{"id":10,"date":"2015-07-04T22:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T22:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cores.med.virginia.edutest-replo\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:57:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2015\/10\/finalbanner.jpg\" alt=\"finalbanner\" width=\"510\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2015\/10\/finalbanner.jpg 510w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2015\/10\/finalbanner-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Medical Toxicology<\/i><\/b> is a unique and complex specialty.\u00a0Few Virginia physicians are certified as Medical Toxicologists by the American Board of Medical Specialists; the University of Virginia Health System is home to 6 of them.<\/p>\n<p>Medical toxicologists have the expertise to identify and treat conditions including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acute and chronic toxicity<\/li>\n<li>Adverse drug reactions<\/li>\n<li>Envenomations<\/li>\n<li>Workplace or environmental chemical exposures<\/li>\n<li>Criminal poisoning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Medical Toxicology at the University of Virginia is comprised of 4 components, listed below:<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/brpc\/\">Blue Ridge Poison Center<\/a>, where specially trained nurses and doctors are available by phone 24-hours every day of the year to offer free, confidential information and advice on poisoning for the general public and for healthcare professionals in all settings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/clinical-toxicology-center\/\">Center for Clinical Toxicology <\/a>provides 24-hour physician consult services for patients with complex toxicological problems. 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