Medical School
- MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (2011)
Undergraduate School
- BS, Calvin College (MI) (2006)
Residency
- Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University Program, Pediatrics (2014)
Languages
EnglishDepartment
Pediatrics-Emergency MedicinePublications
- Eyal K, Leonard J, Dominguez F, Widmer K, Wiersma A, Lam D, Grubenhoff JA. Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric emergency department patients with missed opportunities for diagnostic excellence. Diagnosis (Berl). 2025 Aug 1;12(3):396-401. PubMed PMID: 40094317
- Wiersma A, Watkins A, Ertle T, Johnson B, Spencer S. Rapid cycle QI methods ensure prompt paediatric emergency care during 2022 respiratory surge. Emerg Med J. 2025 Sep 24;42(10):676-682. PubMed PMID: 40180448
- Wiersma AJ, Nielsen B, Webb M, Alpern E, Brousseau DC, Chamberlain JM, Zorc JJ, Babcock L, Frey T, Leonard JC, Ali S, Barney BJ, Drendel AL. Home Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions For Fracture Pain After Pediatric Emergency Department Discharge. J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov;78:202-213. PubMed PMID: 40992346
- Goyal M, Alpern ER, Webb M, Brousseau DC, Chamberlain JM, Zorc JJ, Frey T, Wiersma A, Barney BJ, Drendel AL. Agreement of electronic health record-documented race and ethnicity with parental report. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jun;31(6):613-616. PubMed PMID: 38049203
- Ross HL, Spencer S, Ertle T, Watkins A, Feldman M, Massanari D, Johnson B, Wiersma A. Fast Track Improves Patient Flow and Wait Times in the Pediatric Urgent Care: A Quality Improvement Project. J Urgent Care Med, 2024; 18(10), 26-33.
- Wiersma A. Trauma, Knee. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (The 5-Minute Consult Series), 3e. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P, eds. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA; 2024
- Lam D, Wiersma A. Fractures, Elbow. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult (The 5-Minute Consult Series), 3e. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P, eds. Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA; 2024.
- Lowe JT, Leonard J, Dominguez F, Widmer K, Deakyne Davies SJ, Wiersma AJ, Mendenhall M, Grubenhoff JA. Preferred language and diagnostic errors in the pediatric emergency department. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37795819
- Lam D, Dominguez F, Leonard J, Wiersma A, Grubenhoff JA. Use of e-triggers to identify diagnostic errors in the paediatric ED. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022 Oct;31(10):735-743. PubMed PMID: 35318272
Practice Locations
Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234
Hospital Affiliation
- Children's Hospital Colorado
Specialty Information
Specialties- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics