ACMT Highlights Tox-in-Ten: Episode 64

Gillian Beauchamp, MD, is Vice Chair for Education and Community Engagement in the Lehigh Valley Health Network Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine & Division of Medical Toxicology. She is an Associate Professor at USF Morsani College of Medicine, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Jefferson University. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. She is an Editorial board member for Toxicology Communications and a Reviews Section Editor and Editorial board member for the Journal of Medical Toxicology; and is co-host for the Tox in Ten: ACMT Highlights podcast.

Dr. John W. Downs, MD, MPH, is a medical toxicology faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and a retired U.S. Army officer with over 20 years of distinguished service. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the Uniformed Services University (USU), he completed residencies in internal medicine and occupational & environmental medicine, as well as a fellowship in medical toxicology at VCU. Dr. Downs has extensive military medical experience, including multiple deployments as a senior medical officer for special operations and infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan, and leadership roles such as Chief of Preventive Medicine at Fort Campbell and Chief of Occupational & Environmental Medicine at Walter Reed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Board certified in internal medicine, occupational & environmental medicine, and medical toxicology, he also holds certifications as a Certified Public Health professional (CPH) and Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT). A Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dr. Downs has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications and is a recipient of the Army Surgeon General’s 9A Proficiency Designation.