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Toxicologist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Emergency Medicine and/or Preventive Medicine; practitioners are trained in the monitoring, prevention, evaluation and treatment of injury or illness due to occupational and environmental exposures and pharmaceutical agents, as well as unintentional and intentional poisonings in all age groups. Specialty: Toxicology (Medical), Medical Toxicology
Transfusion Medicine-Blood Banking Specialist
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Pathology; responsibilities include monitoring the use of blood within the hospital, tracing the causes of transfusion reactions, testing for determinants of tissue compatibility that permit bone marrow and other transplants, and serving as a consultant to plan appropriate therapy for a wide variety of conditions. Specialty: Transfusion Medicine-Blood Banking, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
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