Staff
If you have any questions or concerns about a poison case or toxicology issue, our staff is available 24 hours, 7 days at week:
1-800-222-1222
The staff of the Upstate New York Poison Center consists of:
- Medical and Clinical Toxicologists
- Poison Information Specialists
- Public Education Specialists
Administrators
- Michael Hodgman, MD, FACMT, Medical Director
- Michele Caliva, RN, CSPI, MA, CCE, Administrative Director
- Christine Stork, Pharm.D., DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Director
- Jeanna Marraffa, Pharm.D., DABAT, FAACT, Assistant Clinical Director
- Gail Banach, MS, MSEd, Director of Public Education and Communications
Clinical and Medical Toxicologists
- Molly Boyd-Smith, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Vincent Calleo, MD, Medical Toxicology Fellow
- William Eggleston, Pharm.D., DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist
- Laura Fil, DO, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Rachel Gorodetsky, Pharm.D., DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Michael Hodgman, MD, FACMT, Medical Toxicologist, Medical Director
- Michael Holland, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FACOEM, FACEP, Medical Toxicologist
- Heather Long MD, FACMT, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Alicia Lydecker, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Jeanna Marraffa, Pharm.D., DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Toxicologist, Assistant Clinical Director, Director of Clinical Toxicology Fellowship Program
- Nicholas Nacca, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Adam Rowden, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Rachel Schult, Pharm.D., DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist, Consultant
- Christine Stork, Pharm.D., DABAT, FAACT Clinical Toxicologist, Director
- Ross Sullivan, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Director of Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program, Consultant
- Tim Wiegand, MD, DABAM, FACMT, FAACT (Finger Lakes Region) Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
Poison Information Specialists
- Donna Benjamin, RN, CSPI
- Cindy Bichler, RN, CSPI
- Ellen Bortz, RN, CSPI
- Michelle Carnicelli, RN, CSPI
- Leah Cronlund, Pharm.D., SPI
- Luanne Dockstader, BS Pharm, CSPI
- Michelle Dougherty, RN, CSPI
- Kathy Groff, RN, CSPI
- Mary Halsey-Claps, RN, CSPI
- Margaret Maher, MS, RN, CSPI
- Sue McFarland, RN, CSPI
- Christine Pikor-Gunther, RN, CSPI
- Laurie Piwinski, RN, CSPI
- Sarah Soliman, Pharm.D., CSPI
- Sam Spinella, RN, CSPI
- Greg Voccola, BS Pharm, CSPI
* CSPI Certified Specialist in Poison Information
Public Education
- Gail Banach, MS, MSEd, BA, Director of Public Education & Communications
- Lee Livermore, BA, Public Education Coordinator
- Mary Beth Dreyer, MS, Ed, Public Health Educator (Western New York)
- Janette Zhu, RN, SPI, Public Education Outreach
- Jennifer Coyle, MS, BS, Public Education Outreach
Administrative Support
- Darlene Marko, Administrative Assistant
- Lauri Foster-Walters, Administrative Assistant
Marketing
- Allison Mirabito, MA, BJ, Marketing and Community Relations Coordinator
- For media inquiries: 315-464-7090