Medical Toxicology

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Featuring a rigorous didactic component, the medical toxicology elective will give you the opportunity to

  • evaluate patients with toxicology issues, including intentional and accidental overdoses, snake bites, unusual animal bites, industrial exposures, and potential chronic environmental exposures
  • see patients with medical students, residents from other services, and with toxicology fellows and toxicology faculty who have faculty appointments in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
  • review all Blue Ridge Poison Center calls with the attending physician