Positions

Overview

  • Co-diretor, Office of Medical Toxicology, UAB

    Medical Director, Alabama Poison Information Center, Children's of Alabama

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 Snake Envenomation..  New England Journal of Medicine.  386:1099-1100. 2022
    2022 Snake Envenomation. Reply..  New England Journal of Medicine.  386:1100. 2022
    2022 Snake envenomation.  New England Journal of Medicine.  386:1099. 2022
    2022 Clinical Characteristics of Kratom Exposures Reported to the Georgia and Alabama Poison Control Centers from 2016–2020: A Retrospective Review.  Journal of drug and alcohol research.  11. 2022
    2021 Characteristics of tianeptine effects reported to a poison control center: a growing threat to public health.  Clinical Toxicology.  59:152-157. 2021
    2021 Tianeptine: a new frontier in surveillance and understanding through social media.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.  47:411-413. 2021
    2021 Utilization of thromboelastograms in management of Crotalus adamanteus envenomation.  Clinical Toxicology.  59:256-259. 2021
    2017 Novel Psychoactive Substances and Trends of Abuse.  Critical Care Nursing Quarterly.  40:374-382. 2017
    2015 Negative Predictive Value of Excluding an Embedded Snake Foreign Body by Ultrasonography.  Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.  26:227-231. 2015
    2014 Dexmedetomidine in the Treatment of Serotonin Syndrome.  Annals of Pharmacotherapy.  48:1651-1654. 2014
    2014 Evaluation of the initiation of urine drug screens intended for use in transfer patients.  American Journal of Emergency Medicine.  32:1037-1040. 2014
    2012 Articles You Might Have Missed.  Journal of Medical Toxicology.  8:449-451. 2012

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2014 Procainamide.  1070-1072. 2014

    Investigator On

    Education And Training

  • University of Virginia Health System, Residency
  • University of Virginia Health System, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown University 2009

    • Full Name

  • William Rushton