Douglas S Diekema, MD

Professional History

Board Certified:

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical/Professional School:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill

Residency:

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Pediatrics

Fellowship:

Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Clinical Interests:

Pediatric ethics, Wilderness medicine

Key Publications:

Diekema DS. Parental Refusals of Medical Treatment: The Harm Principle as Threshold for State Intervention. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2004; 25(4): 243-264

Diekema DS and Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Clinical Report: Responding to parental refusals for vaccination of children. Pediatrics 2005; 115 (5): 1428-1431.

Gunther DF and DS Diekema. The use of high-dose estrogen to attenuate growth in severely developmentally disabled children: medical and ethical considerations. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2006; 160 (10): 1013-1017.

Salas H, Aziz Z, Villareale N, Diekema DS. The Research and Family Liaison: Enhancing Informed Consent. IRB 2008; 30(4): 1-8.

Opel DJ, Diekema DS, Marcuse EM. A Critique of Criteria for Evaluating Vaccines for Inclusion in Mandatory School Immunization Programs. Pediatrics 2008; 122(2): e504-e510.

Honors & Awards:

Chair of the AAP Committee on Bioethics (as of July 1, 2005)

Seattle Magazine Top Doctor, 2006

Appointed to the Ethics Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics, 2006