With 400 attendees, the American College of Medical Toxicology’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in San Diego was the highest attended ASM in our organization's history. We had attendees participate from 41 U.S. States and 7 countries, showcasing our continued national reach and international presence. 

Preceding the main conference, we were pleased to have the first AACT Symposium, “DEI in Toxicology: What it Means for Patients and Learners” on Wednesday, March 29th, followed by the ACMT Symposium “Self-Harm, Suicidality, and the Poisoned Patient: The Intersection of Toxicology and Mental Health” on Thursday, March 30th.

As ACMT’s first in-person event since 2020, it was clear that presenters, attendees and organizers were ready and eager to re-engage and reconnect.

The feedback we have received for all events has been overwhelmingly positive. Responses are still being collected, but we wanted to share some comments we’ve already received:

• ”It was great to see people in person again!” 
• "Best medical meeting I've attended in 40 years!"
•  “Great mix of talks with a variety of levels of training of the presenters as well as levels of data presented. This was great.”
•  “I was especially impressed with the app.”
•  “The speakers were fantastic and overall it was run very well.”
• “Wide variety of individuals' work (especially inclusion of MENATOX).”
  “The ACMT Symposium was a really great topic and so helpful given how often we interact with the acutely or recently suicidal patients. I think knowledge on the time course of symptoms was very insightful for me.”
•  “Overall high quality posters. I appreciated the attempt to group posters on similar topics near each other in the same session.”
  “The theme to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ACMT was well done, including the display highlighting the history of ACMT by ACMT presidential terms.”

We at ACMT would also like to congratulate all of our award recipients and 2022 FACMT Inductees once again. You can read more about our 2023 Career Award Recipient, B. Zane Horowitz, here and our new fellows here.”

Shark Tank Research Forum Winners

First Place: Pharmacogenomic Investigation of Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome and Cannabis Use Disorder, Jennifer Zacharia, MD, Fellow - 1st Year, UMass Memorial Toxicology Fellowship, Worcester, MA

Second Place: Identification of Barriers to Placement in IPV Shelters for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders, Tori Erhardt, MD, Medical Resident, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Both winners will each be awarded $1500 towards travel to present their research results as a poster, moderated poster, lightning oral or platform presentation at either the 2024 or 2025 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting.

Open Mic Competition Winner: Bring Back the Barb, Christopher Mitchell, MD, Fellow - 1st Year, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA

Thank you to all who participated in our 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting and Symposia. A special thank you to our two conference committee chairs, Mark Su and Shaun Carstairs; their associate chair, Christopher Meaden; our education committee chair, Diane Calello; and committee member, JJ Rasimas. We would also like to acknowledge the hard work and important contributions of Sr. Education Program Manager, Adrienne Dunavin, Education Program Coordinator, Lucinda Gonzales, and all of the ACMT staff who handled all the logistics and kept the show running smoothly.

We look forward to next year’s meeting which will be April 12-14, 2024  in-person in Washington, DC

If you have an idea for next year’s meeting, please submit it here by May 5, 2023!