Emory University

Additional Info

Fellowship Director Name : Brent Morgan

Fellowship Director Email : bmorg02@emory.edu

Fellowship Coordinator Name : Rikka Rashi English

Fellowship Coordinator Email : rikka.rashi.english@emory.edu

Medical School Affiliation : Emory School of Medicine

Number Of Medical Toxicology Fellows : 6

Fellowship Program Description : Hello everyone,

I am thrilled you are interested in Medical Toxicology as a career and equally thrilled that you are interested in our fellowship program. We started our medical toxicology fellowship in 2000 and at the end of the 2026 academic year, we will have graduated 57 physicians from the program.

We have a unique medical toxicology program in Atlanta with many strengths that will not only teach you to be an excellent clinician and researcher, but also provide you with education/opportunities in public health. Emory University, the Grady Health System and the Georgia Poison Center are the entities mainly involved with the fellowship. Grady Memorial Hospital and the Georgia Poison Center provide the patient care experiences, whereas Emory University provides most of the medical education, didactic teaching and epidemiologic/clinical research experience.

We have a busy consult service covering 4 hospitals that have a combined ED volume of over 300,000 patients. The Georgia Poison Center is among the busiest poison centers in the United States with an annual call volume approaching 75,000. Our fellows help staff an outpatient occupational and environmental toxicology clinic and an opioid use disorder clinic. Thus, the clinical experience has high volume and exposes the learner to a vast array of toxicological pathology.

Another one of our strengths is our financial resources and stewardship. We have the financial resources to send our fellows to two medical toxicology conferences each year of training and to travel for international activities during the second year of fellowship.

We are a friendly cohesive group that plans several social events and activities together including hikes in North Georgia with Dr. Kiernan and her pups Beamer & Thurman, wine tasting at Vinoteca with Dr. Kazzi, and picking peaches and blueberries at Southern Belle Farms with Dr. Carpenter and me. For some, like Dr. Kazzi, wellness is achieved via living life to the fullest in both work and play. However, as an introvert myself, I understand that others need alone time to recharge their batteries and achieve wellness. Both types of people can thrive in our program.

Lastly, Atlanta is a vibrant, growing and diverse city that I have been proud to call my home since 1996. It has many great neighborhoods, restaurants and parks. It has one of the busiest airports in the world, and is an hour away from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and four to five hours from the beach. I invite you to explore all that we have to offer. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions as you consider whether this fellowship is where you belong.

Sincerely,
Brent Morgan, MD
Director, Emory/Georgia Poison Center Medical Toxicology Fellowship
Medical Director, Georgia Poison Center
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine