Mia Derstine, MD

Sr. Instructor, Emergency Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, University of Michigan Medical School
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Northwestern University (IL)
Residency
  • University of Chicago Program, Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado, Wilderness Medicine (2020)
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Emergency Medicine

Publications

  • Small E, Steins H, Musi M, Perry J, Goldberg E, Ryan M, Crawford L, Strickland B, Linkus T, Phillips C, Paterson R, Zona N, Smolkin M, Derstine M, Lemery J, Hoffman JL, Hick SR, Ginde AA, Hackett P, Keyes LE. Prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. J Travel Med. 2025 Jul 1;32(5). PubMed PMID: 40403745
  • Derstine M, Small E, Davis AM. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness. JAMA. 2024 Nov 19;332(19):1665-1666. PubMed PMID: 39446318
  • Derstine M, Small E, Davis AM. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness. JAMA. 2024 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39446318
  • Horakova L, Kriemler S, Študent V, Pichler Hefti J, Hillebrandt D, Jean D, Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Paal P, Rosier A, Andjelkovic M, Beidlemann B, Derstine M, Keyes LE. Hormonal Contraception and Menstrual Cycle Control at High Altitude: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2024 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38607652
  • Andjelkovic M, Paal P, Kriemler S, Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Rosier A, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Pichler Hefti J, Hillebrandt D, Horakova L, Jean D, Keyes LE. Nutrition in Women at High Altitude: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2024 Mar;25(1):9-15. PubMed PMID: 37971430
  • Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Jean D, Paal P, Horakova L, Kriemler S, Rosier AJ, Andjelkovic M, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Hefti JP, Hillebrandt D, Keyes LE. Menopause and High Altitude: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2024 Mar;25(1):1-8. PubMed PMID: 37922458
  • Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Jean D, Paal P, Horakova L, Kriemler S, Rosier AJ, Andjelkovic M, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Hefti JP, Hillebrandt D, Keyes LE. Menopause and High Altitude: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37922458
  • Pichler Hefti J, Jean D, Rosier AJ, Derstine M, Hillebrandt D, Horakova L, Keyes LE, Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Paal P, Andjelkovic M, Beidlemann BA, Kriemler S. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Women: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Oct 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37906126
  • Derstine M, Jean D, Beidleman BA, Pichler Hefti J, Hillebrandt D, Horakova L, Kriemler S, Mateikaité-Pipiriené K, Paal P, Rosier AJ, Andjelkovic M, Keyes LE. Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Cerebral Edema in Women: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37870579
  • Horakova L, Paal P, Pichler Hefti J, Andjelkovic M, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Hillebrandt D, Jean D, Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Rosier AJ, Kriemler S, Keyes LE. Women's Health at High Altitude: An Introduction to a 7-Part Series by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Medical Commission. High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37862559
  • Kriemler S, Mateikaite-Pipiriene K, Rosier A, Keyes LE, Paal P, Andjelkovic M, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Pichler Hefti J, Hillebrandt D, Horakova L, Jean D. Frostbite and Mortality in Mountaineering Women: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37824760
  • Derstine M, Doyle C. Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Superficial Temporal Artery. J Emerg Med. 2021 Oct;61(4):e96-e97. PubMed PMID: 34364704
  • Soteras I, Codo C, Derstine M, Musi ME. Hiker's Rash. Wilderness Environ Med. 2021 Mar;32(1):112-113. PubMed PMID: 33423897
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Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Emergency Medicine
  • AWLS, Certificate (2018)
Public Speaking
Yes
Wilderness Medicine, Stories from the ER, Education

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045


303.724.5375