Margaret Thompson

Title: Medical Director, Ontario, Manitoba & Nunavut Poison Centres

Designations: MD, FRCPC

Alternate Contact Name: Donna Tedesco

Alternate Phone: 416-813-6437

U of T Positions: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Margaret Thompson is an FRCPC trained Emergency Physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and an ACMT trained Medical Toxicologist. She has been the Medical Director of the Ontario Poison Centre since 2001. She is a primary investigator at the Research Institute, has been the Program Director for the Fellowship Program in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology & teaches in multiple continuing education venues.

Research

Collaborates on case reports, case series and retrospective database projects regarding a number of different poisoning presentations

Education and experience

1982: MD, University of Toronto
1986: FRCPC Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto
1987–present: Staff Emergency Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
1994: dABEM Medical Toxicology
2001–present: Medical Director, Ontario Poison Centre

Achievements

1994, 2016: Anna Jarvis Award for Teaching Excellence in Emergency Medicine
2018: University of Toronto Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Teaching Award
2016–present: President Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres

Ontario Poison Centre