National Journal Club - March 2024
Recorded On: 03/12/2024
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DexmetetomiDON'T
Presented by:
Northwell Health Medical Toxicology Fellowship at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ)
Articles:
Bielka K, Kuchyn L, Glumcher F: Addition of dexmedetomidine to benzodiazepines for patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the intensive care unit: A randomized controlled study. Intens Care 2015;5:33.
Collier TE, Farrell LB, Killian AD, et al: Effect of adjunctive dexmedetomidine in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal compared to benzodiazepine symptom-triggered therapy I critically ill patients: The EvADE Study J Pharm Pract 2020;1-7.
Ware LR, Schuler BR, Goodberlet MZ, et al: Evaluation of dexmedetomidine as an adjunct to phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal in critically ill patients. J Intens Care Med 2023;38:553-561.
Series Moderator: Steven E. Aks, DO, FACEP, FACMT, Toxikon Consortium
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Steven E. Aks, DO, FACMT (Moderator)
Toxicology Director and Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rush Medical College
Dr. Steven Aks graduated from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1987. He works in Chicago, IL and 4 other locations and specializes in Public Health & General Preventive Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Dr. Aks is affiliated with John H Stroger Jr Hospital Of Cook County.
Joshua Nogar, MD
Director of Medical Toxicology, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director
Hofstra/Northwell Health
Dr. Josh Nogar grew up in the High Desert of New Mexico, but has been a New Yorker for 16 years. Dr. Nogar received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 2005, completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico in 2009, and a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the University of California San Diego in 2011. He has been faculty in the department of Emergency Medicine & Medical Toxicology at North Shore University Hospital since 2011, in Long Island, NY. He has been the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director at Northwell Health since 2016, and his areas of specific interest include fellow education, metabolic uncouplers, overdose trends, and addiction medicine. He is dedicated to helping trainees achieve their individual career goals, as well as adapting his training program to the changing scope of practice for Medical Toxicologists, as well as the needs to individual learners. Outside of work, Dr. Nogar enjoys spending time with his wife & children. He is an avid fly-fisherman.
Santiago Batista Minaya, MD
Fellow
Northwell Health
Dr. Batista Minaya is currently a Medical Toxicology Fellow-in-Training at Northwell Health.
Cyrus Kuschner, MD
Fellow
Northwell Health
Dr. Kuschner graduated from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine At Hofstra/Northwell in 2020. He works in Manhasset, NY and specializes in Emergency Medicine. He is currently a Medical Toxicology Fellow-in-Training at Northwell Health.
Joseph Zambratto, MD
Fellow
Northwell Health
Dr. Zambratto is currently a Medical Toxicology Fellow at Northwell Health.