Our Faculty
Steven Bird, MD
Interim Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology
Chief Experience Officer
Steve Bird, MD, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Bird served as the residency program director for nearly 9 years, and is a Past President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). He has twice won the residency’s Teacher …
Jeffrey Lai, MD
Fellowship Director
Jeffrey Lai, MD, is an emergency physician and medical toxicologist. He is the associate director of the medical toxicology fellowship, director of the outpatient toxicology clinic, and the clerkship director for the Introduction to Medical Toxicology elective. His academic interests include medical education and the application of novel technologies to the treatment of substance use disorder.
Kavita Babu, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Kavita M. Babu, MD is a faculty member in the Division of Medical Toxicology and a Professor of Emergency Medicine. She currently serves on the Board of the American College of Medical Toxicology. Her research interests include educational and research strategies for opioid safety and overdose prevention, compassionate care for patients with addiction, and advanced surveillance of emerging drugs of abuse.
Richard Church, MD
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Richard Church, MD, is Assistant Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency, a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and a staff toxicologist. His research interests include emerging trends in drugs of abuse.
Dr. Church is an exemplar educator, able to distill complex biochemical pathways in medical toxicology for students, residents, fellows, and senior faculty.
Jennifer Carey, MD
Division Chief, Education
Jennifer Carey, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and a medical toxicologist. She is also the Co-Director of Integrated Case Exercises (ICE), a case-based course that runs through the first two years of UMass Medical School that aims to integrate threads of knowledge from various parts of the medical student curriculum into interactive case sessions.
Stephanie Carreiro, MD
Director, ToxInnovation Lab
Stephanie Carreiro, MD, is an emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist. Her current research interests include the utilization of of mobile biosensors and microRNA to evaluate drug toxicity, substance abuse, and addiction.
After completing her fellowship, she joined the Division as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Evan Bradley MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Evan Bradley MD PhD, is an emergency medicine physician and faculty member in Medical Toxicology. His PhD research focused on basic mechanisms of gene regulation in bacterial pathogens.
Al Conicella, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albert Conicella, MD is an emergency physician and medical toxicologist. He currently reviews sedations for the Department of Emergency Medicine, serves on the hospital sedation committee, and is the course director of the preclinical Introduction to Toxicology course. His areas of interest include the treatment of opioid abuse and addiction, cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, expanding the telehealth presence of our division, and improving ED flow.
Marc Rigatti, MD PhD
Marc Rigatti MD/PhD is an emergency physician and medical toxicology fellow. He is a former chief resident of the UConn Emergency Medicine residency program. He has a diverse background with expertise in biochemistry, biophysics, and computational modeling…
Powell Graham, MD
Dr. Graham is an emergency medicine physician, and medical toxicology fellow. He previously served as chief resident UMass and was a residency representative for MACEP. He has published on multiple topics including ultrasound and prostate cancer. His current research interests lie in cannabinoids, particularly pediatric exposures.