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Kurt C. Kleinschmidt, MD $$

Emergency Medicine Physician

Professor Scholar at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English

Locations

UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Education and Training

Medical School
University of South Florida College of Medicine (1986)
Internship
Letterman Army Medical Center (1987), Internal Medicine
Residency
Madigan Army Medical Center (1990), Emergency Medicine
Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (1999), Toxicology
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine/Toxicology

Departments and Programs

  • Research Interests

    • Addiction medicine
    • Drugs of abuse
    • Snakebites
    • Toxicology

  • Publications

    Publications

    • Cottonmouth snake bites reported to the ToxIC North American snakebite registry 2013-2017. Domanski K, Kleinschmidt KC, Greene S, Ruha AM, Berbata V, Onisko N, Campleman S, Brent J, Wax P, Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2019 Jun 1-5
    • Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation. Freiermuth CE, Lavonas EJ, Anderson VE, Kleinschmidt KC, Sharma K, Rapp-Olsson M, Gerardo C, West J Emerg Med 2019 May 20 3 497-505
    • The validity, reliability and minimal clinically important difference of the patient specific functional scale in snake envenomation. Gerardo CJ, Vissoci JRN, de Oliveira LP, Anderson VE, Quackenbush E, Lewis B, Rose SR, Greene S, Toschlog EA, Charlton NP, Mullins ME, Schwartz R, Denning D, Sharma K, Kleinschmidt K, Bush SP, Brandehoff NP, Lavonas EJ, PLoS ONE 2019 14 3 e0213077
    • Adverse Events in the Efficacy of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab Antivenom vs Placebo in Recovery from Copperhead Snakebite Trial. Mullins ME, Gerardo CJ, Bush SP, Rose SR, Greene S, Quackenbush EB, Lewis B, Anderson VE, Kleinschmidt KC, Schwarz RB, Charlton NP, Toschlog EA, Sharma K, Denning DA, Lavonas EJ South. Med. J. 2018 Dec 111 12 716-720

    Books

    • Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons. In Critical Care Toxicology: the Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient. Furmaga J, Kleinschmidt K, Sharma K (2016). Springer
    • Hydrocarbons. In Textbook of Critical Care Medicine, 6th Ed. Sharma K and Kleinschmidt K. (2011). Elsevier
    • Toxic Inhalations. In Textbook of Critical Care Medicine, 6th Ed. ; Editor Jean-Louis Vincent. Schwarz E and Kleinschmidt K (2011). Elsevier
    • Biochemical and Metabolic Principles. In Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. Kleinschmidt KC and Delaney KD (2010). New York, McGraw-Hill
    • Toxicology in the Critical Care Unit. In The Evidence Based Practice of Critical Care. Editors: Deutschman and Neligan. Weier A and Kleinschmidt K. (2010). Saunders Elsevier
    • How do I diagnose and manage patients admitted to the ICU after common poisonings?. In The Evidence Based Practice of Critical Care; 3rd Ed. Editors: Deutschman & Neligan.Furmaga J and Kleinschmidt K (2019). Saunders Elsevier
    • Adult Education Principles.. In Practical Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2nd Ed. O'Connell, Ellen and Kleinschmidt Kurt (2012). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing

  • Professional Activities

    • American Academy Clinical Toxicology (2002)
    • American College of Medical Toxicology (2002)
    • American Society of Addiction Medicine (2015)

  • Awards and Honors

    • Leaders in Clinical Excellence Awards - Program Development Award - For efforts related to the Parkland Memorial Hospital's Perinatal Intervention Program (2019)
    • American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) - Education Award - Award from ACMT for lifetime contributions to the educational pursuits of medical toxicology (2015) - 
    • Teaching Excellence Award - UTSW Class of 2017 award for being a top faculty (2015)
    • Teaching Excellence Award - From Medical School Class of 2009 (2006-2007)
    • Teaching Excellence Award - From the Parkland Emergency Medicine Residents 2001/2002 (2002)

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