Drexel University College of Medicine

Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM) is the largest private medical school in the country. Biomedical graduate students number more than 500. There are some 550 residents, 600 clinical and basic science faculty, and over 1,700 affiliate and volunteer faculty.

The College of Medicine's main campus, Queen Lane, is in a suburban-like setting in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. Additional facilities are located at the Center City campus, which includes Hahnemann University Hospital. Our Pediatrics Department is at St. Christophers Hospital for Children, and Psychiatry is based at Friends Hospital. Students can receive clinical education at 25 affiliated hospitals and ambulatory sites chosen for commitment to teaching as well as medical excellence.
Medical Toxicology Fellowship Training Program

The mission for this post graduate training program is to educate clinical toxicologists with a broad experience in medical, occupational, environmental and forensic toxicology. Graduates of this program will be prepared to successfully complete the ABMT examination in Medical Toxicology and to serve as clinical toxicologists in community, University, corporate, and government settings.

The Division of Toxicology is one of the major clinical and teaching divisions within the Department of Emergency Medicine. As such, members of this Division carry out over 1000 patient consultations annually. These consultations generally involve our core teaching hospitals (Hahnemann, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia, and Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital, although we regularly provide consultation for patients regionally, nationally as well as internationally.

Members of the Division of Toxicology serve as clinical consultants for the Philadelphia Poison Control Center and as envenomation consultants for the Philadelphia Zoo. In addition, members of the Division have served as consultants to Federal and local government as well as industry and the legal community with regard to issues involving medical, occupational, environmental, hazardous material and forensic toxicology.

The Medical Toxicology Fellowship Training Program is the only such training program in the City of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. In addition the program has been approved by the ACGME.

The program is configured to accept as many as two (2) Fellows annually and is partially supported by a grant from National Medical Services, Inc of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.