#ACMT2025
Annual Scientific Meeting
April 4-6, 2025
Fairmont Hotel
Vancouver, Canada
#ACMT2025
Important Dates
Accepting Abstracts
September 1 – November 15, 2024
MTF Shark Tank Deadline
December 4, 2024
MedTox Case Panel Deadline
January 10, 2025
Open Mic Competition Deadline
January 10, 2025
Early-Bird Registration Deadline
February 21, 2025
Annual Scientific Meeting | Main Conference
The 2025 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting (#ACMT2025) will take place from April 4-6 at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. This event offers a unique opportunity for medical toxicology specialists to gather, learn, and network. Attendees will be exposed to cutting-edge research through a variety of educational sessions, with featured tracks covering Environmental & Public Health, Research, Addiction Toxicology, Professional Development, and New Insights! The meeting will also provide rich social and networking opportunities with receptions, business meetings, and awards ceremonies. Participants will leave equipped to enhance clinical decision-making, stay updated on emerging toxins and therapies, and foster multidisciplinary collaboration in managing complex toxicology cases.
Learner Objectives
- Organize multidisciplinary collaboration in the management of complex medical toxicology cases.
- Enhance clinical decision-making in the field of Medical Toxicology.
- Summarize knowledge of emerging toxins and novel therapies.
Continuing Education: Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) and Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credits are available for this activity. It is expected that learners will receive up to 15.50 credits for learning and change.
Preliminary Agenda
This is a preliminary agenda and subject to change. All times listed in local, Pacific Time. Download the draft agenda.
| 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Platform Session 1 | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | The Toxicologic Impact of War on the Environment: Lessons from the Field in Ukraine | Moderator: Peter R. Chai, MD, MMS, FACMT, Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACMT, Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Daniel Hryhorczuk, MD, FACMT, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago Mykola Prodanchuk, MD, PhD, Director, LI Medved Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Ministry of Health, Ukraine |
| 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM | Planetary Toxicology and Climate Change | Carl Baum, MD, MSc, FAAP, FACMT, Yale School of Medicine |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Annual Review of Medical Toxicology Publications – Articles You May Have Missed from 2024-2025 | Dan McCabe, MD, Clinical Associate Prof Dir, Division of Medical Toxicology, Univ of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa Poison Control Center Nicholas Erick Nacca, MD, Assistant Prof of Emergency Medicine, Univ of Rochester Medical Center |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Poster Session 1 Moderated Poster Forum 1 | |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Break | ACMT Committee Meetings |
| Concurrent Track: Enviro. & Public Health 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Toxicovigilance Strategies to Drive Clinical and Policy Research to Prevent Poisoning/Envenomation & Suicide in the Asia Pacific Nicholas Buckley, MD, FRACP, Prof of Clinical Pharmacology, Sydney Pharmacy School Geoffrey Isbister, MD, Professor, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia | Concurrent Track: Research 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM How Can the Quantitation of Blood Drug Concentrations Improve our Understanding of Non-Fatal Polydrug Overdoses Paul Wax, MD, FACMT, Executive Dir, ToxIC, ACMT Alex Krotulski, PhD, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education Rachel Culbreth, PhD, MPH, ToxIC, ACMT Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine | Concurrent Track: Addiction Toxicology 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM MOUD in Corrections: Lessons from a Mega-Jail Caitlin Bonney, MD, Assistant Prof of Emergency Medicine, Univ of New Mexico |
| Concurrent Track: Enviro. & Public Health 1:55 PM – 2:40 PM Emerging Treatments for Snake Envenomation Hannah Spungen, MD, MPH, Toxicology Fellow, Banner Univ Medical Center-Phoenix | Concurrent Track: Research 1:55 PM – 2:40 PM Advancing Medical Toxicology: Establishing a Strategic Research Agenda for ACMT Maryann Amirshahi, PharmD, MD, MPH, PhD, FACMT, Physician and Prof Of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center & Georgetown Univ Hospital | Concurrent Track: Addiction Toxicology 1:55 PM – 2:40 PM The Wild West of Ketamine: Safety & Health Equity Concerns Surrounding the Use of Ketamine for Psychiatric Conditions Jeffrey Lai, MD, Assistant Prof and Fellowship Dir, UMass Chan Medical School Powell Graham, MD, Assistant Prof of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School Arielle Graham, MD, Associate Psychiatrist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Concurrent Track: Enviro. & Public Health 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM History Repeats Itself: The Revival of Health Concerns Due To Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Exposure in the 2020s John Downs, MD, MPH, Associate Prof and Associate Program Dir, Uniformed Services Univ Kevin F. Maskell, Jr., MD, Assistant Prof of Military and Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center | Concurrent Track: Research 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM The ANTIDOTE Institute: Supporting Innovative Research in Medical Toxicology Stephanie Carreiro, MD, PhD, FACMT, Associate Prof, Director of the Tox(In) novation Lab, UMass Chan Medical School Peter R. Chai, MD MMS, FACMT, Assistant Prof, Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Concurrent Track: Addiction Toxicology 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM Top Articles in Addiction Medicine Leslie R. Dye, MD, FACMT, FASAM, FACCT, Medical Dir, OneFifteen, Chair of the ACMT Addiction Toxicology Committee |
