Lewis Nelson MD MBA
Medical Toxicology
Professor & Chair, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
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150 Bergen StNewark, NJ 07103
Phone+1 973-972-8475
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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1990 - 1993
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2024 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1990 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2025
CT State Medical License 1995 - 1996
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine- American Board of Emergency Medicine Medical Toxicology
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- An Outbreak of Synthetic Cannabinoid-Adulterated Tianeptine Products in New Jersey - Case Series.Christopher J Counts, Anthony V Spadaro, Trevor A Cerbini, Alex J Krotulski, Sara E Walton
Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2025-04-01 - The promising use of an emergency department observation unit to manage patients with opioid use disorder.Thai Tran, Nicholas Imperato, Akiva Dym, Anthony Rosania, Lewis Nelson
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025-02-06 - Trends in opioid exposures among young children reported to United States poison centers from 2016 to 2023.Perry E Rosen, Christine Ramdin, James Leonard, Bruce E Ruck, Lewis S Nelson
Clinical Toxicology. 2024-11-01
Lectures
- Medication Management - A Niche in Patient Safety for Emergency PhysiciansNew York University School of Medicine, NY - 5/15/2014
- Opioid Prescribing from Our EDs: Where Do We Go from Here?New York University School of Medicine, NY - 5/16/2014
Other
- Cocaine: Acute intoxicationNelson L, Odujebe O
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/cocaine-acute-intoxication
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-08 - Internal concealment of drugs of abuse (body packing)Nelson L, Hoffman RS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/internal-concealment-of-drugs-of-abuse-body-packing
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-03-20
Press Mentions
FAU Celebrates the Thrill of Match Day with Soon-to-Be-PhysiciansMarch 21st, 2025- FDA Approves New Nasal Spray to Reverse OverdosesMay 23rd, 2023
- Drug Overdose Deaths Have Quadrupled Among Seniors in the Last 20 Years. Why?April 5th, 2023
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