Zhanna Livshits, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2021

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 2021
• Fellowship Medical Toxicology New York City Poison Control Center; New York University School of Medicine 2011
• Residency Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital 2009
• MD University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2006

Interests

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• Acute care of poisoned patients
• Medical Toxicology
• Medical education
• Geriatric toxicology
• Addiction medicine

Publications (16)

Top publication keywords:
Skin UlcerSpider BitesChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryMedication ErrorsSerotonin AgentsAcetaminophenDrug OverdoseNaturopathySpider VenomsSerotonin SyndromeErythemaHydroxocobalaminSulfonylurea CompoundsC-PeptideCarboxyhemoglobin

• Serum iron concentrations in non-iron induced acute liver injury.
  Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2021 Mudan A, Lebin JA, Wu AHB, Livshits Z
• Revisiting supplement safety: a near fatal overdose with novel supplement tejocote.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2020 Mudan A, Livshits Z, Lebin J
• Improved Emergency Medicine Physician Attitudes Towards Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder Following Naloxone Kit Training.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2019 Appel G, Avery JJ, Ho K, Livshits Z, Rao RB, Avery J
• Retained drugs in the gastrointestinal tracts of deceased victims of oral drug overdose.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2014 Livshits Z, Sampson BA, Howland MA, Hoffman RS, Nelson LS
• An approach to chemotherapy-associated toxicity.
  Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2014 Livshits Z, Rao RB, Smith SW

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• Falsely low carboxyhemoglobin level after hydroxocobalamin therapy.
  The New England journal of medicine 2012 Livshits Z, Lugassy DM, Shawn LK, Hoffman RS
• Wolf spider envenomation.
  Wilderness & environmental medicine 2012 Livshits Z, Bernstein B, Sorkin LN, Smith SW, Hoffman RS
• Comment: "Quantitative insulin and C peptide levels among ED patients with sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia".
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2011 Livshits Z, Hoffman RS
• If vitamins could kill: massive hemolysis following naturopathic vitamin infusion.
  Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2011 Livshits Z, Hoffman RS, Hymes KB, Nelson LS
• Zidovudine (AZT) overdose in a healthy newborn receiving postnatal prophylaxis.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2011 Livshits Z, Lee S, Hoffman RS, Nelson LS, Esteban-Cruciani N
• Life-threatening bupropion ingestion: is there a role for intravenous fat emulsion?
  Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology 2011 Livshits Z, Feng Q, Chowdhury F, Amdo TD, Nelson LS, Hoffman RS
• CTA and cocaine-associated chest pain: more evidence is needed.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Livshits Z, Hoffman RS
• Validation of a 6-hour observation period for cocaine body stuffers.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2011 Livshits Z, Clark D, Gutierrez M, Hoffman RS
• Letter to the Editor regarding the published study "Deaths involving serotonergic drugs".
  Forensic science international 2010 Livshits Z, Hoffman RS
• Comment: a population study of the frequency of high-dose acetaminophen prescribing and dispensing.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2010 Livshits Z, Hoffman RS
• Transcranial Doppler pulsatility indices as a measure of diffuse small-vessel disease.
  Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2001 Kidwell CS, el-Saden S, Livshits Z, Martin NA, Glenn TC, Saver JL