The ACMT Career Achievement Award honors an ACMT member who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of medical toxicology. The award is presented annually at ACMT’s Annual Scientific Meeting.
William “Russ” Kerns, II, MD, FACMT, FACEP Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine Carolinas Medical Center
Dr. Kerns trained in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology and served as Professor in both disciplines at Carolinas Medical Center for 33 years. Faculty roles included leadership of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship and clinical division, consultation for the Carolinas Poison Center, and research. Research interests included antidotes, envenomation, and resuscitation of cardiotoxic drugs. He also served the ACMT focusing on advancing research and education.
Keith Burkhart, MD, FACMT MD, Senior Advisor for Medical Toxicology, US Department of Health and Human Services, Silver Spring, Maryland Lecture title: Medical Toxicology at the FDA: A Structured Public Health Career
Senior Advisor for Medical Toxicology in the Division of Applied Regulatory Science in the Office of Clinical Pharmacology in the Office of Translational Science in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He received his medical toxicology training at the Rocky Mountain Poison Center in Denver (1988-1990). Emergency Medicine training was at the University of Cincinnati (1982-1985, Chief Resident). His Medical Degree (1982) is from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now Drexel University. His B.S. (1978) is from Ursinus College in Biology (valedictorian). He is a Past-President and Fellow of the American College of Medical Toxicology. He is a co-editor of Critical Care Toxicology. He is the former Medical Director of the Penn State Poison Center (1990-2002) associated with an inpatient toxicology admitting service.
Research interests include antidotes and treatment of the poisoned patients. At the FDA he started a biological plausibility consult service that would analyze for potential mechanisms as supportive evidence for an emerging drug safety signal. Bioinformatic tools were evaluated and studied to support these analyses. Research has also been done to predict adverse events. He currently is the Medical Monitor for FDA sponsored clinical trials performed to inform regulatory decision making.
B. Zane Horowitz, MD, FACMT Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University “B is for Botulism” – lecture presented at the 2023 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting
2022
Steven A. Seifert, MD, FAACT, FACMT Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Medical Director, New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center “From There to Here: The Long and Winding Road”
2021
Leslie Boyer, MD, FACMT Professor Emerita of Pathology, University of Arizona “Technology & Toxinology: 120 Years of Antivenom in North America”
2020
Erica Liebelt, MD, FACMT Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Medical Director, New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center “Keeping the Lamp of Excellence Burning – Important Lessons a Heart Surgeon and Medical Toxicologists Have Taught Me”
2019
Paul Wax, MD, FACMT Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology
2018
Lewis Nelson, MD, FACMT Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology; Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
2017
Kenneth Kulig, MD, FACMT Medical Toxicologist, Toxicology Associates, PLLC
2016
Michael Kosnett, MD, FACMT Associate Clinical Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2015
Fred Henretig, MD, FACMT Senior Toxicologist, Section of Clinical Toxicology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2014
Milton Tenenbein, MD, FACMT Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg
2013
Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD, FACMT Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2012
Robert S. Hoffman, MD, FACMT Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
2011
William Banner, MD, FACMT Medical Director, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
2010
Kent Olson, MD, FACMT Medical Director, University of California San Francisco
2009
Steven Marcus, MD Executive Director; Medical Director, New Jersey Medical School
2008
J. Ward Donovan, MD, FACMT Chief, Medical Toxicology, Pennsylvania Toxicologists, PC
2007
Steven Curry, MD, FACMT Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
2006
Charles Becker, MD, FACMT Professor, Internal Medicine; Occupational Medicine; and Medical Toxicology, University of California San Francisco
2005
Anthony Temple, MD
2004
Richard Dart, MD, FACMT Director, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center
2003
Carol Angle, MD Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia
2002
Howard Mofenson, MD
2001
Barry Rumack, MD, FACMT Professor Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2000
Frederick Lovejoy, MD Associate Physician-in-Chief; Chair for Education, Department of Pediatrics; Deputy Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
1999
William Robertson, MD Washington Poison Center
1998
Lewis Goldfrank, MD, FACMT Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York University-Bellevue Hospital
1997
Helmut Redetsky, MD
Nomination Deadline is July 31, 2025
Criteria
Any member of the College may nominate himself/herself or another member for this award. The nominee must be an active member of the College; however the peak of activity does not have to be recent. Additional outstanding contributions to the specialty should include one or all of the following; teaching, clinical practice, research, service.
Judgment
Each year the Awards Committee will evaluate the new entries submitted and the previous nominees from the last five years. The recommendations are subject to review by the ACMT Board of Directors. The decision of the Board is final, and the Board reserves the right to make no award if there are no nominees of sufficient merit.
Nomination Procedures
Letters of nomination should offer detailed specific information regarding the nominees contributions to the field of Medical Toxicology. As part of the initial review process, an ACMT staff member may follow up with the nominator to request the nominee’s CV if one is not already on file.
Send letters to the Awards Committee via email to membership@acmt.net with ‘ACMT Career Achievement Nomination‘ in the subject line.
Award and Presentation
The recipient will be recognized at the ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting. The recipient will have the opportunity to deliver a keynote address on a topic of his/her choice or have one presented in his/her honor.
