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Christopher P Holstege, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology, Center of Clinical Toxicology; Medical Director, UVAHS Blue Ridge Poison Center; Executive Director, Department of Student Health and Wellness, University of Virginia

Christopher P Holstege, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College Health Association, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, Medical Society of Virginia, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Toxicology, Wilderness Medical Society

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Quincy X Zhong, MD Fellow in Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine

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Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD Associate Professor with Tenure, Associate Program Director, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Director of UVa CARE, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry, UVA Health

Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine, European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, Medical Society of Virginia, Research Society on Alcoholism

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Angela H Holian, PharmD, BCPS Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Virginia Health System; Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Department of Pharmacy Services, Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy; Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Department of Pharmacy Services, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy; Faculty in Clinical Toxicology, Blue Ridge Poison Center, University of Virginia Medical Center

Angela H Holian, PharmD, BCPS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American College of Medical Toxicology, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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Heather A Borek, MD Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, Associate Fellowship Director, Medical Toxicology, Associate Poison Center Medical Director, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Heather A Borek, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Association of Poison Control Centers, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Medical Society

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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David Bienenfeld, MD Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine

David Bienenfeld, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Association for Academic Psychiatry

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Barry I Liskow, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chairman, Psychiatry Department, Director, Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, The University of Kansas Medical Center

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Lori Holstege, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University

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Nathan P Charlton, MD Fellow in Medical Toxicology, University of Virginia, Blue Ridge Poison Center

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