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Deborah Erickson

Deborah Erickson

🇺🇸 United States

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine1
  • Former position Assistant dean for preclinical education, University of Kentucky College of Medicine2

Known for​

  • Comparative urine-marker study in interstitial cystitis (2002). Erickson compared multiple urine markers in patients with interstitial cystitis and controls, identifying antiproliferative factor as a diagnostic candidate.3
  • Assessment of NIDDK cystoscopic criteria for interstitial cystitis (2005). Her study found that patients meeting the NIDDK cystoscopic criteria did not form a distinct group by urine markers or biopsy findings.4

Contributions​

Erickson coauthored the 2022 AUA guideline summary on diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.5

Cited on WARWIKI

1 publication with Deborah Erickson as a listed author is cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Clemens JQ, Erickson DR, Varela NP, Lai HH. "Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome." J Urol. 2022;208(1):34–42. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Pain & IC/BPS Pharmacotherapy · Intravesical Agents for IC/BPS · Oral IC/BPS Agents

Footnotes​

  1. Deborah Erickson. University of Kentucky. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. Dr. Katie Twist is named the assistant dean for preclinical education. UK College of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. ERICKSON DR, XIE SX, BHAVANANDAN VP, et al. "A Comparison of Multiple Urine Markers for Interstitial Cystitis." Journal of Urology. 2002;167(6):2461–2469. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65005-7 ↩

  4. ERICKSON DR, TOMASZEWSKI JE, KUNSELMAN AR, et al. "DO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES CYSTOSCOPIC CRITERIA ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER CLINICAL AND OBJECTIVE FEATURES OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS?." Journal of Urology. 2005;173(1):93–97. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000146466.71311.ab ↩

  5. Clemens JQ, Erickson DR, Varela NP, Lai HH. "Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome." J Urol. 2022;208(1):34–42. doi:10.1097/ju.0000000000002756 ↩