Avery Michienzi, DO
Avery Michienzi, DO
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, Blue Ridge Poison Center
Medical Toxicology Faculty
P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-5185
Fax: (434) 971-8657
Email: AM6KF@uvahealth.org
Education
- Medical Toxicology Fellow, University of Virginia (2022)
- Emergency Medicine Resident, York Wellspan Hospital (2020)
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (2017)
- BS, Genetics, Cellular Biology and Development, University of Minnesota (2011)
Clinical and Research Interests
- Wilderness Medicine
- Medical Toxicology
- Medical Education
Publications
- Zmuda A, McDonald C, Farah R, Michienzi A. Clinical effects, outcomes, and disposition of unintentional pediatric mushroom exposures reported to U.S. Poison Centers from 2009 through 2023. Clinical Toxicology. Publication pending 2025.
- Tobarran N, Kershner EK, Cumpston KL, Chambers A, Michienzi A, Rose SR, Charlton N, Wills BK. Vasopressor Requirements in Antipsychotic Overdose: A Poison Center Observational Study. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Feb 10. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39919308.
- Michienzi A, Hamlin J, Farah R, Bazydlo L. Notes from the Field: Schedule I Substances Identified in Nootropic Gummies Containing Amanita muscaria or Other Mushrooms – Charlottesville, Virginia, 2023-2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024 Jul 18;73(28):628-630. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7328a3. PMID: 39024197; PMCID: PMC11262824.
- Michienzi A, Tobarran N. Cadmium Toxicity. Clinical Key. September 6, 2024.
- Holstege CP, Michienzi A, Farah R. Pediatric Iron Toxicity. Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Updated 2024. Available at: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1011689-overview.
- Michienzi A, Holstege E, Cole R, Charlton N. The Sting of a White Flannel Moth Caterpillar (Norape ovina). Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. 2022;S1080-6032(22)00057-6.
- Michienzi A, Tobarran N, Hieger M. Extended Release Acetaminophen Overdose with Delayed Peak Concentrations. Am J Ther. 2021;10.
- Michienzi A, Borek H. Emerging Agents of Substance Use/Misuse. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2022.
- Holstege C, Ross J, Frey A, Michienzi A. Theophylline Toxicity. Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Updated 8/31/2020. Available at https://authoring.medscape.com/content/818847.