Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Director, Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University


Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-390-3300
412-390-3311 Fax
krenzelokep@upmc.edu

Medical School:

1971 University of Wisconsin, BS Pharmacy
1974 University of Minnesota, Doctor of Pharmacy

• American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• American Board of Applied Toxicology
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists
• United States Pharmacopeia

• American Board of Applied Toxicology

• Lubich C, Krenzelok EP. Exotic snakes are not always found in exotic places: how poison centres can assist emergency departments. Emerg Med J. 2007 Nov;24(11):796-7.
• Krenzelok EP, Klick RN, Burke TV, Mrvos R. Capitalizing on a current fad to promote poison help: (1-800-222-1222). Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2007 Oct 18;:1-4
• Mrvos R, Swanson-Biearman B, Krenzelok EP. Backyard Mushroom Ingestions: No Gastrointestinal Decontamination-No Effect. J Emerg Med. 2007 Jul 20.

View Dr. Krenzelok's full list of publications from PubMed.

• Gastrointestinal decontamination
• Botanical toxicity
• Antidote
• Biological and chemical terrorism
• Poison prevention
• Product liability
• Alcohol and substance abuse