Physicians

Division Chief, Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Department / Division
Community and Family Medicine / Occupational & Envir Med - Gen

Address
DUMC 3834
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-286-5569

Office Telephone
919-684-3591

Fax Telephone
919-286-1021

Training

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

Residency

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

Other Training

• 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.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Darcey, D, Myers, D, Brock, T. International Occupational Cobalt Exposure Survey, Cobalt Development Institute Technical Report, Presentation of Report to 2011 Cobalt Development Institute Health and Safety Meeting, March 29, 2011, Brussels, Belgium. (2011)


Hayden KM, Norton MC, Darcey DJ, Østbye T, Zandi PP, Breitner JC, Welsh-Bohmer KA.  “Occupational exposure to pesticides increases the risk of incident AD: The Cache County study”, Neurology 2010: 74; 1524-1530 (2010)

Qilin Song, Denis Darcey, “HIV/AIDS Knowledge, HIV-Risk Related Behaviors and Availability of HIV-Related Health Services Among Female Sex Workers in Seven Provinces of China” Abstract 803832- Poster P-042, American Occupational Health Conference, Orlando Fl, May 2-5, 2010. (2010)

Qilin Song, Dennis Darcey, “Risk Factors for Syphilis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in Seven Provinces of China”Abstract 800301 - Poster P-041, American Occupational Health Conference, Orlando Fl, May 2-5, 2010. (2010)

William C. Eward DVM, MD, Dennis Darcey MD, Leslie G. Dodd MD, and Robert D. Zura MD, Case Report:Lead Toxicity Associated with an Extra-articular Retained Missile Fragments Fourteen Years After Injury,Journal of Surgical and Orthopaedic Advances, Fall 2010. (2010)

Darcey DJ, Langley R.  “Community health study of Environmental exposure to toluene diisocynate emissions from North Carolina polyurethane foam production”, Charlotte Area Health Education Center, <http://www.charlotteahec.org/ce/connect/cme/view_all.cfm>, 2009. (2009)

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)

Shah VS, Darcey DJ.  “Ocular and musculoskeletal illness among computer professionals in India”, Abstract Poster Session, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American Occupational Health Conference, San Diego, CA, 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)

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

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)

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 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 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)

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)

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, 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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

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


(1977)

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