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RICK KINGSTON, PharmD, is the President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs and Sr. Clinical Toxicologist at SafetyCall International P.L.L.C., a multidisciplinary healthcare firm of nationally recognized experts focused on providing manufacturers an outsourced option for postmarket medical surveillance, customer service, product safety, and regulatory reporting support for adverse events. His academic career spans more than 30 years at the University of Minnesota where he attained the rank of full Professor in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and currently serves as Clinical Professor, in the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kingston earned his B.S in Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico, his Doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in clinical toxicology and pharmacokinetics at St. Paul-Ramsey Regional Trauma Center and the University of Minnesota. He was the co-founder and Director of the Minnesota Poison Control System and its Regional Poison Control Center where he served for 18 years. He has authored more than 100 peer reviewed scientific abstracts, publications, confidential technical white papers and textbook chapters. He is co-editor of the recently published Herbal Products Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology Second Edition published by Humana Press. He serves on numerous scientific panels, advisory boards and non-profit professional organization scientific committees advising on issues of product stewardship, science and safety. He also serves on the advisory board of the American Botanical Council as the resident expert on botanical safety. His professional experience includes a focus in the areas of clinical toxicology and pharmacology, poison control, product post-market safety surveillance, regulatory policy, drug and dietary supplement safety, and academic medicine.
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