Toxikon Faculty
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Steven E. Aks, DO, FACMT, FACEP
Director, Toxikon Consortium
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University
Interests: Toxicology education, street drugs, acute care toxicology, mushrooms and exotic toxicology
Email: saks@cookcountyhhs.org
Michele Kanter, PharmD, DABAT
Toxicologist Emeritus
Assistant Professor of Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois
Jenny J. Lu, MD, MS
Fellowship Program Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship program
Associate 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
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
Toxicologist Emeritus
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
UIC Clinic Telephone: 312-413-3000 for inquiries and appointments
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
Antonia Nemanich, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University
Substance Use Intervention Team, RUMC
Jenna Nikolaides, MD, MA, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University
Dual appointment, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Director, Substance Use Intervention Team at RUMC
Director of Medical Toxicology at RUMC
Brian Bush, MD
Substance Use Intervention Team, RUMC
Alexia Armenta, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carolyn Fox, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Toxicology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Emeritus Toxicology Faculty
Jerrold B. Leikin, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT, FACP, FACOEM D
Toxicologist Emeritus
Director of Medical Toxicology, NorthShore University Health System – OMEGA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Rush Medical College
Interests: Environmental exposure, forensic toxicology and drug toxicity
Leon Gussow, MD
Toxicologist Emeritus
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University
Medical Editor, The Poison Review
Interests: Medical-legal aspects, medical/toxicology literature evaluation
Founder, Toxikon Consortium
Toxicologist Emeritus
Director, Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
Professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Illinois School of Public Health
Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Interests: Environmental poisons & envenomations, heavy metals, drugs of abuse, sports toxicology, historical poisonings, lava lamps
Toxicology Attending, Illinois Poison Center
Emergency Medicine Attending, SIU Healthcare, Springfield
Attending Physician, Rush University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rush University
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