
Andrew Stolbach, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Andrew Stolbach
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Background
Andrew Stolbach, M.D., M.P.H., FAACT, FACEP, FACMT, leads our toxicology training curricula and works clinically at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He serves as a consultant to the Maryland Poison Center, is a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and is a Johns Hopkins Institutional Review Board co-chair.
He was a magna cum laude graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in life science and a minor in history. He furthered his education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and earned his M.D. in 2002. Dr. Stolbach completed his emergency medicine residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City from 2002 to 2005, where he was Chief Resident. He completed his fellowship in medical toxicology at Bellevue Medical Center and New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Stolbach has received honors and awards, including the University Honors Medal for Scholarship in History (1998), Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (1998), a 2010 American College of Medical Toxicology/McNeil Products Award for Acetaminophen-Related Research, and a grant from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for airborne particulate matter education.
He is a member of the board of directors of the American College of Medical Toxicology. He is recognized as a fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine, American College of Medical Toxicology and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
Dr. Stolbach has developed a 15-part online toxicology training program that is used by 25 emergency medicine residency programs.
He is Co-Chair of the GETUP (Global Emergency Toxicology Uniting Program) toxicology course. The GETUP program links countries with and without toxicology services to provide education in the management of poison and overdose. The overall goals of the program are to educate clinicians who care for poisoned patients and to connect people throughout the world with an interest in poisoning education.
He also created toxicology webinars and online modules for the American College of Medical Toxicology and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Research Interests
Access to Care, Drug and Alcohol Use, Toxicology Education
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=stolbach%20a[au]%20AND%20hopkins[ad]&cmd=DetailsSearch
Selected Publications
Anderson J.O., Thundiyil J.G., Stolbach A. Clearing the air: A review of the effects of particulate matter air pollution on human health. J Med Toxicol 2011.
Jernigan D.H., Cukier S., Ross C., Ahmed S.R., Stolbach A. Alcohol brand use in the ermergency department: A pilot study. Subst Use Misuse. 2013.
Margolis A.M., Heverling H., Pham P.A., Stolbach A. A review of the toxicity of HIV medications. J Med Toxicol. 2014.
Margolis A.M., Heverling H., Pham P.A., Stolbach A. A review of the toxicity of HIV medications. J Med Toxicol. 2014.
Stolbach A., Nelson L.S., Hoffman R.S. Protection of patients from physician substance misuse (letter). JAMA. 2013.
Honors
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/American College of Medical Toxicology award for development of teaching projects
- Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
- Fellow, American College of Medical Toxicology
- Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
- ACMT/McNeil Products Award for Acetaminophen-Related Research, ACMT/McNeil, 1/1/10
- Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, 1/1/98
- The University Honors Medal for Scholarship in History, 1/1/98
Graduate Program Affiliations
Development of clinical toxicology educational programs
Memberships
- American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
- American College of Emergency Medicine
- American College of Medical Toxicology
- Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MPH, 2016NYC Health+Hospitals/Bellevue
Fellowship, 2007Mount Sinai St Lukes
Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2005University of Maryland School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2002Board Certifications
Medical Toxicology
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2008Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2006Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)