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Office
800 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40536Phone+1 859-323-5908Fax+1 859-323-4607- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Peter Akpunonu is an emergency medicine physician in Lexington, KY and is affiliated with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Toledo College of Medicine and has been in practice 5 years. He specializes in medical toxicology and undersea & hyperbaric medicine and is experienced in sports medicine, occupational medicine, trauma, toxicology, and health technology/informatics.
Education & Training
- Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Medical Toxicology (Emergency Medicine), 2015 - 2017
- University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2012 - 2015
- The University of Toledo College of MedicineClass of 2012, MD
Certifications & Licensure
- KY State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- OR State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- NM State Medical License 2016 - 2017
- MO State Medical License 2012 - 2015
- KS State Medical License 2012 - 2015
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Medical Toxicology
- American Association of Medical Review OfficersMedical Review Officer
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Travel Scholarship for Underrepresented Minority Medical Trainees American College of Medical Toxicology, 2014
- Best Medical Student Research Paper American College of Emergency Physicians, 2010
- Excellence in Diversity of Award University of Toledo, College of Medicine, 2009
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Clinical Trials
- Broad-spectrum Rapid Antidote: Varespladib Oral for Snakebite Start of enrollment: 2021 Aug 15
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Case of an Intraoperative Iatrogenic Methanol Exposure.Andrew Micciche, Eric Johnson, Breanne Mefford, Amber McCoy, Peter Akpunonu, Mehboob Kalani, Ashish Maskey> ;The American Journal of Case Reports. 2023 Jul 18
- 5 citationsUsing natural language processing to identify opioid use disorder in electronic health record data.Jade Singleton, Chengxi Li, Peter D Akpunonu, Erin L Abner, Anna M Kucharska-Newton> ;International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2023 Feb 1
- 13 citationsThe BRAVO Clinical Study Protocol: Oral Varespladib for Inhibition of Secretory Phospholipase A2 in the Treatment of Snakebite Envenoming.Rebecca W Carter, Charles J Gerardo, Stephen P Samuel, Surendra Kumar, Suneetha D Kotehal, Partha P Mukherjee, Farshad M Shirazi, Peter D Akpunonu, Chanaveerappa Bammi...> ;Toxins. 2022 Dec 28
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Abstracts/Posters
- A Novel Approach to the Acute Management of Auricular HematomasAkpunonu, P., Adams, D., Adams, S., Brickman, K., Annals of Emergency Medicine
- How Many Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections are Missed Upon Admission to the Emergency Department?Akpunonu, P., Ruggiero, L., Pearce, A., Snow, J., Brickman, K., Annals of Emergency Medicine
- How Does Use of a Statewide Prescription Monitoring Program Affect Emergency Department Prescribing Behaviors?.Sinha, S., Callan, EM,. Akpunonu, P., Baehren, D., Marco, C, Annals of Emergency Medicine
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Committees
- Member, American College of Emergency Physicians Research Committee 2012 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
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- American College of Medical ToxicologyMember
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- American College of Clinical ToxicologyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler HospitalLexington, Kentucky
- UofL Health - UofL HospitalLouisville, Kentucky
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