INATE (INvestigators Against ThromboEmbolism) is an educational website that aims to improve the worldwide management of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Started in 2001 by a Core Group of 12 investigators from various disciplines around the globe, it is an excellent source of information for both patients and professionals. 

Content for site developed under the guidance of the TRACK Advisory Council.

Deborah B. Diercks, MD

Assistant Professor
UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine
Sacramento, California

Deborah Diercks joined the faculty in Emergency Medicine at University of California-Davis Medical Center in 1998. She completed her residency at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Her clinical research interests have included the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes and congestive heart failure who present to the emergency department. She has been involved in both single-center and multicenter trials in both of these areas.

Dr Diercks has collaborated in studies involving the identification of acute coronary syndromes 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 syndromes. She is currently on the Steering Committee for Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) Registry.

Over the past several years, Dr Diercks has participated in a number of national symposia on acute coronary syndromes. She is a member of the Emergency Medicine Cardiac Research and Education Group and the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Guidelines Committee for Acute Coronary Syndromes.