Timothy J. Wiegand, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-5730

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Locations

Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Ave, AC-3
Rochester, NY 14642

Medical Toxicology: (585) 275-5730

UR Medicine Emergency Toxicology Group
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642

Emergency Medicine: 585-276-5710

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

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD) - Primary

Specialties

Addiction Medicine - American Board of Preventitive Medicine
Internal Medicine
Medical Toxicology - American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education

1995
BS | Iowa State University
Psychology

2001
MD | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Medicine

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

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

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

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

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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

Strong-ICare Feedback from Emergency Medicine Colleagues

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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 0; 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 : official journal of the American Pain Society.. 2016 Jun 0; 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 0; 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 Inc2014

2014
Chapter Title: Marijuana
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Toxicology
Author List: Pereira J; Wiegand T
Edited By: Wexler, P. (Ed.)
Published By: Elsevier Inc2014

2014
Chapter Title: Phencyclidine
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Toxicology
Author List: Puran AC; Holstege CP; Jamison KP; Wiegand TJ
Edited By: Wexler, P. (Ed.)
Published By: Elsevier Inc2014

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