UCSF

Thomas Kearney, PharmD

Interim Dean
Professor Emeritus
Dean's Office
Kearney
Kaz Tsuruta
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 502-2882
Fax: +1 415 502-6012
513 Parnassus Avenue, Rm 124
UCSF Box 0403
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

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Educational programs

UCSF centers, institutes, and research programs

Managing Director, San Francisco Division, California Poison Control System (CPCS)

External affiliations

Associate Editor, Poisoning and Drug Overdose

What I do

As interim dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, I lead the creation of the School’s strategic agenda and ensure the School has the operational framework and resources required to succeed in its mission. My work is in collaboration with the School’s department chairs, administrative leaders, and faculty. On the campus level, I join UCSF’s chancellor and other campus leaders to ensure UCSF continues its leadership in innovative health sciences research, patient care, and the graduate education of tomorrow’s scientists and clinicians.

Departmental research area

clinical research

My research expertise

clinical toxicology, antidotes for poisoning, pharmacoepidemiology, poison center operations

Clinical expertise

clinical toxicology

Degrees

PharmD, University of California, San Francisco, 1980

Biography

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco; Clinical Toxicology Consultant for the San Francisco Division of the California Poison Control System, and completed a one-year mid-career fellowship (Institute for Health Policy Studies, Institute for Health and Aging and Health Research Training Program, UCSF School of Medicine) in health services research. Dr. Kearney is a graduate of the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy. He completed a Residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the University of Michigan and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in clinical toxicology at University of California, San Diego and San Francisco. He has served as Associate Director of the Louisiana State Regional Poison Control Center and the Executive Director of the Delaware Valley Regional Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has served in leadership positions in the American Association of Poison Control Centers (Treasurer) and is a Diplomate and past-President of the Board of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. He has served as the Associate Editor for the publication: Poisoning and Drug Overdose - a Lange clinical manual, Appleton and Lange publishers.

Research keywords

  • pharmacoepidemiology
  • antidotes for poisoning
  • poison center operations
  • clinical toxicology
  • Hemofiltration
  • Carbamazepine
  • Physostigmine
  • Postmortem Changes
  • Serotonin Syndrome
  • delirium
  • Cyproheptadine
  • poisoning
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
  • antidotes
  • Poison Control Centers
  • Drug Overdose
  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • Cholinergic Antagonists
  • Narcotics

Licensure and certifications

Licentiate in Pharmacy, California State Board of Pharmacy, 2011
Diplomate, American Board of Applied Toxicology, 1991

