Craig Smollin, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

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Publications (51)

Top publication keywords:
Counterfeit DrugsPoison Control CentersDrug OverdoseCarboxyhemoglobinDisease OutbreaksPoisonsCarbon Monoxide PoisoningSodium NitriteHand SanitizersAmanitaMushroom PoisoningMethemoglobinemiaRanolazineSerotonin AntagonistsCirculating MicroRNA

• Amanita Species Mushroom Poisonings - Northern California, November 2025-March 2026.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2026 Brandecker KJ, Hayman C, LeSaint KT, Vohra R, Choudhury A, Marder ME, Bartlett R, Barreau T, Smollin CG
• US Poison Center Encounters for Psilocybin-Related Exposures: 2013-2022.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2025 Montoy JCC, Wang RC, Coker AR, Smollin CG, Anderson BT
• Occult bromazolam exposure in patients presenting with opioid or stimulant overdose.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2025 Cembellin-Kao A, Aldy K, Brent J, Culbreth R, LaBozzetta C, Turcios MA, Wax P, Yonamine C, Stolbach A, Toxicology Investigators Consortium Drug Overdose Toxico-Surveillance Reporting Program Study …
• What Is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
  JAMA 2025 Lieu K, Smollin CG, LeSaint KT
• Will Artificial Intelligence Replace the Medical Toxicologist: Pediatric Referral Thresholds Generated by GPT-4.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2024 Smollin KA, Smollin CG

