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Suzanne Doyon, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

NPI Number: 1477698264
Academic Office Location: Emergency Medicine UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030

Education & Training
Committees & Organizations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
Pre-med	McGill University	Medicine
MD	McGill University	Medicine
MPH	University of Maryland	Epidemiology

Degree

Institution

Major

Pre-med

McGill University

Medicine

McGill University

Medicine

MPH

University of Maryland

Epidemiology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	McGill University	Emergency Medicine
Fellowship	Medical College of Pennsylvania	Medical Toxicology

Training

Institution

Specialty

Residency

McGill University

Emergency Medicine

Fellowship

Medical College of Pennsylvania

Medical Toxicology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Innovation Award for Technical Engagement with the Public	American Association of oison Control Centers
Advancement in Healthcare-Healthcare Heroes UConn Health's Connecticut EMS Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive	Hartford Business Journal
Best Platform 2012 Award for “Comparison of exposure Fatalities From the Medical Examiner’s Office and the Poison Center”	American Association of Poison Control Centers
Top Prize “Maryland Health Data Innovations Contest” 2012 “Improving the Reporting of Fatal and Non-fatal Overdoses”	Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene & Abell Foundation
The Ronald D Mann Best Paper Award 2011 for “Impact of the Voluntary Withdrawal of Over-the-counter Cough and Cold Medications on Pediatric Ingestions Reported to Poison Centers”	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Teaching Commendations - Host Defenses and Infectious Diseases (HDID) 2007-2011	University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Teaching Commendation - Pathophysiology and Thrapeutics (P&T)	University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Innovation Award for Technical Engagement with the Public

American Association of oison Control Centers

Advancement in Healthcare-Healthcare Heroes UConn Health's Connecticut EMS Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive

Hartford Business Journal

Best Platform 2012 Award for “Comparison of exposure Fatalities From the Medical Examiner’s Office and the Poison Center”

American Association of Poison Control Centers

Top Prize “Maryland Health Data Innovations Contest” 2012 “Improving the Reporting of Fatal and Non-fatal Overdoses”

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene & Abell Foundation

The Ronald D Mann Best Paper Award 2011 for “Impact of the Voluntary Withdrawal of Over-the-counter Cough and Cold Medications on Pediatric Ingestions Reported to Poison Centers”

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Teaching Commendations - Host Defenses and Infectious Diseases (HDID) 2007-2011

University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Teaching Commendation - Pathophysiology and Thrapeutics (P&T)

University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
America's Poison Center Board of Directors	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2023	2026
American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2014
Journal of Medical Toxicology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Manuscript reviewer	External	National	2011
Clinical Toxicology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Manuscript reviewer	External	National	2007
Annals of Emergency Medicine	Professional/Scientific Journal	Manuscript reviewer	External	National	2005
North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Abstract Reviewer	External	International	2004
American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2001

