Fellows of the American College of Medical Toxicology (FACMT) 2010

Vikhyat Bebarta, MD, FACMT

Undergraduate – US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

Medical School – George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Residency – Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO

Fellowship – Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO

Current position – Lt Col, US Air Force; Chief, Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas; Medical Toxicologist, Central Texas Poison Center, Temple, Texas

João Delgado, MD, FACMT

Dr. Delgado is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed his medical toxicology fellowship at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in 2003. Prior to that, Dr. Delgado completed his undergraduate degree at Brown University, medical studies at

Dartmouth College, and emergency medicine residency at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Associate Program Director for the UConn Medical Toxicology Fellowship and the Research Director for the Division of Emergency Medicine at Hartford Hospital. In addition, he is a consultant to the Connecticut Poison Control Center.

James Diaz, MD, FACMT

A native of New Orleans, Dr. Diaz earned several degrees from Tulane University, including Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, Master of Health Administration, Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Doctor of Public Health.  Dr. Diaz is board-certified in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, pain management, general preventive medicine and public heath, occupational/environmental medicine, and medical toxicology.  Dr. Diaz served as a written and oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology from 1986 to 1996.  Dr. Diaz has published over 150 original articles and chapters in scientific journals and textbooks as first author.  Dr. Diaz has published one scientific text on perinatal anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and another text on human toxicology.  Dr. Diaz currently serves as Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health, and Professor of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine, at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC).  Dr. Diaz also serves as Director of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at LSUHSC.  Dr. Diaz’s current academic and clinical interests include:  (1) occupational and environmental toxicology; (2) environmental and tropical infectious diseases and injuries in international travelers; (3) emerging environmentally associated diseases and poisonings, particularly food-borne, waterborne and vector-borne infectious diseases and poisonings; and (4) the impact of climate change on natural disasters and their public health outcomes.  In 2001, Dr. Diaz was elected to lifetime membership in Delta Omega, the national public health honor society.  In 2009, Dr. Diaz accepted the Allen A. Copping Award for excellence in teaching from LSUHSC.

Matthew Hedge, MD, FACMT

Undergraduate – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1991)

Medical School – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1999)

Residency – Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (1999-2002)

Fellowship – Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2002-2004)

Current position – Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2007 – Present)

Robert Hendrickson, MD, FACMT

Medical School:  State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn / Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Residency:  Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania/Drexel University

Fellowship:  Medical Toxicology, Medical College of Pennsylvania/Drexel University

Program Director, Fellowship in Medical Toxicology, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, OHSU

Clinical Toxicologist, OHSU and the Oregon Poison Center

Associate Medical Director, Oregon Poison Center

Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness, OHSU

Mark Kostic, MD, FACMT

BS: College of William and Mary in Virginia (1990)

MD: Jefferson Medical College (1994)

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, 2000

Fellowship in Medical Toxicology: Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO 2003

Associate Medical Director and Medical Director of Virginia Poison Center, Aug 2003 – June 2007

Active duty US Navy for over 13 years until separating at rank of Commander (O-5) in Sep, 2007

Since Oct, 2007: Associate Medical Director of WI Poison Center, Milwaukee, WI

Mitchell Ross, MD, FACMT

Undergraduate – Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; 1980

Medical School – Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon; M.D., 1985

Residency – Residency in Pediatrics, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake

City, Utah (July 1985-June 1988)

Chief Residency, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Medical

Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (July 1988-June 1989)

Fellowship – University of Utah Medical Center and Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (November 1988-October 1991)

Current position – Staff Intensive Care Physician, Pediatrix Medical Group, Tallahassee

Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, Florida

Associate Medical Director, Kentucky Regional Poison Center,

Louisville, Kentucky

Aaron Schneir, MD, FACMT

Dr. Aaron Schneir is currently an associate professor at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center where he serves as faculty in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Medical Toxicology. 

Dr. Schneir is the assistant medical director of the emergency department and is also in charge of quality improvement.  He is one of four full time medical toxicology faculty and oversees medical toxicology education of the rotating medical students and residents.  Dr. Schneir graduated from medical school at the University of Southern California, trained in emergency medicine at University of California, Davis Medical Center and in medical toxicology at University of California, San Diego Medical Center.

Matthew Sztajnkrycer, MD, FACMT

Undergraduate: McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT

Residency: University Hospital, Cincinnati Residency, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Cincinnati, OH

Fellowship: University Hospital, Cincinnati Fellowship, Toxicology and Hyperbaric Medicine

Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Cincinnati, OH

Current Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Toxicology Consultant - Hennepin Regional Poison Center, Minneapolis, MN

Toxicology Consultant - Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center, Cincinnati, OH