Toxikon Faculty

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Steven E. Aks, DO, FACMT, FACEP

Director, Toxikon Consortium

Chair, Div of Toxicology, Stroger Hospital

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University

Interests:  Toxicology education, street drugs, acute care toxicology, mushrooms and exotic toxicology

Email: saks@cookcountyhhs.org

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Michele Kanter, PharmD, DABAT

Toxicologist Emeritus

Assistant Professor of Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois

Interests:  Acute poisonings, non-original container toxicology

Jenny J. Lu, MD, MS

Fellowship Program Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship program

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University

Interests: Acute care toxicology, toxicological mysteries, resident and student education

Contact Dr. Lu for questions about applying to our fellowship program. Email: jlu@cookcountyhhs.org

Sean M. Bryant, MD, FACMT, FAACT

Associate Program Director, Toxikon Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program

Associate Medical Director, Illinois Poison Center

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University

Served: CDR, United States Navy Reserve MC, 4th Med BN, SCOA, Det 5

Interests: Acute poisonings, critical care toxicology, natural poisons, toxicology education and research

Email: sbryant@cookcountyhhs.org

Mark B. Mycyk, MD, FACMT, FAACT, FACEP

Director of Research, Toxikon Consortium

Director of Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (Cook County PEHSU)

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Interests: New drugs of abuse, new millennium plumbism,
innovative scholarship

Email: mmycyk@cookcountyhhs.org

Neeraj Chhabra, MD

Attending Physician, University of Illinois, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Division of Toxicology

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University

Interests: Acute care toxicology, opioid poisoning outbreaks, toxicological mysteries, resident education

Email: neeraj1@uic.edu

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Trevonne M. Thompson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM 

Associate Director, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Interests: Novel concepts in antidotal therapy, acute care toxicology, poison management in underserved international populations

       Email: tthomps@uic.edu

Frank Paloucek, PharmD, DABAT 

Interests: Malicious poisoning, toxicokinetics

Michael Wahl, MD, FACEP, FACMT

Medical Director, Illinois Poison Center

Attending physician, Northshore University Health System

Clinical Instructor, University of Chicago

Interests: Poison Center issues, drugs of abuse, emerging trends in toxicology, public health

Email: MWahl@team-iha.org

Sean McCann, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Attending Physician, University of Illinois Hospital

Director of Toxicology Clinic at University of Illinois Hospital

Interests: botanical and marine toxins, acute care toxicology, socioeconomic and racial disparities in pediatric lead poisoning

Email: smccann7@uic.edu

Timothy Meehan, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Interests: Critical care toxicology, pharmaceutical diversion, education through novel techniques

Carol DesLauriers, PharmD, DABAT

Assistant Vice President, Illinois Poison Center

Interests: Poison center guidelines, carbon monoxide poisoning, drug abuse outbreaks

Jenna Nikolaides, MD

Antonia Nemanich, MD

Brian Bush, MD

Vinoo Dissanayake, MD

 Attending Physician, Rush University Medical Center 

 Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University

 Interests:

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