Background
Andrew Stolbach, M.D., M.P.H., FAACT, FACEP, FACMT, leads our toxicology training curricula and works clinically at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He serves as a consultant to the Maryland Poison Center, is a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and is a Johns Hopkins Institutional Review Board co-chair.
He was a magna cum laude graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in life science and a minor in history. He furthered his education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and earned his M.D. in 2002. Dr. Stolbach completed his emergency medicine residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City from 2002 to 2005, where he was Chief Resident. He completed his fellowship in medical toxicology at Bellevue Medical Center and New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Stolbach has received honors and awards, including the University Honors Medal for Scholarship in History (1998), Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (1998), a 2010 American College of Medical Toxicology/McNeil Products Award for Acetaminophen-Related Research, and a grant from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for airborne particulate matter education.
He is a member of the board of directors of the American College of Medical Toxicology. He is recognized as a fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine, American College of Medical Toxicology and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
Dr. Stolbach has developed a 15-part online toxicology training program that is used by 25 emergency medicine residency programs.
He is Co-Chair of the GETUP (Global Emergency Toxicology Uniting Program) toxicology course. The GETUP program links countries with and without toxicology services to provide education in the management of poison and overdose. The overall goals of the program are to educate clinicians who care for poisoned patients and to connect people throughout the world with an interest in poisoning education.
He also created toxicology webinars and online modules for the American College of Medical Toxicology and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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