The staff of the Upstate New York Poison Center consists of:

• Medical and Clinical Toxicologists
• Poison Information Specialists
• Public Education Specialists
• Support Staff

Administrators

• Michele Caliva, MA, BSN, RN, CSPI, CCE, Operations Director
• Vincent Calleo, MD, FACEP, FAAP, Medical Director
• Michael Keenan, MD, Assistant Medical Director
• Sarah Mahonski, MD, Assistant Medical Director
• Jeanna Marraffa, PharmD, MPH, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical (Managing) Director

Clinical and Medical Toxicologists

In-house Toxicologists

• Vincent Calleo, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Medical Director
• Michael Keenan, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Assistant Medical Director
• Sarah Mahonski, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Assistant Medical Director
• Jeanna Marraffa, PharmD, MPH, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Toxicologist, Clinical Director
• Christine Stork, PharmD, MPH, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Toxicologist
• Ross Sullivan, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Director of Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program

Consultant Toxicologists

• Tim Backus, DO, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Molly Boyd-Smith, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• William Eggleston, PharmD, DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Laura Fil, DO, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Rachel Gorodetsky, PharmD, DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Michael Holland, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FACOEM, FACEP, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Heather Long, MD, FACMT, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Nicholas Nacca, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Dan Overbeek, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Adam Rowden, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Rachel Schult, PharmD, DABAT, Clinical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Alicia Tudor, MD, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant
• Tim Wiegand, MD, DABAM, FACMT, FAACT, Medical Toxicologist, Consultant

Toxicology Fellows

• Ahmed Alsakha, MD, FRCPC, FAAEM, FACEP, dABEM, Senior Medical Toxicology Fellow
• Matthew Kolbeck, MD, Medical Toxicology Fellow
• Raizada Akhil Vaid, MD, Medical Toxicology Fellow
• Conor Young, MD, Medical Toxicology Fellow

Poison Information Specialists

• Donna Benjamin, RN, CSPI

• Cindy Bichler, BS, RN, CSPI

• Curtis Blow, PharmD, SPI

• Michelle Carnicelli, RN, CSPI
• Luanne Dockstader, BS Pharm, CSPI
• Michelle Dougherty, BS, RN CSPI
• Jean Gannon, BSN, RN SPI
• Kathy Groff, RN, CSPI
• Marwa Hashem, MD, SPI
• Stacey Lukacs, BSN, RN, SPI
• Margaret Maher, MS, RN, CSPI
• Sue McFarland, BSN, RN, CSPI
• Lisa Phillips, PharmD, SPI
• Christine Pikor-Guinther, RN, CSPI
• Laurie Piwinski, RN, CSPI
• Robert Seabury, PharmD, BCPS, DABAT, Clinical Pharmacist
• Antonia Scollan, MSN, RN, SPI 
• Sarah Soliman, PharmD, CSPI
• Kimberly Sorts, BSN, RN, SPI
• Salvatore Spinella, BSN, RN, CSPI
• Cody Unczur, BSN, RN, CSPI
• Greg Voccola, BS Pharm, CSPI

* CSPI Certified Specialist in Poison Information

Public Education

• Jennifer Coyle, MS, BS, Public Education Outreach
• Mary Beth Dreyer, MS, Ed, Health Education Program Manager 
• Amy Hoffman-James, BA, Public Health Educator

Administrative Support

• Lauri Foster-Walters, Administrative Assistant
• Darlene Marko, Administrative Assistant
• Jessica Smith, Project Coordinator

Marketing

• Allison Mirabito, MA, BJ, Marketing and Communications Manager
  • For media inquiries: MirabitA@upstate.edu

Previous Leadership

• Richard Cantor, MD, FACEP, FAAP, Medical Director Emeritus 1991-2018
• Michael Hodgman, MD, FACMT, Medical Director 2018-2021
• Christine Stork, PharmD, MPH, DABAT, FAACT, Clinical Director 1995-2023
• Howard Weinberger, MD, Medical Director 1967-1991