Robert French, MD

Robert N.E. French, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Asst. Medical Director, Prehospital HAZMAT Operations
Medical Toxicology Faculty

Contact:

1501 N. Campbell Ave.
PO Box 245057 Tucson AZ 85724
Phone: 
(520) 626-6312
Fax: 
520-626-2480 NON CLINICAL

Robert French, MD, MPH serves as core faculty in the University Campus Emergency Medicine residency and works clinically at Banner UMC Tucson and South Campuses. He is fellowship trained and sub-boarded in both EMS and medical toxicology. Dr. French is an assistant medical director in the Department’s EMS medical direction group. His responsibilities include shifts with the EMS physician field response program and medical direction for the Southern Arizona Regional Hazmat Team and the Southern Arizona Regional Technical Rescue Team. He is a medical team manager for AZTF-1 and has deployed with urban search and rescue teams with FEMA and USAID to natural disasters both domestically and internationally. He also serves as a Flight Surgeon in the Arizona Air National Guard. Medical toxicology consultation services are provided through the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center.

Dr. French’s academic interests include: the pre-hospital treatment of hazardous materials exposure, hazardous materials incident emergency management, medical support of technical rescue operations, and the toxic hazards of the Sonoran Desert.

He is an avid, recreational SCUBA diver and particularly enjoys diving along the nearby Baja Peninsula and Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro).

Education

Degrees: 
MD: 1994, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MPH: 2000, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Internship: 
1995, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Residency: 
1998, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Fellowship: 
EMS/Disaster Medicine: 2000, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Medical Toxicology: 2012, Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, AZ

Research and Academic Interests and Expertise

Pre-hospital treatment of hazardous materials exposure; Hazardous materials incident emergency management; Medical support of technical rescue operations; Toxic hazards of the Sonoran Desert

Selected Recent Publications

Hurst NB, Grossart EA, Knapp S, et al. "Do mnemonics help healthcare professionals learn and recall cholinergic toxidromes?" Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2022:1-3.
Khobrani MA, Dudley SW, Huckleberry YC, et al. "Intentional use of carbapenem antibiotics for valproic acid toxicity: A case report." J Clin Pharm Ther. 2018;43(5):723-725.
Tomassoni AJ, French RNE, Walter FG. "Toxic industrial chemicals and chemical weapons: exposure, identification, and management by syndrome." Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am.. 2015;33(1):13-36.

Clinical

Board Certification: 
ABEM, Emergency Medicine, 1999
ABEM, Medical Toxicology, 2012
ABEM, EMS, 2013
Hospitals: 
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Phone 520-694-0111
Banner - University Medical Center South Phone 520-874-2000