Recent AACT Award Recipients

2019  Rutherfoord Rose, PharmD, DABAT
2018  Kenneth McMartin, PhD
2017  Michael I. Greenberg, MD, MPH
2016  E. Martin Caravati, MD, MPH
2015  Carol Angle, MD
2014  Anthony Scalzo, MD
2013  Matthew Sztajnkrycer, MD, PhD
2012  Elizabeth Scharman, PharmD, DABAT
2011  Mary Ann Howland, PharmD, DABAT
2010  G. Randall Bond, MD
2009  Donna Seger, MD
2008  Michael McGuigan, MD
2007  James Mowry, PharmD, DABAT
2006  Greg Gaar, MD
2005  Frank Walter, MD

2019  Mary Ann Howland, PharmD, DABAT
2018  Alan Woolf, MD, MPH
2017  Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD
2016  Donna Seger, MD
2015  Lewis Goldfrank, MD
2014  William Banner, MD, PhD
2013  John Doull, MD
2012  Frederick Lovejoy, MD
2011  Barry Rumack, MD
2010  Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD
2009  Ed Krenzelok, PharmD, DABAT
2008  Allister Vale, MD
2007  none awarded
2006  Milton Tenenbein, MD
2005  Mark Thoman, MD
2004  William Robertson, MD

Celeste Black, MD
2019 Recipient 
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Total Bilirubin: Not a Total Waste of Time in Naproxen Toxicity”

Emily Winograd, PharmD
2018 Recipient 
Florida Poison Information Center – Jacksonville
“Pediatric guanfacine exposures reported to the National Poison Data System, 2000 – 2016”

Christopher Gaw, MD, MBE
2017 Recipient 
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Evaluation of Dose and Outcomes from Pediatric Vilazodone Ingestions”

Patrick C. Ng, MD
2018 Recipient 
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
“Novel Oral Countermeasures for Acute Oral Cyanide Poisoning“

George Sam Wang, MD
2016 Recipient 
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
“Physostigmine vs. Lorazepam for Treatment of Adolescent Antimuscarinic (Anticholinergic) Toxidrome”

Jon B. Cole, MD
2013 Recipient 
Hennepin County Medical Center
“A randomized double blind controlled study comparing haloperidol to ketamine as a chemical restraint for “severe agitation“

David H. Jang, MD
2011 Recipient 
New York University School of Medicine
“Methylene blue in an experimental model of severe shock from calcium channel blocker poisoning“

Matthew Zuckerman, MD
2019 Recipient
University of Colorado School of Medicine
“Barriers to buprenorphine initiation in the Emergency Department”

Kim Aldy, DO, MS, MBA
2019 Recipient
UT Southwestern
“Bedside Ultrasound Evaluation and Indicators of Progression in Crotalid Snakebites”

Morgan Riggan, MD
2017 Recipient
New York University and Bellevue Hospital, New York City Poison Control Center
“The effects of activated charcoal and polyethylene glycol with electrolyte solution on bupropion XL concentration in vitro”

Kim Aldy, DO, MS, MBA
2019 Recipient 
UT Southwestern
“Seniors and SUDS (Single-Use Detergent Sacs): A review of the National Poison Center Database”

Khameinei Ali, MD, MBA
2019 Recipient
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
“Is that really the level? On the analytical precision of commonly ordered toxicologic assays”

Christian M. Garcia, MD
2019 Recipient
University of New Mexico
“A systematic review and meta-analysis of alternative dosing to the FDA approved 3-bag regimen”

Susan Hammerman, BS
2019 Recipient
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
“Antiemetics Effectiveness for Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) Emergency Department (ED) Encounters"

Jada (Yu) Zhang, MD, PhD
2019 Recipient
San Francisco General Hospital
“Assessment of microRNA‑122 for Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Patients with Muscle Injury”

Eric McGillis, MD, BSc
2018 Recipient 
Regions Hospital
“Rapid-onset hyperthermia and hypercapnea preceding rigor mortis and cardiopulmonary arrest in a DNP overdose” and “Lack of seizures in patients presenting to the ED with suspected benzodiazepine toxicity”

Paulius Mui
2018 Recipient 
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
“Impact of healthcare resources on intentional and unintentional toxic exposures in urban and rural communities”

Daniel Nogee, MD
2018 Recipient
Yale New Haven Hospital
“Development of a prototype software tool to assist with toxidrome recognition”

Justin Corcoran, MD
2019 Recipient
HealthPartners Institute
“Pharmacokinetics of Insulin During High Dose Insulin Therapy”

Bryan Stierman MD, MPH
2018 Recipient
Boston Children’s Hospital
“Neurodevelopmental Effects of Prenatal Manganese Exposure”

Sean Boley, MD
2016 Recipient 
Hennepin County Medical Cente
“A prospective analysis of physostigmine use versus standard care in the treatment of anticholinergic toxicity”

JoAn R. Laes, MD
2014 Recipient
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
“Toxicology Education in Emergency Medicine: A Formal Needs Assessment and Pilot Study”

2005 Award Winners

Study Title:  Mycotoxins and Toxigenic Fungi in the Outdoor Environment
PI:  Daniel Sudakin, M.D.
Institution:  Oregon State University
Grant Amount:  $2,250

Study Title:  Assessment of Charcoal Adsorption of Botulinum Toxin
PI:  Robert Hoffman, M.D.
Institution:  Beth Israel Medical Center
Grant Amount: $1827

2007 Award Winner

Study Title:  Cross-reactivity of False Hellebore Steroid Alkaloid Compounds with a Digoxin Clinical Chemistry Assay
PI:  Laura K. Bechtel, Ph.D.
Institution:  University of Virginia
Grant Amount:  $1,500

2012 Award Winner

Study Title: Lily of the Valley Ingestion: Epidemiology, Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment of Convallaria Toxicity
PI: Asim Tarabar, MD and Thomas Robey, MD
Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Grant Amount: $3,750

2014 Award Winner

Study Title: Ginkgo Biloba and Panax Ginseng’s effects on driving compared to placebo: a pilot study
PI: Michael Greenberg, MD
Institution: Drexel University
Grant Amount: $3,750

2016 Award Winner

Study Title: Physostigmine vs. lorazepam for treatment of adolescent antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) toxidrome
PI: George Sam Wang, MD
Institution: University of Colorado Denver
Grant Amount: $44,894