Gillian Diercks, MD

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Undergraduate School: Columbia College, Columbia University  (Neuroscience and Behavior, Psychology Minor)
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Research Interests: Genetics of cleft lip and palate, acoustic measures of vocal quality in the pediatric population, post-tonsillectomy analgesia and the risk of postoperative bleeding.

Publications:

  1. Contributing author for First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Second Edition.  Ed Tao Le and Kristen Vierregger.  McGraw Hill Medical: New York, NY 2010.
     
  2. Diercks GR, Perez-Atayde AR, Rahbar R.  A Case of Non-Sebaceous Lymphadenoma of the accessory parotid gland in a pediatric patient.  Manuscript in preparation.
     
  3. Diercks GR, Iannuzzi R, McCowen K, Sadow P.  Dermoid cyst of the lateral neck associated with the thyroid gland: A case report and review of the literature.  Manuscript submitted for review.
     
  4. Garzorz N, Diercks GR,  Lin HW, Faquin WC, Romo LV, Hartnick CJ.  Case Report: A case of pediatric parapharyngeal space ganglioneuroma.  Accepted for publication in ENT Journal July 2012.
     
  5. Diercks GR, Rosow DE, Prasad M, Kuhel WI.   A case of preoperative “first-bite syndrome” associated with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland.  The Laryngoscope 2011; 121(4): 760-2.
     
  6. Diercks, GR, Karnezis, TT, Kent, DT, Su, GH, Flores, C, Lee, JH, Haddad Jr., J.  The association between interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in the Honduran population.  The Laryngoscope. 2009 Sep; 119(9):1759-64.
     
  7. Diercks GR, Grunstein E, Haddad Jr. J.  Radiology quiz case: bronchogenic cysts.  Archives of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery.  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009; 135(5):517.
     
  8. Montano, J., Diercks, G., Selesnick, S.  (2008, Nov. 4).  Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Otolaryngologic and audiologic options.  The ASHA Leader, 13(15), 14-17.