Christopher P. Holstege, MD Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Director, Division of Medical Toxicology Division of Medical Toxicology P.O. Box 800699 Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699 Phone: (434) 924-5185 Fax: (434) 971-8657                                                             E-mail: ch2xf@virginia.edu

Education:

• BS, Chemistry, Calvin College (1988)
• MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine (1993)
• Residency, Emergency Medicine, Butterworth Hospital (1996)
• Fellowship, Medical Toxicology, Indiana University (1998)

Clinical and Research Interests:

• Clinical Toxicology
• Chemical agents utilized in terrorism/murder
• Electrocardiographic changes in the poisoned patient
• Calcium channel blocker induced hyperglycemia

Personal Interests:

• Wilderness medicine (orienteering without street signs)
• White water rafting (near drowning resuscitation in the wilds of West Virginia)
• Great Lakes sailing (cold water response and survival)

Most Recent Publications:

• Saathoff G, DeFrancisco G, Benedek D, Everett A, Holstege C, Johnson S, Lambertia S, Schouten R, White J. Report of the Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel – Amerithrax Case.  Research Strategies Network 2011.
• Holstege CP, Neer T, Saathoff G, Furbee RB.  Criminal Poisoning. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Sudbury, Massachusetts.  April, 2010.
• Bechtel LK, Lawrence D, Holstege CP. Ingestion of False Hellebore Plants Can Cross-react with a Digoxin Clinical Chemistry Assay. Clin Toxicol 2010;48(5):435-442.
• Louters LL, Stehouwer N, Rekman J, Tidball A, Cok A, Holstege CP. Verapamil inhibits the glucose transporter GLUT1.  J Med Toxicol 2010;6(2):100-5.
• Forrester JD, Holstege CP. Injury and Illness Encountered in Shenandoah National Park. Wilderness Environ Med 2009;20(4):318-326.
• Bechtel LK, Haverstick DM, Holstege CP. Verapamil Toxicity Dysregulates the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway.  Acad Emerg Med 2008;15(4):368-374