LewisNelsonMDMBA

Medical Toxicology

Professor & Chair, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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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

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. 2025-03-18
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
Letter to the Editor-Response to "Opioid-related xylazine toxicity manifesting as myonecrosis, rhabdomyolysis, multifocal ischemic cerebral infarcts, and cerebral edema".
Anthony Spadaro, Jennifer S Love, Lewis S Nelson, Howard A Greller
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2024-08-01

Lectures

Medication Management - A Niche in Patient Safety for Emergency Physicians
New 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 intoxication
Nelson 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

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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