Division Chief, Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Department / Division:
Community and Family Medicine / Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3834
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-286-5569

Office Telephone:
919-684-3591

Fax Telephone:
919-286-1021

• MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1986

• Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Medical Center, 1986-1987
• Occupational Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1989

• MSPH, Industrial Hygiene, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
• MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

Clinical Interests:
Occupational medicine, toxicology, epidemiology, industrial hygiene, solvent and heavy-metal toxicity, occupational lung diseases, individuals or groups of workers with occupational or environmental exposures, worker's compensation cases, workplace reproductive-health-risk appraisals, consultation to develop occupational health prevention and wellness programs

Research Interests:
Occupational Medicine particularly occupational lung disease, solvent neurotoxicity, environmental health, health effects of chemical exposure, preventive medicine.

Representative Publications:


Kathleen M. Hayden, Maria C. Norton, Dennis Darcy, Truls Ostbye, John C. S. Breitner, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Occupational exposure to pesticides increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease: Findings from the Cache County Study, Abstract Poster Session, Alzheimer’s  Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Vienna Austria, July 11-16, 2009
(2009)

Longphre, JP, Darcey, D, Unusual Case of Lead Poisoning in a Police Office, Abstract Poster Session, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine National Occupational Health Conference, New York, NY, May 2008. (2008)

Darcey D, contributing author, Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Asbestos, Chapter 2, Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Disease, Second Addition, Roggli, VL, Oury, TD, Sporn, TA, Springer, New York, 2004. (2004)

Mitchell CS. Moline J. Avery AN. Baker D. Blessman JE. Carson AI. Cosby O. Darcey D. Ducatman A. Emmett EA. Forst L. Gerr F. Gochfeld M. Guidotti TL. Harber P. Hu H. Hegmann KT. Kipen HM. Levin J. McGrail MP. Meyer JD. Mueller KL. Prince S. Rubin R. Schwerha JJ. Sprince NL. Taiwo O. Upfal M.In response to the 2002, vol. 22, no. 4 article entitled "The rise and fall of occupational medicine in the United States".[comment]. Comment on: Am J Prev Med. 2002 May;22(4):285-95; PMID: 11988384. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4):307-9, 2002 Nov.





(2002)

Darcey DJ,  Chapter 32 Prions: Creutzfelt Jacob Disease and Related Transmissible Spongioform Encephalopathies, in Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace (Second Edition), Wald PH, Stave GM, editors, Wiley-Interscience, NY, 2002, pp.649-654. (2002)

Darcey DJ,  Chapter 25 Rickettsiae and Chlamydia, in Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace (Second Edition), Wald PH, Stave GM, editors, Wiley-Interscience, NY, 2002, pp.547-555. (2002)

Darcey DJ,  Chapter 21 Viruses, Rabies Virus, in Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace (Second Edition), Wald PH, Stave GM, editors, Wiley-Interscience, NY, 2002, pp.389-395. (2002)

Darcey D. Lipscomb H. Epling C. Pate W. Cherry P. Bernstein J. Clinical Findings for Residents Near a Polyurethane Foam Manufacturing Plant. Archives of Environmental Health. 57(3):239-46, 2002 May-Jun. (2002)

Alleman T, Darcey DJ. Case report: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia in a Spice Process Technician.  J Occup Environ Med.  2002 Mar;44(3):215-6. (2002) Abstract

Swinker M. Koltai D. Wilkins J. Hudnell K. Hall C. Darcey D. Robertson K. Schmechel D. Stopford W. Music S. Estuary-associated syndrome in North Carolina: an occupational prevalence study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 109(1):21-6, 2001 Jan. (2001)

Darcey, DJ,Community Exposure to Toluene Diisocyanate From a Polyurethane Manufacturing Plant in North Carolina, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Vol 27(22), 1998. (1998)

Darcey DJ, Langley, RL, Chapter 8 Solvents, in Reproductive Hazards of the Workplace,  Frazier, LM and Hage, M, editors, Van Nostrand Rheinhold, NY, 1998, 162-191. (1998)

Hudnell HK, Boyes WK, Otto DA, House DE, Creason JP, Geller AM, Darcey DJ, Broadwell DK. Battery of neurobehavioral tests recommended to ATSDR: solvent-induced deficits in microelectronic workers.  Toxicol Ind Health.  1996 Mar-Apr;12(2):235-43. (1996) Abstract

Darcey DJ, Young JM. Health aspects of the North Carolina electronics industry. N C Med J. 1995 May;56(5):222-6. (1995) Abstract

Broadwell DK, Darcey DJ, Hudnell HK, Otto DA, Boyes WK. Work-site clinical and neurobehavioral assessment of solvent-exposed microelectronics workers. Am J Ind Med. 1995 May;27(5):677-98. (1995) Abstract

Hudnell KH, Boyes WK, Otto DA, House DE, Creason JP, Geller AM, Darcey DJ, Broadwell KB, Battery of Neurobehavioral Tests Recommended to the ATSDR: Solvent-Induced Deficits in Microelectronics Workers, in Chapter 9, Proceedings of the International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste, Princeton Scientific, NJ, 1994, pp. 18-25. (1994)

Frazier LM. Jones B. Darcey D. Langley R. Randolph S.
Mandatory reporting of occupational health problems. A new surveillance program in North Carolina.[see comment][erratum appears in N C Med J 1995 Apr;56(4):136].
Comment in: N C Med J. 1995 Feb;56(2):73-4; PMID: 7898590
North Carolina Medical Journal. 55(11):526-31, 1994 Nov.
(1994)

Darcey DJ, Langley RL, Chapter 25 Rickettsiae and Chlamydia, in Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, Wald PH, Stave GM, editors, Van Nostrand Rheinhold, NY, 1994, pp. 417-423. (1994)

Darcey DJ, Chapter 21, Viruses, Rabies Virus, in Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, Wald PH, Stave GM, editors, Van Nostrand Rheinhold, NY, 1994, pp. 303-308. (1994)

Greenberg, GN, Darcey DJ, contributing authors, Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Asbestos, Chapter 2, Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases, Roggli, VL, Greenberg, SD, Pratt, PC, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1992. (1992)

Frazier L, Darcey DJ, Langley RL. Food safety. Lead, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and irradiation.  N C Med J.  1992 Jul;53(7):372-6. (1992) Abstract

Darcey DJ, Everson RB, Putman KL, Randerath K. DNA adducts and exposure to burning oil.  Lancet.  1992 Feb 22;339(8791):489. (1992) Abstract

Darcey DJ, Greenberg GN, Jackson GW. Resource center for occupational and environmental medicine.  Ann Intern Med.  1991 Apr 1;114(7):607. (1991) Abstract

Birnbaum LS, Darcey DJ, McKinney JD. Hexabromonaphthalene contaminants of polybrominated biphenyls: chemical composition and disposition in the rat.  J Toxicol Environ Health.  1983 Oct-Dec;12(4-6):555-73. (1983) Abstract

Fritsch A, Darcey DJ. Taylor D. Hogan B. 99 Ways to a Simple Lifestyle. Anchor Press/Doubleday. New York. 1977 (381pp.) (1977)

Darcey D. Fritsch A. Aerosol sprays: the evidence against them. Nursing Care. 10(1):28-31, 1977 Jan.


(1977)