Undergraduate School

B.S., Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2000

Medical School

M.D., Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha NE 2004

Residency

Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn NY 2004-2008

Fellowship

Emergency Medicine Research, UC Davis, Sacramento CA 2008-2010

Selection of Research for SAEM Plenary Session 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual (Impact of Race and Ethnicity on EMS Administration of Opioid Pain Medications for Injured Children), 2021

Selection of Research for Western SAEM Plenary Session 2019 Annual Meeting, Napa, CA (The Effect ofTranexamic Acid on Functional Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis of the CRASH-2 Randomized Controlled Trial), 2019

Dean's Team Award for Research (PECARN), 2019

Dean's Team Award for Excellence in Departmental Mentoring, 2017

Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Young Investigator Award, 2013

Russell RT, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper CM, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC. Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference research priorities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jan 1;94(1S Suppl 1):S11-S18. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003802. Epub 2022 Oct 7. PMID:36203242.

Russell RT, Esparaz JR, Beckwith MA, Abraham PJ, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper C, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC. Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference recommendations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jan 1;94(1S Suppl 1):S2-S10. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003805. Epub 2022 Oct 17. PMID:36245074.

Borgman MA, Nishijima DK. Tranexamic acid in pediatric hemorrhagic trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jan 1;94(1S Suppl 1):S36-S40. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003775. Epub 2022 Aug 31. PMID:36044459.

Nishijima DK, Tancredi DJ, Adelgais KM, Chadha K, Chang TP, Harris MI, Leonard JC, Lerner EB, Linakis SW, Lowe GS, Magill CF, Schwartz HP, Shah MI, Browne LR. Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Emergency Medical Services Administration of Opioid Pain Medications for Injured Children. J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan;64(1):55-61. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.10.011. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID:36641254.

Choo E, Trent SA, Nishijima DK, Audett A, Hendrickson RG, Eichelberger A, Brasel KJ, Ye Y, Cherpitel CJ. Increased identification of cannabis use among drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions using an expanded cannabis inventory. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Nov;29(11):1301-1305. doi:10.1111/acem.14597. Epub 2022 Oct 11. PMID:36103131.

du Fay de Lavallaz J, Zimmermann T, Badertscher P, Lopez-Ayala P, Nestelberger T, Miró Ò, Salgado E, Zaytseva X, Gafner MS, Christ M, Cullen L, Than M, Martin-Sanchez FJ, Di Somma S, Peacock WF, Keller DI, Costabel JP, Sigal A, Puelacher C, Wussler D, Koechlin L, Strebel I, Schuler S, Manka R, Bilici M, Lohrmann J, Kühne M, Breidthardt T, Clark CL, Probst M, Gibson TA, Weiss RE, Sun BC, Mueller C; BASEL IX and SRS Investigators. Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology guideline criteria for hospital admission of patients with syncope. Heart Rhythm. 2022 Oct;19(10):1712-1722. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.05.024. Epub 2022 May 27. PMID:35644354.

Haas S, Camm JA, Harald D, Steffel J, Virdone S, Pieper K, Brodmann M, Schellong S, Misselwitz F, Kayani G, Kakkar AK; GARFIELD-AF Investigators. GARFIELD-AF: risk profiles, treatment patterns and 2-year outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) compared to 32 countries in other regions worldwide. Clin Res Cardiol. 2022 Sep 12. doi:10.1007/s00392-022-02079-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID:36094573.

Kornelsen E, Kuppermann N, Nishijima DK, Ren LY, Rumantir M, Gill PJ, Finkelstein Y. Effectiveness and safety of tranexamic acid in pediatric trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 May;55:103-110. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2022.01.069. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID:35305468. 

Nishijima DK, VanBuren JM, Linakis SW, Hewes HA, Myers SR, Bobinski M, Tran NK, Ghetti S, Adelson PD, Roberts I, Holmes JF, Schalick WO 3rd, Dean JM, Casper TC, Kuppermann N; TIC-TOC Collaborators of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Traumatic injury clinical trial evaluating tranexamic acid in children (TIC-TOC): a pilot randomized trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Mar 10:10.1111/acem.14481. doi:10.1111/acem.14481. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35266589.

Choo EK, Nishijima D, Trent S, Eichelberger A, Ye Y, Audett A, Brasel K, Kazmierczak S, Cherpitel CJ. Cannabis presentations to the emergency department after MVC in the era of legalization for recreational use. J Safety Res. 2022 Feb;80:341-348. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2021.12.016. Epub 2021 Dec 28. PMID:35249614.