Emergency Medicine Research Forum
The 21st Annual Research Forum will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2013
This one-day regional meeting takes place every spring. A visiting professor presents on a current topic in Emergency Medicine. Faculty, Residents, and Medical Students have the opportunity to showcase original adult and pediatric research they have conducted throughout the year. The Forum is intended for emergency medicine faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses, other health care professionals, and researchers.
2013 Visiting Professor Barry H. Rumack, MD
Acetaminophen: Past, Present and Future
Dr. Rumack was a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is now retired. He was director of the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center from 1974 through 1991 and is now director emeritus and continues to do research and teaching. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a bachelor of science and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a doctor of medicine degree. He served his internship at the University of Colorado as a straight pediatric intern, was a clinical and research associate at the National Institutes of Health and completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado. He did a clinical pharmacology and toxicology fellowship at the University of Colorado and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh under the direction of Henry Matthew, M.D.
Dr. Rumack has published more than 200 original scientific articles, presented numerous abstracts at scientific meetings and written many chapters and books. His research is primarily the effect of drugs on the liver and he has published over 50 peer reviewed articles on acetaminophen including three in 2012 as work on that molecule continues. On October 4, 2012 he received the Career Achievement Award of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Preliminary Research Forum Schedule
Alumni Center, Medical College of Wisconsin
Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:30am - Registration (continental breakfast)
8:00am - Research Presentations
12:15pm - Resident Scholarly Activity Presentations (lunch provided)
1:30pm - Presentation by Visiting Professor Barry H. Rumack, MD (Acetaminophen: Past, Present and Future)
3:00pm - Awards Presentation
This forum is intended for emergency medicine attendings, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses, other health care professionals, and researchers.
For questions or more information, please contact mcwemresearch@gmail.com.