MiguelFernandezMD

Medical Toxicology

Professor, Emergency Medicine & Medical Toxicology, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio

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Dr. Miguel Fernández is an emergency medicine and medical toxicology physician practicing in California, Texas, and Arizona. He received his medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin and has been in practice 31 years. He specializes in emergency medicine and medical toxicology with a strong interest in environmental health and forensic toxicology and numerous publications in these fields. He has been a featured speaker at a substantial number of conferences and medical training programs across the globe. He is a medical toxicologist for the University of Arizona in Tucson, a medical director of a free-standing emergency center in San Antonio, Texas and a regional director for Advanced Hazmat Life Support training.

University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonFellowship, Medical Toxicology (Emergency Medicine), 1994 - 1996
Charles R Drew UniversityResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1985 - 1988
Medical College of WisconsinClass of 1985

PubMed

2 citations
Pyridoxine does not prevent hyperbaric oxygen-induced seizures in rats
Frank G. Walter, Peter B. Chase, Miguel Claudio Fernandez, Diane Cameron, Denise J. Roe
The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006-08-01
18 citations
Botulism-like syndrome after injections of botulinum toxin.
Douglas B. Cobb, William A. Watson, Miguel Claudio Fernandez
Veterinary and Human Toxicology. 2000-06-01
10 citations
Fatal abrin poisoning by injection
Ginger R. Rinner, Sarah A. Watkins, Farshad Shirazi, Miguel Claudio Fernandez, Greg Hess
Clinical Toxicology. 2021-02-01