Our Team

Leadership & Education Team

  • Varun Vohra

    Senior & Academic Director

    Board-Certified Clinical Toxicologist Consultant

    Associate Professor (Clinical) Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine

  • Andrew King

    Medical Director

    Professor (Clinical), Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

  • Cari Williamson

    Director of Operations

  • Ingrid Gronlund

    Assistant to the Directors

  • Joe Bowles

    Marketing Project Manager, Multimedia Specialist

  • Denise Kolakowski

    Poison Control Educator

Specialists in Poison Information

The Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center is staffed by medical professionals, known as Specialists in Poison Information (SPI). Our SPIs are nurses, pharmacists, and physicians who are specifically trained to help healthcare professionals, first responders, law enforcement, public health officials, and the civilian public manage poisoning emergencies and poison and drug-related questions.

  • Betsy Adams

    RN, BSN, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Jonathan Beatty

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Shannon Blattert

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Danielle Bouza

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Phillip Brown

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Elizabeth Burnham

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Megan Carney

    PharmD, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Dmitriy Carrigan

    PharmD, MMHC, MS, Specialist in Poison Information

  • Joe Champoux

    PharmD, MBA, Specialist in Poison Information

  • Dawn Copley

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Lucas

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Pablo Frias De La Cruz

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Ramsis Georgi

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Safia Jafri

    Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Michele Lauth

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Orlando Llerena

    MD, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Susan Rudderham

    RN, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Tehmina Siddiqui

    MD, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Blair Simmons

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Saira Syed

    MD, Certified Specialist in Poison Information

  • Rachel Wein

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Canaan Yunez

    Specialist in Poison Information

  • Tylor Zohr

    Specialist in Poison Information