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Professional Staff

Rita Mrvos, BSN, CSPI
Managing Director

Michael Lynch, MD
Medical Director

Specialists in Poison Information

Wendy Basinger, BSN, SPI
Arla Baxter, BSN, CSPI
Pamela Dlugopolski, RN, CSPI
Carole Doyle, BSN, CSPI
Caren Humberston, RN, CSPI
Denise Kurta, RN, CSPI
Denise Kuspis, BSN, CSPI
Susan Lindsay, RN, CSPI
Vicki Morgan, BSN
Lisa Mroz, BSN, CSPI
Elizabeth Poole, PharmD
Tara Pummer, PharmD
Shiri Sonheimer BSN, SPI
Kathleen Suvak, BSN, CSPI
Colleen Ulishney, RN, CSPI
Vincent Zigarovich, RN, CSPI

Consulting Clinical Toxicologists

Michael Abesamis, MD
Jawaid Akhtar, MD
Anthony Pizon, MD
Daniel J. Cobaugh, PharmD, FAACT, DABAT

Education, Marketing and Promotion Consultant

Ross Klick

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