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Thrombocytopenia Associated with Elemental Mercury Poisoning in Two Siblings - Connecticut, July 2022.
Hogeland, Emily W; Somers, Tarah S; Yip, Luke; Doyon, Suzanne; Redlich, Carrie A; Orsey, Andrea D; Woda, Craig B; Swan, Suzannah T; Feder, Henry M MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2023 Sep;72(38):1027-1031
Methadone exposures reported to poison control centers in the United States following the COVID-19-related loosening of federal methadone regulations.
Welsh, Christopher; Doyon, Suzanne; Hart, Katherine The International journal on drug policy 2022 Jan;102103591
Opioid exposure associated with poppy consumption reported to poison control centers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Greenthal, Eva; Lurie, Peter; Doyon, Suzanne Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Jan;1-14
Coordinated Surveillance of Opioid Overdoses in Hartford, CT: A Pilot Project.
Canning P, McKay C, Doyon S, Laska E,Hart K,Khamin R Connecticut Medicine 2019 Aug;83(6):293-297
Incorporation of poison center services in a state-wide overdose education and naloxone distribution program.
Doyon, Suzanne; Benton, Carleigh; Anderson, Bruce A; Baier, Michael; Haas, Erin; Hadley, Lisa; Maehr, Jennifer; Rebbert-Franklin, Kathleen; Olsen, Yngvild; Welsh, Christopher The American journal on addictions 2016 Jun;25(4):301-6
Expanding access to naloxone in the United States.
Doyon, Suzanne; Aks, Steven E; Schaeffer, Scott Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2014 Dec;10(4):431-4
Expanding access to naloxone in the United States.
Doyon, Suzanne; Aks, Steven E; Schaeffer, Scott; American Academy of Clinical Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; American Association of Poison Control Centers Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2014 Dec;52(10):989-92
Comparison of toxicity associated with nonmedical use of benzodiazepines with buprenorphine or methadone.
Lee, Samantha C; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Doyon, Suzanne; Welsh, Christopher Drug and alcohol dependence 2014 May;138118-23
2013 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 31st Annual Report. Clin Toxicol 2014: 52(10).
Mowry JB, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, McMillan N, and Ford M. (contributor: Doyon S) 2014 Jan;
Fatalities involving acetaminophen combination products reported to United States poison centers.
Doyon, Suzanne; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Lee, Samantha; Beuhler, Michael C Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2013 Dec;51(10):941-8
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone ("bath salts"), related death: case report and review of the literature.
Kesha, Kilak; Boggs, Cassie L; Ripple, Mary G; Allan, Carol H; Levine, Barry; Jufer-Phipps, Rebecca; Doyon, Suzanne; Chi, PaoLin; Fowler, David R Journal of forensic sciences 2013 Nov;58(6):1654-9
Medical outcomes associated with nonmedical use of methadone and buprenorphine.
Lee, Samantha; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Welsh, Christopher; Doyon, Suzanne The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Aug;45(2):199-205
Decrease in therapeutic errors involving prescription cough and cold medications in young children.
Doyon, Suzanne; Tra, Yolande; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG 2012 Jan;17(1):84-7
Impact of the voluntary withdrawal of over-the-counter cough and cold medications on pediatric ingestions reported to poison centers.
Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Sorkin, John David; Doyon, Suzanne Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2010 Aug;19(8):819-24
The underrecognized toll of prescription opioid abuse on young children.
Bailey, J Elise; Campagna, Elizabeth; Dart, Richard C; RADARS System Poison Center Investigators Annals of emergency medicine 2009 Apr;53(4):419-24
Hepatotoxicity despite early administration of intravenous N-acetylcysteine for acute acetaminophen overdose.
Doyon, Suzanne; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2009 Jan;16(1):34-9
Frequency of medication errors with intravenous acetylcysteine for acetaminophen overdose.
Hayes, Bryan D; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Doyon, Suzanne The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2008 Jun;42(6):766-70
Toxicity of buprenorphine overdoses in children.
Hayes, Bryan D; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Doyon, Suzanne Pediatrics 2008 Apr;121(4):e782-6
Clinical safety of lidocaine in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction.
Shih, R D; Hollander, J E; Burstein, J L; Nelson, L S; Hoffman, R S; Quick, A M Annals of emergency medicine 1995 Dec;26(6):702-6
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Mortality and complications. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction Study Group.
Hollander, J E; Hoffman, R S; Burstein, J L; Shih, R D; Thode, H C Archives of internal medicine 1995 May;155(10):1081-6
Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Clinical safety of thrombolytic therapy. Cocaine Associated Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study Group.
Hollander, J E; Burstein, J L; Hoffman, R S; Shih, R D; Wilson, L D Chest 1995 May;107(5):1237-41
A novel approach to informing the public about the risks of overdose and nonmedical use of prescription medications.
Doyon, Suzanne; Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Anderson, Bruce A; Welsh, Christopher The American journal on addictions 22(2):108-12
Using Surveillance With Near-Real-Time Alerts During a Cluster of Overdoses From Fentanyl-Contaminated Crack Cocaine, Connecticut, June 2019.
Canning, Peter; Doyon, Suzanne; Ali, Sarah; Logan, Susan B; Alter, Aliese; Hart, Katherine; Coler, Raffaella; Kamin, Richard; Wolf, Steven C; Soto, Kristin; Whiteman, Lauren; Jenkins, Mark Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 136(1_suppl):18S-23S

Book Chapters

Antiepileptics
Doyon S Goldfrank’s Toxicological Emergencies. 2019 Apr;
The ECG and the Poisoned Patient
Mattu A, Tabas J, Brady W Electrocardiography in emergency, acute, and critical care 2019 Jan;
Anticonvulsants
Doyon S Goldfrank’s Toxicological Emergencies 2011 Jan;
Opioids
Doyon S Emergency Medicine: a Comprehensive Guide 2010 Jan;
ECG manifestations of Drug Overdose
Doyon, Suzanne Electrocardiography in Emergency Medicine 2007 Oct;
Antimalarials
Clinical Toxicology 2000 Jan;
Hair stylists and estheticians
Doyon, Suzanne Occupational Toxicology 1998 Jan;
Antiepileptics
Doyon S Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies

Abstracts

Adverse Events Associated with Prehospital Naloxone in Hartford County
Mercury Poisoning in Two Connecticut Siblings Presenting with Severe Thrombocytopenia

Case Reports

Anaphylaxis after the injection of buprenorphine.
Boggs, Cassie L; Ripple, Mary G; Ali, Zabiullah; Brassell, Melissa; Levine, Barry; Jufer-Phipps, Rebecca; Doyon, Suzanne; Fowler, David R Journal of forensic sciences 2013 Sep;58(5):1381-3
Intoxication of a prison inmate with an ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Doyon, Suzanne; Welsh, Christopher The New England journal of medicine 2007 Feb;356(5):529-30
Seizure induced by insufflation of bupropion.
Welsh, Christopher J; Doyon, Suzanne The New England journal of medicine 2002 Sep;347(12):951
The use of glucagon in a case of calcium channel blocker overdose.
Doyon, S; Roberts, J R Annals of emergency medicine 1993 Jul;22(7):1229-33
Transdermal medication exchange: the case of the light-headed lover.
Roberts, J R; Hogan, K; Doyon, S JAMA 1993 Jan;269(1):47

