Stuart Heard, PharmD

Executive Director, California Poison Control System
Associate Dean
Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Heard
Kaz Tsuruta
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 345-0821
Fax: +1 415 502-8620
490 Illinois Street, Rm 32A
UCSF Box 1262
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

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Education programs

PharmD Degree Program

UCSF centers, institutes, and research programs

Executive Director, California Poison Control System (CPCS)

External affiliations

Fellow, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP)
President, American Association of Poison Control Centers

What I do

I serve as the executive director of the California Poison Control System (CPCS) within the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy. My focus is system management and financial stability of the CPCS.

Departmental research area

health services and policy research

Clinical expertise

poison control

Professional background

Degrees

PharmD, University of California, San Francisco, 1972

Licensure and certifications

Licentiate in Pharmacy, Ohio, 1976
Licentiate in Pharmacy, California State Board of Pharmacy, 1972

Biography

Dr. Heard is the Executive Director of the California Poison Control System (CPCS), a business unit of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco. He is also Associate Dean and Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy. Prior to his appointment to the CPCS, Dr. Heard was in Pharmacy management with the San Francisco Department of Public Health from 1986-1996 and from 1974-1986 with University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy and residency training from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy. Dr. Heard is a Fellow of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) and is a past President of the Golden Gate Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and past member of the CSHP Board of Directors. He is also a Past President of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Research keywords

  • cannabis
  • Poison Control Centers
  • Societies
  • Commerce
  • Buprenorphine
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Government Financing
  • health policy
  • poisoning
  • Health Personnel
  • Budgets
  • Hotlines
  • public health
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Regional Health Planning

Publications

Matthay EC, Mousli LM, Sun C, Lewis J, Jacobs LM, Heard S, Ho R, Schmidt LA, Apollonio DE. Associations of Local Cannabis Control Policies With Harmful Cannabis Exposures Reported to the California Poison Control System. Epidemiology. 2024 Jul 01; 35(4):447-457.
LeSaint KT, Ho RY, Heard SE, Smollin CG. California Poison Control System Implementation of a Novel Hotline to Treat Patients with Opioid Use Disorder. J Med Toxicol. 2021 04; 17(2):190-196.
Dart RC, Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, Seifert SA, Heard SE, Krenzelok EP. Poisoning in the United States: 2012 emergency medicine report of the National Poison Data System. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Apr; 65(4):416-22.
Sutter ME, Bronstein AC, Heard SE, Barthold CL, Lando J, Lewis LS, Schier JG. The role of clinical toxicologists and poison control centers in public health. Am J Prev Med. 2010 Jun; 38(6):658-62.
Giffin S, Heard SE. Budget cuts and U.S. Poison Centers - regional challenges create a nationwide problem. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2009 Sep; 47(8):790-1.
Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, Green JL, Rumack BH, Heard SE, American Association of Poison Control Centers. 2007 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 25th Annual Report. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2008 Dec; 46(10):927-1057.
Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR, Green J, Rumack BH, Heard SE. 2006 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS). Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2007 Dec; 45(8):815-917.
Alsop JA, Heard SE, Albertson TE. Evolution of poison control centers in California. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007 Sep 15; 64(18):1898-9.
Albertson TE, Tharratt RS, Alsop J, Marquardt K, Heard S. Regional variations in the use and awareness of the California Poison Control System. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2004; 42(5):625-33.
Phillips KA, Homan RK, Hiatt PH, Luft HS, Kearney TE, Heard SE, Olson KR. The costs and outcomes of restricting public access to poison control centers. Results from a natural experiment. Med Care. 1998 Mar; 36(3):271-80.
Phillips KA, Homan RK, Luft HS, Hiatt PH, Olson KR, Kearney TE, Heard SE. Willingness to pay for poison control centers. J Health Econ. 1997 Jun; 16(3):343-57.
Kearney TE, Olson KR, Bero LA, Heard SE, Blanc PD. Health care cost effects of public use of a regional poison control center. West J Med. 1995 Jun; 162(6):499-504.
Heard SE. Multidisciplinary response of San Francisco General Hospital to the AIDS epidemic. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1989 Dec; 46(12 Suppl 3):S7-10.