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Timothy J. Wiegand, M.D.

Timothy J. Wiegand, M.D.

Emergency Medicine , Internal Medicine

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Appointment (585) 275-5730

About Me

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 reside...
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.

Certified Specialties

Addiction Medicine - American Board of Preventive Medicine

Medical Toxicology - American Board of Emergency Medicine

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Medical Toxicology, University of California San Francisco. 2004 - 2006

Residency, Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center. 2002 - 2004

Internship, Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center. 2001 - 2002

Education

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

Awards

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

Strong-ICare Feedback from Medicine Colleagues. 2015

Informa award for best case report abstract. 2014

American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Fellowship Desigantion (FAACT). 2014

Certificate of Recognition and Honor for Quality and Commitment. 2013

Award for the best abstract submitted to ASAM. 2013

Nominated to run for the American College of Medical Toxicology Board of Directors. 2012

Finalist for Informa award for best case report abstract. 2011

Strong Star. 2011

Research award/ Platform Presenter. 2009

Research award/Presenter selection. 2008

Loan Repayment Award for developing careers in Clinical Research. 2006 - 2008

ACP regional finalist/Platform Presenter –Poster competition. 2003

Strong-ICare Feedback from Emergency Medicine Colleagues.

Publications

Journal Articles

The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry-the 2015 Experience.

Farrugia LA, Rhyee SH, Campleman SL, Ruha AM, Weigand T, Wax PM, Brent J,

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 September 12 (3):224-47. Epub 08/12/2016.

Analysis of the Abuse and Diversion of the Buprenorphine Transdermal Delivery System.

Wiegand TJ, Le Lait MC, Bartelson BB, Dart RC, Green JL

The journal of pain.. 2016 June 17 (6):745-52. Epub 03/18/2016.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Severe Toxicological Exposures: Review of the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC).

Wang GS, Levitan R, Wiegand TJ, Lowry J, Schult RF, Yin S,

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):95-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pharmacotherapy of Opioid Addiction: "Putting a Real Face on a False Demon".

Salsitz E, Wiegand T

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):58-63. Epub 1900 01 01.

The New Kid on the Block--Incorporating Buprenorphine into a Medical Toxicology Practice.

Wiegand TJ

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):64-70. Epub 1900 01 01.

Case Presentations from the Addiction Academy.

Laes JR, Wiegand T

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):82-94. Epub 1900 01 01.

Addiction Medicine: Current Status of Certification, Maintenance of Certification, Training, and Practice.

Kunz K, Wiegand T

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):76-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Medical Toxicology and the Crisis of Addiction--Introduction to the Proceedings from the 2015 ACMT Addiction Academy.

Wiegand TJ, Babu KM

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2016 March 12 (1):48-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Dabagatran Case Report.

Gorodetsky RM;Wiegand TJ.

Clinical Toxicology, Accepted for Publication. 2016; .

Bronchoscopic Findings Associated with Inhaled Chlorine Toxicity.

Endrizzi J, Nobay F, Wiegand T, Porter E

The Journal of emergency medicine.. 2015 October 49 (4):e123-5. Epub 07/04/2015.

Extracorporeal Treatment for Metformin Poisoning: Systematic Review and Recommendations From the Extracorporeal Treatments in Poisoning Workgroup.

Calello DP, Liu KD, Wiegand TJ, Roberts DM, Lavergne V, Gosselin S, Hoffman RS, Nolin TD, Ghannoum M,

Critical care medicine.. 2015 August 43 (8):1716-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

Prolonged use of intravenous lipid emulsion in a severe tricyclic antidepressant overdose.

Agarwala R, Ahmed SZ, Wiegand TJ

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2014 June 10 (2):210-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Use of a physostigmine continuous infusion for the treatment of severe and recurrent antimuscarinic toxicity in a mixed drug overdose.

Phillips MA, Acquisto NM, Gorodetsky RM, Wiegand TJ

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2014 June 10 (2):205-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Loperamide Abuse Resulting in Cardiac Arrhythmias.

Marraffa J; Holland M;Sullivan R; Morgan B; Oakes J; Wiegand T, Hodgman M.

England Journal of Medicine. 2014; .

Lisdexamfetamine ingestion resulting in hypertensive emergency treated with phentolamine.

Spaziani ML; Schult R; Wiegand TJ.

Clinical Toxicology. 2014; .

A review of physical exam findings associated with anticholinergic poisoning reversed with physostigmine.

Wiegand TJ.

European Association of Poison Centers and Clinical Toxicology (EAPCCT). 2014; .

Baclofen Distribution into Breast Milk: A Potential for Toxicity?

Lin H; Barton N; Wiegand T.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Comparison of Alcohol Withdrawal Outcomes in Patients Treated with Benzodiazepines Alone versus Adjunctive Phenobarbital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Gashlin L; Groth C; Wiegand T.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Successful Physostigmine Treatment of Delirium Induced by Clozapine Adulterated Street Drugs.

Wiegand TJ; Ahari S; Schult R.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Use of Multidose Activated Charcoal (MDAC) for Drug Elimination in the Toxic Case Registry.