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• Acute adverse effects of F(ab')₂AV and FabAV use for rattlesnake Envenomations: A four-year poison center study.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2024 Seltzer JA, Winkler GA, Hardin J, Galust H, Albertson TE, Vohra R, Smollin C, Castillo E, Lasoff D, Clark RF
• A ten-year retrospective California Poison Control System experience with possible amatoxin mushroom calls.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2023 Albertson TE, Clark RF, Smollin CG, Vohra R, Lewis JC, Chenoweth JA, Stocking JC
• Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2021 Lebin JA, Mudan A, Murphy CE, Wang RC, Smollin CG
• Circulating miR-122 in patients with non-toxic acute acetaminophen ingestions.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Lebin JA, Mudan A, Zhang Y, Wu AHB, Smollin CG
• Comment on "Rising incidence and high mortality in intentional sodium nitrite exposures reported to US poison centers".
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Mudan A, Lebin JA, Smollin CG
• California Poison Control System Implementation of a Novel Hotline to Treat Patients with Opioid Use Disorder.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2020 LeSaint KT, Ho RY, Heard SE, Smollin CG
• Fatal ingestion of sodium chlorite used as hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2020 Lebin JA, Ma A, Mudan A, Smollin CG
• Severe Methemoglobinemia and Death From Intentional Sodium Nitrite Ingestions.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2020 Mudan A, Repplinger D, Lebin J, Lewis J, Vohra R, Smollin C
• Notes from the Field: Methylmercury Toxicity from a Skin Lightening Cream Obtained from Mexico - California, 2019.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2019 Mudan A, Copan L, Wang R, Pugh A, Lebin J, Barreau T, Jones RL, Ghosal S, Lee M, Albertson T, Jarrett JM, Lee J, Betting D, Ward CD, De Leon Salazar A, Smollin CG, Blanc PD
• N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid therapy for acute hepatic injury after hexavalent chromium ingestion.
  Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2019 Yu JH, Lu JX, Smollin C, Cheng HT, Seak CJ, Chen HY
• A fatal ranolazine overdose after an intentional ingestion.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2019 Goodnough R, Kim-Katz S, Badea A, Lynch KL, Cotter LE, Smollin CG
• An interprofessional clinical toxicology advanced pharmacy practice experience.
  Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning 2019 Clinard VB, Kearney TE, Repplinger DJ, Smollin CG, Youmans SL
• An 11-year retrospective review of cyproheptadine use in serotonin syndrome cases reported to the California Poison Control System.
  Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2019 Nguyen H, Pan A, Smollin C, Cantrell LF, Kearney T
• Notes from the Field: Toxic Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Tianeptine Misuse - California, 2017.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2018 Goodnough R, Li K, Fouladkou F, Lynch KL, Shah M, Smollin CG, Blanc PD
• Prolonged toxicity from Kambo cleansing ritual.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2018 Li K, Horng H, Lynch K, Smollin CG
• Emphysematous Esophagitis and Gastritis Due to Ingestion of Concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2018 Li K, Shepherd D, Smollin CG
• Articles You May Have Missed.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2018 Goodnough R, Murphy CE, Smollin C, Repplinger D
• Perampanel overdose causing a prolonged coma.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2018 Li K, Lasoff DR, Smollin CG, Ly BT
• Cannabis Intoxication Case Series: The Dangers of Edibles Containing Tetrahydrocannabinol.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2017 Vo KT, Horng H, Li K, Ho RY, Wu AHB, Lynch KL, Smollin CG
• Alternating Ventricular Complexes After Overdose From an Herbal Medication.
  JAMA internal medicine 2017 Vo KT, Tabas JA, Smollin CG
• Pulseless ventricular tachycardia associated with chronic ketamine use.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017 Liu CC, Chen CK, Smollin CG, Yu JH, Seak CJ, Chen HY
• Amanita phalloides Mushroom Poisonings - Northern California, December 2016.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2017 Vo KT, Montgomery ME, Mitchell ST, Scheerlinck PH, Colby DK, Meier KH, Kim-Katz S, Anderson IB, Offerman SR, Olson KR, Smollin CG
• Anticholinergic toxicity associated with ingestion of water containing lupini bean extract.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017 Li K, van Wijk XMR, Hayashi S, Lynch KL, Wu AHB, Smollin CG
• Severe Carisoprodol Withdrawal After a 14-Year Addiction and Acute Overdose.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2016 Vo KT, Horng H, Smollin CG, Benowitz NL
• Rapid respiratory arrest after ingestion of poison hemlock mistaken for wild celery.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2016 Chen HY, Horng H, Rowley F, Smollin C
• Adverse Effects From Counterfeit Alprazolam Tablets.
  JAMA internal medicine 2016 Arens AM, van Wijk XM, Vo KT, Lynch KL, Wu AH, Smollin CG
• Esophageal Rupture After Ghost Pepper Ingestion.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2016 Arens A, Ben-Youssef L, Hayashi S, Smollin C
• Methemoglobinemia from frozen-dried mudfish contaminated with sodium nitrite.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2016 Jiranantakan T, Olson KR, Tsutaoka B, Smollin CG
• Recognition and Knowledge of Medications with Black Box Warnings Among Pediatricians and Emergency Physicians.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2016 Smollin CG, Fu J, Levin R
• Counterfeit Norco Poisoning Outbreak - San Francisco Bay Area, California, March 25-April 5, 2016.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2016 Vo KT, van Wijk XM, Lynch KL, Wu AH, Smollin CG
• Case Files of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Toxicology Fellowship: Seizures and a Persistent Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2016 Arens A, Smollin C
• Carbamazepine and carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide clearance measurements during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in a massive overdose.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2016 Smollin CG, Petrie MS, Kearney T
• Online social networking and US poison control centers: Facebook as a means of information distribution.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2015 Vo K, Smollin C
• Cardiogenic shock after use of fluoroamphetamine confirmed with serum and urine levels.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2014 Al-Abri S, Meier KH, Colby JM, Smollin CG, Benowitz NL
• Comprehensive analysis of "bath salts" purchased from California stores and the internet.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2014 Schneir A, Ly BT, Casagrande K, Darracq M, Offerman SR, Thornton S, Smollin C, Vohra R, Rangun C, Tomaszewski C, Gerona RR
• Vitamin D toxicity in an infant: case files of the University of California, San Francisco medical toxicology fellowship.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2014 Smollin C, Srisansanee W
• An observational case series of dabigatran and rivaroxaban exposures reported to a poison control system.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2014 Stevenson JW, Minns AB, Smollin C, Albertson TE, Cantrell FL, Tomaszewski C, Clark RF
• Pepper spray injury severity: ten-year case experience of a poison control system.
  Prehospital emergency care 2014 Kearney T, Hiatt P, Birdsall E, Smollin C
• Case files of the University of California San Francisco Medical Toxicology Fellowship: lamotrigine toxicity.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2012 Fleurat M, Smollin C
• Partition constant and volume of distribution as predictors of clinical efficacy of lipid rescue for toxicological emergencies.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2011 French D, Smollin C, Ruan W, Wong A, Drasner K, Wu AH
• Confirmed glyburide poisoning from ingestion of "street Valium".
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2011 Lung DD, Gerona RR, Wu AH, Smollin CG
• Carbon monoxide poisoning (acute).
  BMJ clinical evidence 2010 Smollin C, Olson K
• Toxicology: pearls and pitfalls in the use of antidotes.
  Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2010 Smollin CG
• Carbon monoxide poisoning (acute).
  BMJ clinical evidence 2008 Olson K, Smollin C
• Patterns of ecstasy-associated hyponatremia in California.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2006 Rosenson J, Smollin C, Sporer KA, Blanc P, Olson KR
• Publication of abstracts presented at 2001 NAACT.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2006 Smollin CG, Nelson LS