Toxicology

Academic Practice Track

Goals and Objectives:

  1. Foster a greater appreciation and understanding of Medical Toxicology as it pertains to the practice of Emergency Medicine.

  2. Provide mentorship from Medical Toxicology faculty and opportunity to participate in longitudinal scholarly projects.

  3. Prepare interested residents for application to Medical Toxicology Fellowships

Required Activities:

  • Attend a WCMC consult service meeting quarterly to discuss interesting consult cases

  • Attend 2 NYC PCC Consultants Conference per year in addition to tox rotation (virtual or in person)

  • Participate in 2 ACMT/AACT toxicology webinars year (ACMT Case Conference, Grand Rounds, Addiction Conference, Forensic Conference etc)

  • Tox Education Activities - complete 2 educational projects/year from the list below with mentorship from toxicology faculty

      • Write and help to facilitate a SIM case to be used during morning report at WCMC or CUMC

      • Present a morning report on a toxicology subject

      • Author a clinical guideline for WCMC consultation service

      • Provide a lecture to Sub-I’s rotating on EM rotation

      • Author a blog post, podcast or other form of digital scholarship with faculty editor

      • Author an article in EMRA Resident Magazine, ALiEM/ACMT Tox Visual Pearls

      • Author 10 questions with answer explanations for ToxRunner Qbank

      • Tox case of the month

  • Complete X-waiver training

  • Attend Toxicology Journal Club

  • Complete a longitudinal research project or QI project with a faculty member

  • Bimonthly meeting with tox faculty to discuss tox topic – readings in EM texts, Tox Text (ie Goldfranks), FOAMED sites


Optional but encouraged activities:

  • Join a national or regional committee (ie. EMRA toxicology section)

  • Help to create a combined NYPEM residency toxicology online resource (either on nexus or another site which we can explore)

  • Bronx Zoo Field Trip (annually vs. biannually depending on interest)

  • “Tox Movie Night” – Hosted by faculty

  • Tox Book Club

  • Addiction Medicine Elective at WCMC

  • Toxicology Elective

  • Attend Toxicology Conference(s)-especially helpful for residents pursuing a toxicology fellowship for networking. ACMT Spring conference often has a resident track and a fellowship director meet and greet. NACCT Fall conference is a good place to network a month or two before match.

Track Directors

Dr. Elissa Moore

Dr. Elizabeth (Elissa) Moore is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She attended the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY, completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, and her Medical Toxicology fellowship at the University of Arizona - Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Moore served as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California/ Los Angeles County Medical Center.


Dr. Moore has an interest in critical care, envenomations, gender equity in medicine and a passion for making medical toxicology education more accessible. She is the producer and co-host of the Tox in Ten Podcast and co-founder of Women in Toxicology (WiT). She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology


Dr. Jason Chu

Dr Jason Chu is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He completed his training in Emergency Medicine at the University Medical Center at Stony Brook and a Fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center/New York City Poison Control Center. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Chu was faculty at the Mount Sinai St Luke's-Roosevelt Emergency Medicine residency prior to joining the Department of Emergency Medicine at CUMC.

Dr Chu has studied novel antidotal therapies for various overdoses including intravenous lipid emulsions and has a passion for toxicology education for all learner from medical students, residents, advanced practice providers and fellows.

Track Faculty

Dr. Adam Blumenberg


Dr. Michael Chary


Dr. Brenna Farmer

Dr. Rama Rao