David Wood

Consultant physician and clinical toxicologist
Biography
David Wood is a consultant physician and clinical toxicologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and reader in clinical toxicology at King's College London.
He is a co-opted member of the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
He is an expert advisor on recreational drugs and new psychoactive substances to the:
- European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (ECMDDA)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Education and training
- Certificate of completion of specialist training in general (internal) medicine and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 2007
- MD, University of London, 2005
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), 2000
- Medicine and surgery (MB ChB) honours, University of Bristol, 1997
- Pharmacology BSc 1st-Class Honours, University of Bristol,1994
Research interests
- Epidemiology of and short-term harm related to the misuse of recreational drugs
- New psychoactive substances and prescription medicine and the short-term harms related to their misuse, the European Drug Emergency Network (Euro-DEN)
- Project and collaborative work with the US RADARS system
Awards
- Fellowship of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (FAACT), 2018
- Fellowship of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologist (FEAPCCT), 2015
- Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society (FBPhS), 2012
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), 2012
- Fellowship of the American College of Medical Toxicology (FACMT), 2012
Contact
Specialist interests
- Recreational drug toxicity
- New psychoactive substance toxicity
- Prescription medicine misuse and toxicity
- Contaminated cabin air (aerotoxic syndrome)
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Cardiovascular drug toxicity management
- Paracetamol toxicity and treatment management options
Last updated: September 2022