invited speaker

Robert S. Hoffman, MD, FAACT, FRCP Edin, FEAPCCT

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Bellevue Hospital Center

Robert S. Hoffman received his MD and completed a 3-year internship and residency in Internal Medicine followed by a Fellowship in Medical Toxicology all at NYU School of medicine. He achieved and maintains Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Medical Toxicology, and Emergency Medicine. In 1989 Dr. Hoffman became the director of the Fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the New York City Poison Center, and in 1994 he became the Director of the New York City Poison Center. He was the Director of the Division of Medical Toxicology at NYU School of Medicine from 2014 through 2020. Dr. Hoffman has authored over 450 publications in peer-reviewed journals covering various aspects of toxicology. He has been an editor of Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies for the last 7 editions. Dr. Hoffman has held offices in all 3 American Toxicology Societies and is a recipient of the ACMT Ellenhorn Award, the EAPCCT Louis Roche Award, and the AACT’s Career Achievement award. Dr Hoffman’s current interests focus on the development and propagation of evidence-based recommendations in toxicology. He is currently a co-chair of the Extracorporeal Treatments in Poisoning (EXTRIP) workgroup and the co-chair of the international Clinical Toxicology Recommendations Collaborative.