Wiegand TJ; Ahari S; Schult R.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Evolution of a Medical Toxicology Consult Service in Billing and Reimbursement.

Kamali M; Montante R; Loveland T; Wratni R; Crane P; Wiegand T.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Overdoses and Organ Donation: Barriers to Salvaging Good from Tragedy.

Ahari S; Wiegand TJ.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Prevention of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in the Setting of Intrauterine Baclofen Exposure.

Lin H; Barton N; Wiegand T.

Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2014; .

Guidelines for reporting case studies on extracorporeal treatments in poisonings: methodology.

Lavergne V, Ouellet G, Bouchard J, Galvao T, Kielstein JT, Roberts DM, Kanji S, Mowry JB, Calello DP, Hoffman RS, Gosselin S, Nolin TD, Goldfarb DS, Burdmann EA, Dargan PI, Decker BS, Hoegberg LC, Maclaren R, Megarbane B, Sowinski KM, Yates C, Mactier R, Wiegand T, Ghannoum M

Seminars in dialysis.. 2014 27 (4):407-14. Epub 05/29/2014.

The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry--the 2012 experience.

Wiegand T, Wax P, Smith E, Hart K, Brent J

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2013 December 9 (4):380-404. Epub 1900 01 01.

Prolonged lipemia and pancreatitis due to extended infusion of lipid emulsion in bupropion overdose.

Bucklin MH, Gorodetsky RM, Wiegand TJ

Clinical toxicology : the official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists.. 2013 November 51 (9):896-8. Epub 08/30/2013.

Coma Blisters in the Setting of Quetiapine Overdose: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Wiegand TJ; Gorodetsky RM; Peredy TR.

Asian Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2013; 2(2): 153-6.

Two cases of accidental injection of epinephrine into a digit treated with subcutaneous phentolamine injections.

Bodkin RP, Acquisto NM, Gunyan H, Wiegand TJ

Case reports in emergency medicine.. 2013 2013 :586207. Epub 08/05/2013.

The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry--the 2011 experience.

Wiegand TJ, Wax PM, Schwartz T, Finkelstein Y, Gorodetsky R, Brent J,

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2012 December 8 (4):360-77. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Massive acetaminophen ingestion with early metabolic acidosis and coma: treatment with iv nac and continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration" by Wiegand et al., Clin Toxicol (Phila) 48:156-159.

Bodmer M, Monte AA

Clinical toxicology : the official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists.. 2010 November 48 (9):961; author reply 961-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

What is the role of lidocaine or phenytoin in tricyclic antidepressant-induced cardiotoxicity?

Foianini A, Joseph Wiegand T, Benowitz N

Clinical toxicology : the official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists.. 2010 May 48 (4):325-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

Adulterated cocaine and lessons learned from the Jake walk blues.

Wiegand TJ

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2010 March 6 (1):63-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Massive acetaminophen ingestion with early metabolic acidosis and coma: treatment with IV NAC and continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration.

Wiegand TJ, Margaretten M, Olson KR

Clinical toxicology : the official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists.. 2010 February 48 (2):156-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Tretinoin overdose: a first case report.

Su-Yin A, Wong J, Wiegand T, Olson K

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2009 June 5 (2):73-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Phenytoin is not successful in preventing cocaine-induced seizures: a response to the article, "Cocaine body packing in pregnancy".

Wiegand T

Annals of emergency medicine.. 2007 April 49 (4):543-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Captive subjects: pharmaceutical testing and prisoners.

Wiegand TJ

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.. 2007 March 3 (1):37-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Dabagatran Case Report

Gorodetsky RM; Wiegand TJ.

Asian Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology. .

Books

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Cocaine

Authors: Siegrist M; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Marijuana

Authors: Pereira J; Wiegand T

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Blood

Authors: Moreno, M., Wiegand, T.J.,

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: American College of Medical Toxicology

Authors: Wax PM; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Centipedes

Authors: Lin HH; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Opium and the Constituent Opiates

Authors: Fields A; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Potassium Iodide

Authors: Barton N; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Mescaline

Authors: Slothower JD; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Encyclopedia of Toxicology (2014)

Chapter: Phencyclidine

Authors: Puran AC; Holstege CP; Jamison KP; Wiegand TJ

Publisher: Elsevier Inc 2014

Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (2008)

Chapter: Medical Consequences of Hallucinogens: MDMA, PCP and LSD

Authors: Wiegand T; Benowitz N; Thai D

Publisher: Haworth Press 2008

Poisonings and Drug Overdose (2006)

Chapter: Phencyclidine (PCP) and Ketamine

Authors: Wiegand T; Benowitz N

Publisher: Lange Medical Books/McGaw-Hill 2006

Poisonings and Drug Overdose (2006)

Chapter: Lithium

Authors: Wiegand T; Benowitz N

Publisher: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill 2006

Poisonings and Drug Overdose (2006)

Chapter: Diuretics

Authors: Wiegand T

Publisher: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill 2006

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