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Regional Center for Poison Control & Prevention

 Regional Center for Poison Control & Prevention
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Some of our call center staff
(from left to right)
Front: Adina Sheroff, Iris Sheinhait
Back: Dennis Wigandt, Chris Vitale, Fred Aleguas
The Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention handles more than 65,000 calls a year, providing information and assistance with medication errors, ingestion of household products, bites and stings, and exposure to biologic and chemical substances.

Our staff

Medical Director: Michele Burns Ewald, MD
Clinical Fellow: Ann-Jeanette Geib, MD

Toxicologists
Edward Boyer, MD
Heikki Nikkanen, MD
Steve Salhanick, MD
Michael Shannon, MD
Robert Wright, MD

Clinical Manager: Alfred Aleguas, Jr., PharmD
Assistant Clinical Manager: Adina Sheroff, RN

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Additional Poison Center Staff
Cathy Kalayjian (l)
Krysten Modrzejewski (r)
Certified Specialists
Virginia Fortin, RN
Joel Myers, FNP
Anita Rossiter, RPh
James Rorick, RPh
Howard Wine, RPh
Cathy Kalayjian, RN
Iris Sheinhait, PharmD

Specialists
Krysten Modrzejewski, PharmD
Christopher Vitale, PharmD

Information Providers (PIP)
Daniel Garber
Dennis Wigandt
Kim Erdner

Operations Manager: Mary Hochstin, MBA
Administrative Associate: Michael Iocco, BS
MA Education Coordinator: Aarthi Iyer, MPH
RI Education Coordinator: Deborah Turner, MS

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