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Melissa Halliday

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • melissa.l.gittinger@emory.edu
  • Georgia Poison Center
    80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE P.O. Box 26066
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Academic Appointment

  • Medical Toxicology Clerkship Director, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • DO from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

Research

Focus

  • Acute and Chronic Poisoning

    My research focuses on clinical effects due to acute and chronic poisonings and improvement of processes in the consultation of acutely poisoned patients. I am particularly focused on the description of novel clinical effects after acute overdoses and toxic exposures.

Publications

  • Revisiting emergency department use of buprenorphine as a primary analgesic in nonopioid use disorder patients post-X-waiver.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 30 Page(s): 1272 - 1274
    12/01/2023 Authors: Nwanaji-Enwerem JC; Rivera Blanco LE; Kiernan EA; Morgan BW; Gittinger MH; Steck AR
  • The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2022 Annual Report.
    J Med Toxicol Volume: 19 Page(s): 313 - 340
    10/01/2023 Authors: Amaducci AM; Campleman SL; Li S; Karshenas DL; Spyres MB; Farrugia LA; Kang AM; Culbreth RE; Wax PM; Brent J
  • Alpha Lipoic Acid Toxicity: The First Reported Mortality in an Adult Patient After Multiorgan Failure.
    J Emerg Med Volume: 64 Page(s): 190 - 194
    02/01/2023 Authors: Halabi Z; El Helou C; Al Balushi H; Gittinger M; Steck AR; Kaakour A; Abu-Alfa A; El Zahran T
  • The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry-the 2021 Annual Report.
    J Med Toxicol Volume: 18 Page(s): 267 - 296
    10/01/2022 Authors: Love JS; Karshenas DL; Spyres MB; Farrugia LA; Kang AM; Nguyen H; Campleman SL; Li S; Wax PM; Brent J
  • The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2020 Annual Report.
    J Med Toxicol Volume: 17 Page(s): 333 - 362
    10/01/2021 Authors: Spyres MB; Aldy K; Farrugia LA; Kang AM; Love JS; Campleman SL; Li S; Amaducci A; Schwarz E; Wax PM
  • Psychiatric Outcomes of Patients With Severe Agitation Following Administration of Prehospital Ketamine.
    Acad Emerg Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 889 - 896
    08/01/2019 Authors: Lebin JA; Akhavan AR; Hippe DS; Gittinger MH; Pasic J; McCoy AM; Vrablik MC
  • Designer benzodiazepines: a report of exposures recorded in the National Poison Data System, 2014-2017.
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) Volume: 57 Page(s): 282 - 286
    04/01/2019 Authors: Carpenter JE; Murray BP; Dunkley C; Kazzi ZN; Gittinger MH
  • Correction to: The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry-The 2017 Annual Report.
    J Med Toxicol Volume: 14 Page(s): 333
    12/01/2018 Authors: Farrugia LA; Rhyee SH; Campleman SL; Judge B; Kao L; Pizon A; Porter L; Riederer AM; Wiegand T; Calello DP
  • Survival After Severe Rhabdomyolysis Following Monensin Ingestion.
    J Med Toxicol Volume: 13 Page(s): 259 - 262
    09/01/2017 Authors: Blain M; Garrard A; Poppenga R; Chen B; Valento M; Halliday Gittinger M
  • Hepatic abscess-associated Clostridial bacteraemia presenting with intravascular haemolysis and severe hypertension.
    BMJ Case Rep Volume: 2016
    01/28/2016 Authors: Lim AG; Rudd KE; Halliday M; Hess JR
  • Survival After Severe Rhabdomyolysis Following Monensin Ingestion
    Volume: 54 Page(s): 743 - 743
    01/01/2016 Authors: Halliday M; Chen B; Garrard A; Valento M
  • Comparison of iatrogenic adverse drug events occurring in hospital and community settings reported to three poison centers
    Volume: 52 Page(s): 691 - 692
    08/01/2014 Authors: Sheikh S; Punja M; Schultz R; Sollee D; Halliday M; Kieszak S; Law R; Siptak C; Bronstein AC; Schier JG
  • Chronic neurologic complaints in two patients exposed to high levels of fipronil
    CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY Volume: 51 Page(s): 645 - 645
    08/01/2013 Authors: Halliday ML; Wong S; Geller RJ
  • Lithium-induced diabetes insipidus causing acute renal failure and lithium toxicity in a pediatric patient
    CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY Volume: 51 Page(s): 659 - 660
    08/01/2013 Authors: Halliday ML; Morgan BW
  • Acidosis unknown: Fatal lactic acidosis associated with acetaminophen and NRTI use
    CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY Volume: 51 Page(s): 610 - 611
    08/01/2013 Authors: Halliday ML; Boyd M; Morgan BW
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