Toxicology

Division Director: Dr. Wiener

The toxicology division provides toxicology support to the Emergency Department with real time toxicology consultation by phone or at the bedside, and coordination with the NYC Poison Control Center. Educational activities include the toxicology mini-fellowship, a toxicology elective for 4th year medical students, a toxicology lecture series for resident core conference, a toxicology lecture series for the PEM fellowship, faculty support for toxicology posts on the Clinical Monster blog, for resident toxicology lectures and for the ECG/radiology/pharm resident lecture series for resident core conference. Dr. Wiener also serves as Director of the P&T Committee at University Hospital of Brooklyn, Director of the P&T Committee at NYCH+H/Kings County, Director of the Pain Management/Opioid Stewardship Committee at University Hospital, Director of the Naloxone Distribution Program in the University Hospital Emergency Department, and he coordinates with the ED Addiction Leads Team at NYCH+H/Kings County.

Mini-fellowship Director: Dr. Wiener

The toxicology mini-fellowship is a monthly gathering where we discuss relevant journal articles and historical events of large scale poisonings. Recent topics have included cyanide poisoning and the Jonestown massacre, organophosphate and the Kim Jong-nam assassination, naloxone and the Moscow theater hostage crisis, snake oil and medical quackery, synthetic cannabinoid adulteration with brodifacoum, asphyxiants and the Lake Nyos disaster, methylmercury poisoning in Minamata Bay, buprenorphine induction in the ED, and many others. Participants are also encouraged to participate in monthly grand rounds and the monthly consultants conference at the NYC Poison Control Center. Mini-fellowship participants also engage in an active chat group including former mini-fellowship graduates who are now toxicologists to discuss real-time clinical toxicology questions, toxicology in the news, and other toxicology issues.