Frank G. Walter, MD, a tenured professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, received the 2024 Career Achievement Award from the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, its highest honor.
“It means so much to receive this award,” said Walter. “I feel very humbled and privileged that my friends and colleagues in the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology chose to honor me with the Career Achievement Award, selecting me to join a list of luminaries in clinical toxicology who have made such positive impacts for patients and communities over the decades.”
Walter is only the fourth person to have received both the AACT Career Achievement Award and the AACT Distinguished Service Award. He received the inaugural service award, the academy’s second-highest honor, in 2005.
Samuel M. Keim, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, said, “Dr. Walter is the consummate academic professional. He has advanced the discipline of clinical toxicology in multiple ways. His teaching in the classroom, at the bedside and in national presentations is truly the gold standard.”
Read more about this award on the University of Arizona Health Sciences page.