Publications

Clinard VB, Kearney TE, Repplinger DJ, Smollin CG, Youmans SL. An interprofessional clinical toxicology advanced pharmacy practice experience. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2019 05; 11(5):505-512.
Arens AM, Kearney T. Adverse Effects of Physostigmine. J Med Toxicol. 2019 Jul; 15(3):184-191.
Nguyen H, Pan A, Smollin C, Cantrell LF, Kearney T. An 11-year retrospective review of cyproheptadine use in serotonin syndrome cases reported to the California Poison Control System. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2019 Apr; 44(2):327-334.
Arlow RL, Paddock LE, Niu X, Kirstein L, Haffty BG, Goyal S, Kearney T, Toppmeyer D, Stroup AM, Khan AJ. Breast-conservation Therapy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Compromise 10-Year Breast Cancer-specific Mortality. Am J Clin Oncol. 2018 12; 41(12):1246-1251.
Arens AM, Shah K, Al-Abri S, Olson KR, Kearney T. Safety and effectiveness of physostigmine: a 10-year retrospective review<sup/>. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2018 02; 56(2):101-107.
Smollin CG, Petrie MS, Kearney T. Carbamazepine and carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide clearance measurements during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in a massive overdose. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2016 Jun; 54(5):424-7.
Tsutaoka BT, Ho RY, Fung SM, Kearney TE. Comparative Toxicity of Tapentadol and Tramadol Utilizing Data Reported to the National Poison Data System. Ann Pharmacother. 2015 Dec; 49(12):1311-6.
Wu AH, Hamilton R, Middleberg R, Kacinko S, Kearney T. Investigation of postmortem absorption and redistribution after the application of a fentanyl patch. J Forensic Sci. 2015 Mar; 60(2):532-5.
Al-Abri SA, Woodburn C, Olson KR, Kearney TE. Ventricular dysrhythmias associated with poisoning and drug overdose: a 10-year review of statewide poison control center data from California. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2015 Feb; 15(1):43-50.
Kearney T, Hiatt P, Birdsall E, Smollin C. Pepper spray injury severity: ten-year case experience of a poison control system. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2014 Jul-Sep; 18(3):381-6.
Armenian P, Kearney TE. Pediatric ergot alkaloid exposures reported to the California Poison Control System: 1997-2008. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2014 Mar; 52(3):214-9.
Lung DD, Kearney TE, Brasiel JA, Olson KR. Predictors of Death and Prolonged Renal Insufficiency in Ethylene Glycol Poisoning. J Intensive Care Med. 2015 Jul; 30(5):270-7.
Al-Abri SA, Kearney T. Baking soda misuse as a home remedy: case experience of the California Poison Control System. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2014 Feb; 39(1):73-7.
Kearney TE, Lieu D, Singer N, Tsutaoka B, Ho R, Olson K. Investigating the reliability of substance toxicity information found on the Internet in pediatric poisonings. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Dec; 29(12):1249-54.
Wu AH, Kearney T. Lack of impairment due to confirmed codeine use prior to a motor vehicle accident: role of pharmacogenomics. J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Nov; 20(8):1024-7.
Thundiyil JG, Rowley F, Papa L, Olson KR, Kearney TE. Risk factors for complications of drug-induced seizures. J Med Toxicol. 2011 Mar; 7(1):16-23.
Kim-Katz SY, Anderson IB, Kearney TE, MacDougall C, Hudmon KS, Blanc PD. Topical antacid therapy for capsaicin-induced dermal pain: a poison center telephone-directed study. Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Jun; 28(5):596-602.
Kearney T, Tu N, Haller C. Adverse drug events associated with yohimbine-containing products: a retrospective review of the California Poison Control System reported cases. Ann Pharmacother. 2010 Jun; 44(6):1022-9.
Ciranni MA, Kearney TE, Olson KR. Comparing acute toxicity of first- and second-generation antipsychotic drugs: a 10-year, retrospective cohort study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2009 Jan; 70(1):122-9.
Haller C, Kearney T, Bent S, Ko R, Benowitz N, Olson K. Dietary supplement adverse events: report of a one-year poison center surveillance project. J Med Toxicol. 2008 Jun; 4(2):84-92.
Kearney TE, Hiatt PH, Olson KR. Alternative models for telephone response to pediatric poisonings. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Jul-Sep; 11(3):284-92.
Thundiyil JG, Kearney TE, Olson KR. Evolving epidemiology of drug-induced seizures reported to a Poison Control Center System. J Med Toxicol. 2007 Mar; 3(1):15-9.
Kearney TE, Van Bebber SL, Hiatt PH, Olson KR. Protocols for pediatric poisonings from nontoxic substances: are they valid? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006 Apr; 22(4):215-21.
Anderson IB, Kearney TE. Use of methadone. West J Med. 2000 Jan; 172(1):43-6.
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.
Blanc PD, Kearney TE, Olson KR. Underreporting of fatal cases to a regional poison control center. West J Med. 1995 Jun; 162(6):505-9.
Litovitz T, Kearney TE, Holm K, Soloway RA, Weisman R, Oderda G. Poison Control Centers: is there an antidote for budget cuts? Am J Emerg Med. 1994 Sep; 12(5):585-99.
Olson KR, Kearney TE, Dyer JE, Benowitz NL, Blanc PD. Seizures associated with poisoning and drug overdose. Am J Emerg Med. 1994 May; 12(3):392-5.
Price EA, D'Alessandro A, Kearney T, Olson KR, Blanc PD. Osmolar gap with minimal acidosis in combined methanol and methyl ethyl ketone ingestion. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1994; 32(1):79-84.
Olson KR, Kearney TE, Dyer JE, Benowitz NL, Blanc PD. Seizures associated with poisoning and drug overdose. Am J Emerg Med. 1993 Nov; 11(6):565-8.
Nathan AR, Olson KR, Everson GW, Kearney TE, Blanc PD. Effects of a major earthquake on calls to regional poison control centers. West J Med. 1992 Mar; 156(3):278-80.
Fleisher GR, Kearney TE, Henretig F, Tenenbein M. Gastric decontamination in the poisoned patient. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1991 Dec; 7(6):378-81.
Kearney TE, Manoguerra AS, Curtis GP, Ziegler MG. Theophylline toxicity and the beta-adrenergic system. Ann Intern Med. 1985 Jun; 102(6):766-9.
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