Curriculum
Academic Program
Toxicology fellows work under the direct supervision of the Toxicology Fellowship Program Director and are responsible for rendering clinical care to toxicology in-patients as well as out-patients. The fellows also complete required laboratory rotations at National Medical Labs, Inc., where they gain hands-on experience in all forms of laboratory and analytical testing, including GC/mass spectrophotometry, thin layer chromatography, atomic absorption techniques and more. They also gain experience in criminalistics and forensic toxicology during these rotations.
The toxicology fellows fulfill significant teaching functions by the preparation and presentation of formal lectures to the EM residents and faculty on various toxicology topics. In addition, the fellows are expected to perform independent but mentored research projects, which are intended to result in presentations at national meetings as well as publication in peer-reviewed medical/toxicologic journals. Fellows are given ample opportunity to pursue specific and focused interests in various aspects of toxicology training and practice. Fellows are given the opportunity to attend various off-site continuing education activities designed to increase their knowledge base, including Medical Review Officer (MRO) courses and courses in Hyperbaric Medicine.
The Division of Toxicology plays a major teaching role in the Department of Emergency Medicine by providing bedside teaching for EM residents and medical students. All third-year EM residents rotate on the Toxicology service and during that time are taught directly by Toxicology Division faculty in formal thrice-weekly conferences. In addition, members of the division provide monthly didactic teaching conferences on topics relevant to medical toxicology for the EM residents. A monthly Toxicology Consultants Conference is held on the first Friday of each month during which cases are reviewed and major topics in toxicology discussed.
DIVISION OF MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY FACULTY
James R. Roberts, M.D., FAAEM, ACMT
Division Chair
Special interests/expertise: medical toxicology, snake bite and animal envenomations
Contact: jroberts@mercyhealth.org
Michael I. Greenberg, M.D., MPH, FAAEM, FACPM, ACMT
Toxicology Fellowship Program Director
Special interests/expertise: occupational end environmental toxicology, biological/chemical terrorism, toxic death in the workplace, forensic toxicology
Contact: michael.greenberg@drexelmed.edu
Richard J. Hamilton, M.D., FAAEM, ACMT
Special interests/expertise: substance abuse and withdrawal, occupational and environmental toxicology, biological/chemical terrorism, driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, aerospace and hyperbaric medicine
Contact: richard.hamilton@drexelmed.edu
Conferences
Fellows participate in educational conferences with the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Residency. There are opportunities to attend courses in a number of areas of medical toxicology.
Research
Members of the Division of Toxicology are among the most academically prolific and productive members of the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Some of the more noteworthy contributions to the current toxicological literature by Division members are listed below:
Key Publications
"Occupational, Industrial and Environmental Toxicology" edited by Michael I. Greenberg, M.D. and Richard J. Hamilton, M.D., published by Mosby-Yearbook, St. Louis, 1998;
Special Projects
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics contract to provide analysis of toxin-related traumatic deaths in the workplace, Michael I. Greenberg, M.D.(principal investigator) and Richard J. Hamilton, M.D.1998/99, 1999/00. 2000/01.
- Cost analysis of cocaine-intoxicated patients in the emergency department.
- City of Philadelphia contract to analyze cases of driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, Richard J. Hamilton, M.D.
- U.S. Department of Defense Domestic Preparedness Program for Nuclear, Biologic, and Chemical Terrorism, Michael I. Greenberg, M.D.
- Development consultant for CroTab, Savage Laboratories, J. Roberts, M.D.
- Blast Injury Website: Michael I. Greenberg, M.D., and John Curtis, M.D.
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