World Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Biography

Dr. O’Malley was born and raised in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from SUNY at Stony Brook and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York Institute of Technology/New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in general surgery for two years, before trading the operating room for the emergency room. He completed an emergency medicine residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the University of Colorado/Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center in Denver, CO. Doctor O’Malley became Lieutenant Commander O’Malley and served as a US Naval medical officer for 10 years in Japan, Puerto Rico, Virginia and on board the USS Bataan. Eventually Dr. O’Malley returned to Philadelphia and spent 10 more years as Director of Research and Clinical Toxicology, first at Albert Einstein Medical Center and then at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Doctor O’Malley became Professor O’Malley in 2015 and continues to teach Introduction to Clinical Medicine II and III in addition to Introduction to Pharmacology/Introduction to Toxicology at the Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine of Thomas Jefferson University. Doctor O’Malley is the Director of Toxicology at the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC and enjoys practicing emergency medicine at the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. Doctor O’Malley is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 30 book chapters and 80 manuscript reviews. Doctor O’Malley is a Senior Reviewer for Annals of Emergency Medicine and also reviews for Academic Emergency Medicine, Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, the British Medical Journal, the Cleveland Clinic Journal and the Journal of Medical Toxicology, among others. Dr.O’Malley is a husband, father and owner of two very well behaved Scottish Terriers named Tara and Percy.

Research Interest

Acetaminophen and salicylate toxicity; general management of poisons; snakebites and marine envenomation; medical ethics and history; global and environmental toxicology.