Poison Control Center
UC San Francisco Box 1369
San Francisco, CA 94143-1369
olson@calpoison.org
415-502-6002

Kent R. Olson, MD is the Medical Director of the San Francisco Division of the California Poison Control System. He completed a bachelor's degree in Chemistry at Boston University and his medical degree at UC San Francisco. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology. He is the Editor of Poisoning & Drug Overdose (McGraw-Hill, 2007), now in its 5^th edition.

Research Interests

His research interests include the diagnosis and management of acute poisoning, and cost-effectiveness of poison control centers. He is also very committed to preclinical medical education and is on the core faculty of the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program at UC Berkeley, where he serves as the content expert in pharmacology and a small-group tutor and unit steward for its Contextually-Integrated Case-Based Curriculum.

Calcium channel blocker ingestion: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management. Olson KR, Erdman AR, Woolf AD, Scharman EJ, Christianson C, Caravati EM, Wax PM, Booze LL, Manoguerra AS, Keyes DC, Chyka PA, Troutman WG. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2005;43:797-821.

Hyperbaric Oxygen or Normobaric Oxygen? (Editorial). Olson KR. Toxicology Reviews 2005; 24(3):1.

Protocols for pediatric poisonings from nontoxic substances: are they valid? Kearney TE, Van Bebber SL, Hiatt PH, Olson KR. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006 Apr;22(4):215-21.

Evolving epidemiology of drug-induced seizures reported to a poison control center system. Thundiyil JG, Kearney TE, Olson KR. J Med Toxicol 2007; 3(1):15-19.

Patterns of Ecstasy-Associated Hyponatremia in California. Rosenson J, Smollin C, Sporer KA, Blanc P, Olson KR. Ann Emerg Med 2007; 49(2):164-71.

Alternative Models for Telephone Response to Pediatric Poisonings. Kearney TE, Hiatt PH, Olson KR. Prehosp Emerg Care 2007; 11(3):284-92.

Case files of the medical toxicology fellowship of the California Poison Control System-San Francisco: Calcium plus digoxin-more taboo than toxic? Erickson CP, Olson KR: J Medical Toxicol 2008; 4:33-9.

Dietary supplement adverse events: report of a one-year poison center surveillance project. Haller C, Kearney T, Bent S, Ko R, Benowitz N, Olson K. J Med Toxicol. 2008 Jun;4(2):84-92.

Acute quetiapine overdose in adults: a 5-year retrospective case series. Ngo AS, Ciranni M, Olson KR: Ann Emerg Med 2008; 52:541-7.

The clinical utility of a seizure panel to detect common drugs involved in drug-induced seizures using LC-MS/MS. Drees JC, Stone JA, Olson KR, Meier KH, Gelb AM, Wu AHB: Clinical Chem 2009; 55(1):126-33.

Comparing the acute toxicity of first-generation vs. second-generation antipsychotic drugs: a 10-year retrospective cohort study. Ciranni M, Ngo A, Olson KR: J Clin Psychiatry 2009; 70:122-9.

Expert consensus guidelines for stocking of antidotes in hospitals that provide emergency care. Dart RC, Borron SW, Caravati EM, Cobaugh DJ, Curry SC, Falk JL, Goldfrank L, Gorman SE, Groft S, Heard K, Miller K, Olson KR, O'Malley G, Seger D, Seifert SA, Sivilotti MLA, Schaeffer T, Tomassoni AJ, Wise R, Bogdan GM, Alhelail M, Buchanan J, Hoppe J, Lavonas E, Mylnarcheck D, Phua D-H, Rhyee S, Varney S, Zosel A. Ann Emerg Med 2009.