Letters

A performance improvement prescribing guideline reduces opioid prescriptions for emergency department dental pain patients.
Doyon, Suzanne Annals of emergency medicine 2014 Mar;63(3):371
Opioid overdose-related deaths.
Doyon, Suzanne JAMA 2011 Jul;306(4):379-80; author reply 380-1

Other

2012 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 30th Annual Report. Clin Toxicol 2013: 51(10).
Mowry J, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, Bailey JE and Ford M.(contributor: Doyon S) 2013 Jan;
2011 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 29th Annual Report. Clin Toxicol 2012: 50(10).
Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, Green JL, Rumack BH and Heard SE (contributor: Doyon S) 2012 Jan;
2010 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 28th Annual Report.
Bronstein, Alvin C; Spyker, Daniel A; Cantilena, Louis R; Green, Jody L; Rumack, Barry H; Dart, Richard C Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2011 Dec;49(10):910-41
2009 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 27th Annual Report.
Bronstein, Alvin C; Spyker, Daniel A; Cantilena, Louis R; Green, Jody L; Rumack, Barry H; Giffin, Sandra L Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2010 Dec;48(10):979-1178
2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 26th Annual Report.
Bronstein, Alvin C; Spyker, Daniel A; Cantilena, Louis R; Green, Jody L; Rumack, Barry H; Giffin, Sandra L Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2009 Dec;47(10):911-1084
2007 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 25th Annual Report.
Bronstein, Alvin C; Spyker, Daniel A; Cantilena, Louis R; Green, Jody L; Rumack, Barry H; Heard, Stuart E; American Association of Poison Control Centers Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2008 Dec;46(10):927-1057
2006 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS).
Bronstein, Alvin C; Spyker, Daniel A; Cantilena, Louis R; Green, Jody; Rumack, Barry H; Heard, Stuart E Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2007 Dec;45(8):815-917

Reviews

Intravenous acetylcysteine for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose.
Klein-Schwartz, Wendy; Doyon, Suzanne Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy 2011 Jan;12(1):119-30
The many faces of ecstasy.
Doyon, S Current opinion in pediatrics 2001 Apr;13(2):170-6
Reappraisal of the "coma cocktail". Dextrose, flumazenil, naloxone, and thiamine.
Doyon, S; Roberts, J R Emergency medicine clinics of North America 1994 May;12(2):301-16

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year
Exploratory analysis of data from acute acetaminophen overdoses. Clin Toxicol 2015; 53(10)	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2015
A case of heroin overdose reversed by sublingually-administered buprenorphine/naloxone film (Suboxone®). Clin Toxicol 2014; 52(4): 378.	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2014
Analysis of overdose deaths involving methadone and cytochrome P450 inhibitors. Clin Toxicol 2014; 52(4): 377.	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2014
Analysis of overdose deaths involving methadone. Clin Toxicol 2013; 51(7): 616	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2013
Toxicity of acetaminophen combination products. Clin Toxicol 2012; 50(7): 638.	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2012
Comparison of exposure fatalities from the medical examiner’s office and the poison center. Clin Toxicol 2012;50(7): 645.	Lecture	Clin Toxicol	2012
Comparison of concurrent nonmedical use of benzodiazepines and methadone or buprenorphine. Clin Toxicol 2012; 50(7): 644.	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2012
Comparative assessment of relative impact of co-ingestion of benzodiazepines on toxicity associated with buprenorphine and methadone exposures. Clin Toxicol 2012; EAPCCT 2012	Poster	Clin Toxicol	2012
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (“Bath salts”) related death: case report and review of literature. Am J Forensic Pathol	Poster	Am J Forensic Pathol	2011
The poison center as a reporting agency to the medical examiner. Clin Toxicol 2011; 49(6): 566.	Lecture	Clin Toxicol	2011

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Exploratory analysis of data from acute acetaminophen overdoses. Clin Toxicol 2015; 53(10)

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2015

A case of heroin overdose reversed by sublingually-administered buprenorphine/naloxone film (Suboxone®). Clin Toxicol 2014; 52(4): 378.

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2014

Analysis of overdose deaths involving methadone and cytochrome P450 inhibitors. Clin Toxicol 2014; 52(4): 377.

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2014

Analysis of overdose deaths involving methadone. Clin Toxicol 2013; 51(7): 616

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2013

Toxicity of acetaminophen combination products. Clin Toxicol 2012; 50(7): 638.

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2012

Comparison of exposure fatalities from the medical examiner’s office and the poison center. Clin Toxicol 2012;50(7): 645.

Lecture

Clin Toxicol

2012

Comparison of concurrent nonmedical use of benzodiazepines and methadone or buprenorphine. Clin Toxicol 2012; 50(7): 644.

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2012

Comparative assessment of relative impact of co-ingestion of benzodiazepines on toxicity associated with buprenorphine and methadone exposures. Clin Toxicol 2012; EAPCCT 2012

Poster

Clin Toxicol

2012

Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (“Bath salts”) related death: case report and review of literature. Am J Forensic Pathol

Poster

Am J Forensic Pathol

2011

The poison center as a reporting agency to the medical examiner. Clin Toxicol 2011; 49(6): 566.

Lecture

Clin Toxicol

2011