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 2006, under a DHHS/HRSA Grant, he was part of the team that created the web-based Antivenom Index, a resource for zoos to document their holdings of antivenoms to non-native species and for clinicans to locate those antivenoms to treat exotic envenomations.[4] In 2007, he became the medical director of the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center.[2] He has contributed numerous textbook chapters in medical texts, including Goldman's Cecil Medicine,[5] Critical Care Toxicology, [6], Conn's Current Therapy,[7] and UpToDate.[8] He co-edited Clinical Toxinology in Australia, Europe and Americas (Springer).[9] He also served on the New Mexico Prescription Drug Misuse and Overdose Preventional and Pain Management Advisory Council, from its inception in 2012, as the statutory representative of the University of New Mexico.[10]

Honors and awards

Seifert is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology[11] and of the American College of Medical Toxicology[12]. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the American College of Medical Toxicology[13], the American Association of Poison Control Centers[14], and the North American Society of Toxinolgy[15], including as its inaugural president. In 1996 he received a J.C. Penny Golden Rule Finalist Award.[16] He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2011.[17]

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. ↑ Vehrs, Kristin (2006-08-15). "New web-based Antivenom Index now available". University of Nebraska Medical Center.
  5. ↑ "Cecil TOC". KUMC Library.
  6. ↑ "Critical Care Toxicology TOC". ResearchGate.
  7. ↑ "Conn's Current Therapy TOC". Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Contributor list, UpToDate". UpToDate.
  9. ↑ "SpringerBooks". Springer.com.
  10. ↑ "Advisory Council Membership". State of NM.
  11. ↑ "AACT Fellows as of 2015". American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
  12. ↑ "ACMT Fellow Designation". American College of Medical Toxicology.
  13. ↑ "ACMT Board of Directors". American College of Medical Toxicology.
  14. ↑ "AAPCC Board of Directors". Business Wire.
  15. ↑ "NAST Board of Directors". North American Society of Toxinology.
  16. ↑ "Citizen of the year named". Tucson Citizen.
  17. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Award". University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
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