Health Library -Adjunct Associate Professor

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Fair J 3rd, Mallin MP, Adler A, Ockerse P, Steenblik J, Tonna J, Youngquist S (2019). Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Associated With Shorter Compression Pauses Compared With Transthoracic Echocardiography. Annals of emergency medicine, 73(6), 610-616.
  2. Kelly C, Ockerse P, Glotzbach JP, Jedick R, Carlberg M, Skaggs J, Morgan D (2019). Transesophageal echocardiography identification of aortic dissection during cardiac arrest and cessation of ECMO initiation. The American journal of emergency medicine, 37(6), 1214.e5-1214.e6.
  3. Griffith AM, Ockerse P, Shaaban A, Kelly (2021). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on CT scans ordered from the emergency department for abdominal complaints. Emergency radiology, 28(3), 485-495.
  4. 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, O'Connell NS, Weekes A (2022). Can right ventricular assessments improve triaging of low risk pulmonary embolism?. Academic emergency medicine,
  5. Brant-Zawadzki GM, Ockerse P, Brunson JR, Smith JL, McRae BR, Fonnesbeck A, Ledyard H, Ruechel A, Fassl B (2021). An Aerosol Containment and Filtration Tent for Intubation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Surgical innovation, 28(2), 226-230.
  6. Krulewitz N, Levin NM, Youngquist S, Kelly C, Hoareau G, Johnson MA, Ockerse (2023). Evaluation of esophageal injuries after defibrillation with transesophageal ultrasound probe in the mid-esophagus in pigs. The American journal of emergency medicine, 74, 14-16.
  7. 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, O'Connell N (2023). Quality of life 1¿month after acute pulmonary embolism in emergency department patients. Academic emergency medicine, 30(8), 819-831.
  8. 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, O'Connell N (2023). Comparing predictive performance of pulmonary embolism risk stratification tools for acute clinical deterioration. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 4(3), e12983.
  9. Crockett D, Kelly C, Brundage J, Jones J, Ockerse (2022). A Stress Test of Artificial Intelligence: Can Deep Learning Models Trained From Formal Echocardiography Accurately Interpret Point-of-Care Ultrasound?. Journal of ultrasound in medicine, 41(12), 3003-3012.
  10. 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, O'Connell N (2022). Electrocardiographic findings associated with early clinical deterioration in acute pulmonary embolism. Academic emergency medicine, 29(10), 1185-1196.

Letter

  1. Kelly C, Ockerse (2019). Reply to: ECPR in acute aortic dissection - Really a no-go?. The American journal of emergency medicine, 37(8), 1591.
  2. Kelly C, Ockerse (2023). Proposal for an Amendment to the ACEP Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidelines: The Aortic View. Annals of emergency medicine, 81(3), 379-380.

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 H (2021). Development and validation of a prognostic tool: Pulmonary embolism short-term clinical outcomes risk estimation (PE-SCORE). PloS one, 16(11), e0260036.