#ACMT2025
Annual Scientific Meeting
April 4-6, 2025
Fairmont Hotel
Vancouver, Canada
#ACMT2025
Early-Bird Registration Deadline
February 21, 2025
AACT Poison Symposium
April 2, 2025
ACMT Harm Reduction Symposium
April 3, 2025
Occupational & Environmental Tox Boot Camp
April 3, 2025
#ACMT2025 Main Conference
April 4-6, 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.
Agenda
This agenda is subject to change. The most up-to-date version and activity details (like committee meeting times and locations) can be found on the ACMT Events app. All times listed in local, Pacific Time. Download the agenda.
| 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Platform Session 1: Abstract 001. Safety and Tolerability of the Novel Ghrelin-O-Acyltransferase (GOAT) Inhibitor GLWL-01 in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder Abstract 002. Comparison of Crotalidae Immune F(ab’)2 (Equine) and Crotalidae-polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) at Establishing Control in Louisiana Non-Rattlesnake Crotalid Envenomations Abstract 003. Human Adaptive Immune Response to Envenomation by North American Crotalids Abstract 004. Efficacy of Alpha-Chymotrypsin in Reducing Toxicity of Bungarus Multicinctus Venom in Experimental Rabbit Model | Stephanie Weiss, MD, PhD, Staff Clinician, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD Taylor Sanders, MD, Senior Fellow – PGY5, Core Faculty Member, Carolinas Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA Kevin Baumgartner, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Thuan Le, MD, PCC, Poison Control Center, Bach Mai hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 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 E. 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: Addiction Toxicology Occupational and Env. Health Research Committee Toxinology Fellowship Directors |
| 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, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine/Medical Toxicology, University of California Los Angeles | 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 Stephanie Carreiro, MD, PhD, FACMT, Associate Prof, Dir of the Tox(In)novation Lab Univ of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Neeraj Chhabra, MD, MSCR, Medical Toxicologist & Emergency Medicine Physician, Univ of Illinois Chicago Rachel Culbreth, PhD, MPH, ToxIC, ACMT | 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 | 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 Alexis Cates, DO, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, Ochsner Medical Center Michael Simpson, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 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 **CANCELED** 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 | ToxIC Meeting FIT Double Dare MTF Travel Award Meet n’ Greet |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | ACMT Annual Members Meeting and Awards Ceremony | |
| 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | ACMT President’s Reception w/ FIT Speakeasy |
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | ACMT Committee Meeting: Military Section Past Prezi Breakfast | |
| 7:50 AM – 8:00 AM | Morning Announcements | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Platform Session 2: Abstract 070. Inflammatory Biomarker Profiles of Emergency Department Patients with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome and Acute Cannabis Intoxication Abstract 071. Detecting Ethanol Intoxication and Impairment Using Wearable Biosensors Abstract 072. Xylazine Blood Concentrations Are Not Associated With Clinical Severity After an Opioid Overdose Abstract 073. Veverimer as an Orphan Drug: A Potential Role in Salicylate Toxicity | David Toomey, MD, Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Eric Kaczor, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Evan Schwarz, MD, FACMT, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Ayrn O’Connor, MD, FACMT, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Renibus Therapeutics Inc, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | ACMT Career Achievement Award | POT – Providence, Opportunity, and Teams | 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 Andrew Herring, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Director of Research; Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital; Systemwide Medical Director, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Alameda Health System Rachel Haroz, MD, FAACT, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; Division Head, Toxicology & Addiction Medicine; Medical Director, Center for Healing, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Health Care Gerard Carroll, MD, FAAEM, FAEMS, FASAM, EMT-P., Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, EMS Fellowship Director, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Division Head: EMS and Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Healthcare |
| 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Poster Session 2 Moderated Poster Forum 2 | ACMT Committee Meeting: Women-in-Toxicology (WIT) |
| 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM | Break | ACMT Committee Meetings: Education Committee JMT Editors |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Bayer Sponsored Session | Toxic Misinformation: How Chemical Fears Undermine Public Health | Andrea C. Love, PhD, Immunologist and Microbiologist, Executive Director, American Lyme Disease Foundation |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM | ACMT Committee Meeting: Med Tox Division Chiefs & Section Chairs | |
| 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: Abstract 139. Characterization of Nitazene Involved Overdose Deaths in Ontario, Canada Abstract 140. Patients With Substance Use Disorders Seen By Peer Coaches Have Fewer 90-Day ED Revisits Compared To Usual Care Abstract 141. Delta-9 THC Positivity in Breast Milk Abstract 142. Feasibility of Assessing Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome With a Wearable Biosensor: An Interim Analysis Abstract 143. Effect of Gastric pH and Duodenal pH on Water Bead Expansion Rates Abstract 144. Drug Shortage Outcomes and Solutions Reported to the ToxIC Registry over a 22-Month Period Abstract 075. Opiate Content in Poppy Seed Tea Brewed Using Real-World Quantities and Methods | Jessica Kent, MD, Fellow, University of Toronto & Ontario Poison Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Joseph Ebersole, MD, Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Emily Fenton, MBA, MSFS, D-ABFT-FT, Forensic Toxicologist, NMS Labs, Horsham, PA Simon Ostrowski, MD, Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Daniel Tirado, MD, Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR James Whitledge, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Keahi Horowitz, MD, Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR |
| 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 | EPITOX: Toxicological Surveillance in Spain’s Public Hospital Emergency Departments APAMT | Poisoning And enVenomation Linkage to Evaluate Outcomes and Clinical Variation in Australia (PAVLOVA!) | Moderator: Todd Phillips, MD, FACMT, Director of Toxicology, Integrative Emergency Services 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 Rose Cairns, BPharm PhD, Pharmacy Lecturer, University of Sydney; Director of Research, NSW Poisons Information Centre |
| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Late Breaking Topic: The End of Fluoridation? | Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH, Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM | Poster Session 3 Moderated Poster Forum 3 |