| Concurrent Track: Enviro. & Public Health 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Microplastic Pollution: An Emerging Toxicologic Exposure of Public Health Concern Michael Yeh, MD, MS, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & National Center for Environmental Health | Concurrent Track: Research 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Leveraging Epidemiology in Medical Toxicology Investigations Alyssa Falise, PhD, MSPH, Research Associate, ToxIC, ACMT Rachel Culbreth, PhD, MPH, ToxIC, ACMT Hannah Spungen, MD, MPH, Toxicology Fellow, Banner Univ Medical Center- Phoenix | Concurrent Track: Addiction Toxicology 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM The Dose Makes the Antidote? – Opioid Overdose Reversal Controversies William Eggleston, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Assistant Director, Upstate New York Poison Center; Assistant Prof, Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical Univ |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Break | ACMT Committee Meetings |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | ACMT Annual Members Meeting and Awards Ceremony | |
| 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | ACMT President’s Reception |
| 7:50 AM – 8:00 AM | Morning Announcements | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Platform Session 2 | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | ACMT Career Achievement Award | William “Russ” Kerns, II, MD, FACMT, FACEP, Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center |
| 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM | ASAM/NIDA Panel | Innovations in EMS Care for Opioid Related Calls | Moderator: Timothy Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM, Associate Prof of Emergency Medicine and the Dir of Toxicology and the Toxicology/Addiction Consult Service, Strong Memorial Hospital, Univ of Rochester Medical Center |
| 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Poster Session 2 Moderated Poster Forum 2 | |
| 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM | Break | ACMT Committee Meetings |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | MedTox Case Panel: Case-Based Conundrums | |
| Concurrent Track: Professional Development 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Launching a Toxicology Consult Service at Your Community Hospital: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success Kerollos Shaker, MD, Board Certified Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicologist, Houston Methodist | Concurrent Track: New Insights in Toxicology 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Strategies to Increase Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Medical Toxicology Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, MS, MSCR, FAAEM, FIFEM, Prof of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State Univ Health Sciences Center | MTF Shark Tank Research Forum 3:10 PM – 5:10 PM |
| Concurrent Track: Professional Development 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM Career Planning for Physicians Heath A. Jolliff, DO, ACMT, FACEP, FAAEM, ACC, Certified Executive Physician Coach, Physician Coaching Solutions, LLC, Mid-Ohio Toxicology Services, LLC | Concurrent Track: New Insights in Toxicology 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM Acid-Base, Two Ways! Joshua D. King, MD, FACMT, Assistant Prof of Medicine and Pharmacy & Medical Dir, Maryland Poison Control & Univ of Maryland School of Medicine Sarah Weiss, MD, MBS, Director of Medical Toxicology, Reading Hospital, Tower Health | MTF Shark Tank Research Forum 3:10 PM – 5:10 PM |
| Concurrent Track: Professional Development 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Challenges of Maintaining Diversified Specialization in Medical Toxicology – A Call for Action and Innovation Shan Yin, MD, FACMT, Medical Dir, Drug and Poison Information Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center John Downs, MD, MPH, Associate Prof and Associate Program Dir, Uniformed Services Univ Charlotte E. Goldfine, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Paul Wax, MD, FACMT, Executive Dir, ToxIC, ACMT | Concurrent Track: New Insights in Toxicology 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Occupational Safety Implications of Cannabis Use, and the Optimal Role of Urine and Blood Testing for Cannabinoids Michael J. Kosnett, MD, MPH, FACMT, Associate Clinical Prof, Department of Medicine, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine | MTF Shark Tank Research Forum 3:10 PM – 5:10 PM |
| 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM | Open Mic Competition | Moderator: Trevonne Thompson, MD, FACEP, FACMT, Associate Dean of Admissions, Univ of Illinois College of Medicine |
| 7:50 AM – 8:00 AM | Morning Announcements | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Lightning Oral Session | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | AACT Session | Dialed In: Telemedicine Facilitated Buprenorphine Treatment | Moderator: Jeanna M. Marraffa, PharmD, MPH, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Dir, Upstate New York Poison Center, Clinical Prof, Department of Emergency Medicine, Upstate Medical Univ Michael Lynch, MD, FACMT, Associate Prof of Emergency Medicine, Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Rachel Wightman, MD, FACMT, Assistant Prof of Emergency Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Break | |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | International Session: CAPCC | Connecting Canada: The Role of the Canadian Association for Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology MENATOX | The Sting of the Desert: Managing Life-threatening Scorpion Envenomations in the MENA Region EAPCCT | Topic TBA APAMT | Topic TBA RETOXLAC | Topic TBA | Moderator: Todd Phillips, MD, FACMT, Emergency Medicine Physician, UT Southwestern Medical Center Nancy Murphy, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FACMT, FAACT, FASAM, President, Canadian Association for Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology, Halifax, Canada Venkat Kotamraju, MD, MRCSEd, PGDip, FEBEM, FRCEM, Clinical Toxicologist & Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital; Emergency Medicine Training Program Director, Health Education East Midlands, United Kingdom Ana Ferrer Dufol, MD, Head of the Unit of Clinical Toxicology, Clinic University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Late Breaking Topic | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Poster Session 3 Moderated Poster Forum 3 |