Louis Gdalman (1910–1995) was the director of Pharmacy and Central Services at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago.[1]

He is notable for starting the first poison control center in the United States in 1953 along with Edward Press. This effort was driven by 400+ children dying across the country every year from eating high-dose medicine that looked and tasted like candy.[2][3] Many of these deaths would have been preventable if people had better access to information about antidotes, poison control measures and how to treat a victim.

He was the only pharmacist elected a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago.

References

  1. ↑ Teresa Jiminez (August 31, 1995). "Louis Gdalman, Pharmacist Who Founded Poison Centers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "AAP had hand in first poison control center". American Academy of Pediatrics News. October 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ JT Cotticelli, PG Pierpaoli (June 1992). "Louis Gdalman, pioneer in hospital pharmacy poison information services". American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. PMID 1529987.
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