Dr Ziad Kazzi, MD, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and a board-certified Emergency Physician and Medical Toxicologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, he earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut before completing residency training in Emergency Medicine at Emory University, where he served as Chief Resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Emory University in collaboration with the Georgia Poison Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr Kazzi has held academic and clinical appointments at Emory University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he served as a Medical Toxicologist for regional and state poison control centers. He currently serves as Director of the International Toxicology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Emory University and Assistant Medical Director of the Georgia Poison Center. He also holds adjunct faculty appointments at the American University of Beirut and the University of Georgia (Tbilisi).

Clinically and academically, Dr Kazzi specializes in the recognition, triage, and management of acute poisonings, with particular expertise in radiation and international toxicology. He is a co-founder and co-chair of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Radiation Interest Group and chairs the Abstract Review Committee for the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology. He is currently serving as President of the American College of Medical Toxicology.

Dr Kazzi has lectured extensively at national and international forums and has played a leading role in developing educational curricula and emergency preparedness programs globally. He is a founding board member and past president of the Middle East North Africa Toxicology Association and serves as its Executive Co-Director. His scholarly work spans medical countermeasures, poison center development, radiation response, and global toxicology capacity building.