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Timothy J. Wiegand, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-5730

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

groupAn Accountable Health Partner

assignmentAccepting New Patients

Patient Care Settings

Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine

Biography

Professional Background

Tim Wiegand MD, DABAM, FACMT, FAACT attended Iowa State University and graduated with Honors and Distinction in 1995. He received his MD from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin in 2004. Dr. Wiegand completed a categorical Internal Medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota and completed fellowship training in Medical Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Dr. Wiegand also became Board Certified in Addiction Medicine in 2015. He was the Medical Director of the Rochester Poison Center until 2010 and currently serves as the Director of Toxicology and of the Toxicology Consult Service at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Wiegand is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at URMC and also a volunteer faculty member of the SUNY Upstate Medical Toxicology Fellowship program. Dr. Wiegand's research interests include billing, reimbursement and effectiveness of Medical Toxicology practice models, warning signs for suicide attempt in particular the use and involvement of alcohol or drugs in a suicide attempt and he is involved with wide variety of surveillance and research projects involving the bedside toxicology Registry the ACMT Toxic Case Registry.

Credentials

Specialties

    Education

    2001
    MD | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health (USA)

    Post-doctoral Training & Residency

    07/01/2004 - 06/30/2006
    Fellowship in Medical Toxicology at University of California San Francisco

    07/01/2002 - 06/30/2004
    Residency in Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center

    07/01/2001 - 06/30/2002
    Internship in Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center

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    Awards

    2016
    Millenium Research Institute Annual Conference Program Committee Award presented at ASAM Annual Meeting 2016

    2015
    Strong-ICare Feedback from Medicine Colleagues

    2014
    Informa award for best case report abstract
    Sponsor: Informa
    Location: EAPCCT meeting, Brussels, Beligiun

    2014
    American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Fellowship Desigantion (FAACT)

    2013
    Certificate of Recognition and Honor for Quality and Commitment
    Sponsor: Huther-Doyle Chemical Dependency Treatment Program
    Location: Rochester, New York

    2013
    Award for the best abstract submitted to ASAM
    Sponsor: American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
    Location: Annual Meeting Chicago, IL

    2012
    Nominated to run for the American College of Medical Toxicology Board of Directors
    Sponsor: American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)

    2011
    Finalist for Informa award for best case report abstract
    Sponsor: Informa
    Location: EAPCCT Annual Meeting

    2011
    Strong Star
    Sponsor: University of Rochester Medical Center

    2009
    Research award/ Platform Presenter
    Sponsor: North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT)
    Location: NACCT Annual Conference, San Antonio TX

    2008
    Research award/Presenter selection
    Sponsor: European Association of Poison Control and Clinical Toxicology
    Location: EAPCCT Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain

    2006 - 2008
    Loan Repayment Award for developing careers in Clinical Research
    Sponsor: NIH

    2003
    ACP regional finalist/Platform Presenter –Poster competition
    Sponsor: ACP


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    Publications

    Journal Articles

    9/2016
    Farrugia LA, Rhyee SH, Campleman SL, Ruha AM, Weigand T, Wax PM, Brent J, . "The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry-the 2015 Experience." Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 Sep; 12(3):224-47. Epub 2016 Aug 12.

    6/2016
    Wiegand TJ, Le Lait MC, Bartelson BB, Dart RC, Green JL. "Analysis of the Abuse and Diversion of the Buprenorphine Transdermal Delivery System." The journal of pain.. 2016 Jun; 17(6):745-52. Epub 2016 Mar 18.

    3/2016
    Wang GS, Levitan R, Wiegand TJ, Lowry J, Schult RF, Yin S, . "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Severe Toxicological Exposures: Review of the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC)." Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 Mar; 12(1):95-9.

    Books & Chapters

    2014
    Chapter Title: Cocaine
    Book Title: Encyclopedia of Toxicology
    Author List: Siegrist M; Wiegand TJ
    Edited By: Wexler, P. (Ed.)
    Published By: Elsevier Inc 2014

    2014
    Chapter Title: Blood
    Book Title: Encyclopedia of Toxicology
    Author List: Moreno, M., Wiegand, T.J.,
    Edited By: Wexler, P. (Ed.)
    Published By: Elsevier Inc 2014

    2014
    Chapter Title: Potassium Iodide
    Book Title: Encyclopedia of Toxicology
    Author List: Barton N; Wiegand TJ
    Edited By: Wexler, P. (Ed.)
    Published By: Elsevier Inc 2014

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