Steven Seifert

Steven A. Seifert is an American medical toxicologist. He is a professor of emergency medicine at the University of New Mexico, as well as the medical director of the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center. Since 2017, he has also been the editor-in-chief of Clinical Toxicology.[1]

Education

Seifert received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1972 and his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1976. He completed his internship in family medicine at the University of Arizona and his fellowship in medical toxicology at the University of Colorado.[2]

Career

After completing his fellowship, Seifert served on the staff of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center in Tucson, after which he served as the medical director of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center in Omaha for six years. In 2004, while working at the Nebraska Regional Poison Center, he contributed fifteen chapters to the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins textbook Medical Toxicology.[3] In 2007, he became the medical director of the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center.[2]

Honors and awards

Seifert is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.[4] He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Editor-in-Chief Appointment Clinical Toxicology". Taylor & Francis. 2016-12-06.
  2. 1 2 "Steven A. Seifert, MD". University of New Mexico.
  3. ↑ Spellman, Lisa (2004-01-26). "Poison Center medical director contributes to toxicology book". University of Nebraska Medical Center.
  4. ↑ "AACT Fellows as of 2015". American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
  5. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Award". University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
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