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ACMT CONNECTION E-News: November 2017
What Your Support Does for ACMT’s Medical Toxicology Foundation
MTF has released its 2017 Annual Report. Read about progress at MTF, the impact of donor funding, and what your support can do for the field of medical toxicology.
Learn more about the achievements of MTF award and grant recipients including:
- Development of the Global Educational Toxicology Tool Kit (GETKIT)
- The connection of Urinary Gadolinium levels and long-term retention after contrast enhanced MRIs
- Naloxone distribution patterns in patients with a history of heroin abuse
Your donation helps to advance the mission of the MTF--to improve patient’s lives through support of education, training, and research.
Register online until December 11, or on-site in Philadelphia!
2017 Seminar in Forensic Toxicology 'Opioids, Toxicology, and the Law: Medical-Legal Aspects of the Opioid Epidemic'
Monday, Dec.11 and Tuesday Dec. 12, 2017
Join us at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia
Register now for the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting April 6-8 in Washington DC.
Register now for the Satellite Session 'Toxic Threats, Chemical Security and Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals,' the day prior to ASM, Thursday, April 5, 2018.
ToxIC Registry Update
Several ToxIC Registry abstracts were presented at NACCT in Vancouver, and submissions are in for ASM 2018. Read more to review manuscripts published in 2017.
PEHSU Outreach
The PEHSU program was featured at two different meetings in November—the Association of American Medical Colleges and the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.
Join the ACMT Membership Committee
Would you like to help increase membership and improve member experience? Read more about how you can support the goals of this important group.
Apply for an EMF/MTF Research Award
Eligible applicants: Active Emergency Medicine Resident, Medical Toxicology Fellow, Young Medical Toxicology Faculty. Award amount: up to $10,000 Application deadline: January 16, 2018. Link to details.
ACMT released two new position statements in late-November
ACMT collaborates with federal agencies on ‘Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders' Link to press release.
Member News
The work of ACMT member David H. Jang, MD, in mitochondrial bioenergetics in acute care (poisoning), was featured on the Penn Medicine News site. Dr. Jang also submitted this work for ASM 2018. Link to article.
