Kimberlie Adele Graeme
- Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
- (602) 839-6690
- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PHX
- kgraeme@arizona.edu
Biography
Dr. Graeme is triple-boarded in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, and Addiction Medicine. She is active in teaching and clinical practice. She has been involved in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows throughout her 25 year career.
Interests
Teaching
(1) Teaching an empathetic approach to the care of Medical Toxicology patients and patients with substance use disorders; practicing compassion and kindness; working as a multidisciplinary community to help the patients we serve.(2) Teaching a systematic and encompassing approach to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of envenomated and poisoned patient.
Research
Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine, specifically, synthetic drugs of abuse and emerging drugs of abuse and the effect on individuals and the community; toxic plant exposures and the medications derived from plants; toxic mushroom expsoures and classifications; envenomations; alcohol and opiate abuse treatment and epidemiology; suicide risk factors and prevention.
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
Others
- Graeme, K. (2016, July). Ultrasound to evaluate effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Intern Emerg Med 2016 Jul 28 (epub ahead of print).More infoThis paper describes a case of a gentleman at risk of gastric rupture after hydrogen peroxide ingestion that was treated successfully with HBO and serially assessment by ultrasound.
- Graeme, K. (2015, Sept). The Global Educational Toxicology Uniting Project (GETUP): an Analysis of the First Year of a Novel Toxicology Education Project. J Med Toxicol 2015 Sep; 11(3):295-300.More infoThis paper discusses the initial experience of utilizing Google Hangouts and similar teleconferencing to connect toxicologist globally and to provide interactive education in toxicology through the discussion of interesting cases.
- Graeme, K. (2014, June). A Case of Neurotoxicity Following Envenomation by the Sidesinder Rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes. J Med Toxicol 2014 Jun; 10(2): 229-31.More infoThis paper discribes a case of sidewinder envenomation resulting in neurological findings.
