After completing her PharmD, Dr. Gorodetsky completed a Fellowship in Clinical Toxicology at the Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta, GA. She joined the faculty of D'Youville in 2011 and maintains a clinical practice site at the University of Rochester Medical Center - Strong Memorial Hospital on the bedside toxicology consult service. She was awarded tenure in 2020 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. She has been on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Applied Toxicology since 2018 and was elected President-Elect of that organization in 2022.
Education & Training
Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, 2019
Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology, 2014
PharmD, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2009
BA, Russian Language and Literature, University of Georgia, 2004
Awards & Honors
DYU Faculty of the Year, School of Pharmacy (2021)
Research Interests
Poisoning and Drug Overdose
Antidote Usage
Publications
Lanting Fuh, Rachel Gorodetsky, Lindsay Schaack-Rothstein. American Society of Health System Pharmacists Emergency Preparedness Assessment and Emergency Preparedness Competency Assessment. 2022.
Schult RF, Omar D, Wiegand TJ, Gordetsky RM, Acquisto NM. Experience with lower dose flumazenil at an academic medical center. The American journal of emergency medicine. 2021 Feb 5.
Gabrielle Mehlenbacher, David Garbach, William Eggleston, Rachel Gorodetsky, Nicholas Nacca. Death from salt and baking soda ingestion. Toxicology Communications. Published online: 03 Mar 2020.
Conner KR, Wiegand TJ, Gorodetsky R et al. Validation of the Poisoning Severity Score (PSS) in suicidal behavior by self-poisoning. Behav Sci Law. 2019 Feb (epub ahead of print).
Nacca N, Schult R, Loflin R, Weltler A, Gorodetsky R, Kacinko S, Moran J, Krotulski A, Wiegand T. Coma, Seizures, Atrioventricular Block, and Hypoglycemia in an ADB-FUBINACA Body-Packer. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Dec;55(6):788-791.
Conner KR, Wiegand TJ, Kaukeinen K, Gorodetsky R, Schult R, Heavey SC. Prescription-, Illicit-, and Self-Harm Opioid Overdose Cases Treated in Hospital. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2018 Nov;79(6):893-898.
Rachel Gorodetsky, Bethany Toole, Rachel Schult, Timothy Wiegand. Prostaglandin E1 Overdose in a Term Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease. Clinical Toxicology. 2018 Nov 17:1-2.
