Chris P. Holstege, MD

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Christopher P. Holstege, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Division of Medical Toxicology
Division of Medical Toxicology
P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-5185
Fax: (434) 971-8657                                                            
E-mail: ch2xf@virginia.edu

Education:

  • BS, Chemistry, Calvin College (1988)
  • MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine (1993)
  • Residency, Emergency Medicine, Butterworth Hospital (1996)
  • Fellowship, Medical Toxicology, Indiana University (1998)

Clinical and Research Interests:

  • Clinical Toxicology
  • Chemical agents utilized in terrorism/murder
  • Electrocardiographic changes in the poisoned patient
  • Calcium channel blocker induced hyperglycemia

Personal Interests:

  • Wilderness medicine (orienteering without street signs)
  • White water rafting (near drowning resuscitation in the wilds of West Virginia)
  • Great Lakes sailing (cold water response and survival)

Most Recent Publications:  

  • Martin-Gill C, Baer AB, Holstege CP, Eldridge DL, Pines JM, Kirk MA. Poison centers as information resources for EMS in a suspected chemical exposure. J Emerg Med (accepted, publication pending)
  • Dorf E, Kuntz A, Kelsey J, Holstege CP. Lidocaine-induced altered mental status and seizure following hematoma block. J Emerg Med 2006;31(3): 251-253.
  • Barlotta KS, Holstege CP, Brady, WJ, Mattu A. Apparent wide complex tachycardia after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.  Am J Emerg Med. 2006;24(3):362-7.
  • Self WH, Mattu A, Martin M, Holstege CP, Preuss J, Brady WJ: Body surface mapping in the ED evaluation of the patient with chest pain: use of the 80-lead electrocardiogram system.  Am J Emerg Med. 2006;24(1):87-112.
  • Holstege CP (worksheet author). Part 10: First Aid. Circulation 2005;112:III-115 – 125.