Andis Graudins
Head
Emergency Medicine
Monash University
Australia
Biography
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clincial Toxicology research in the School of Clnical Sciences at Monash Health at Monash University and a Clinical Toxicologist and Emergency Physician at Monash Health. Toxicology research interests include managment of paracetamol poisoning, treatment of severe cardiovascular drug poisoning, and investigation of novel antidotes for treatment of drug poisoning. Involved in both clinical and basic science toxicology research including pharmacokinetics and animal models of severe CVS poisoning. Emergency Medicine interests include analgesia research and managment of acute behavioural disturbance in the ED as well as assessment of pharmacokinetics and clinical applications of novel drugs for intranasal drug delivery in the ED.
Research Interest
CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Paracetamol Poisoning, Cardiovascular Drug Poisoning and antidote development, Serotonin Syndrome, Antidepressant poisoning. Natural Toxins- snake and spider envenomation treatment. EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESEARCH INTERESTS: 1) Acute analgesia research 2) intranasal drug delivery - clinical and pharmacokinetic studies