National Journal Club - September 2023

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.

Jeffrey Brent, MD, PhD, is a Distinguished Clinical Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) and Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado Schools of Medicine and Public Health. He did his fellowship in medical toxicology at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, where he has been both medical director and fellowship director. He is a former President of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and a former Board member of the American College of Medical Toxicology. Dr. Brent is the senior editor of Critical Care Toxicology: the Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient, currently in its second edition. Dr. Brent is Co-Principal Investigator of ACMT’s Toxicology Investigators Consortium.

Jeffrey Lai, MD, is an emergency physician and medical toxicologist. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley; medical school at the University of Pittsburgh; and emergency medicine residency and medical toxicology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts. He is the program director of the medical toxicology fellowship at UMass Chan Medical School, and his academic interests include medical education, the application of novel technologies to the treatment of substance use disorders, and the surveillance of impairing substances in patients with severe traumatic injurie

Dr. Mycyk currently serves as the Chair of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Health. He is a board member of several biomedical journals, including service as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Medical Toxicology and Associate Editor of Academic Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mycyk received an AB in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College and an MD from University of Illinois. He completed his Residency in Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center and his fellowship at Toxikon Consortium.