Associate Professor Dept: EMT (329 Weniger Hall) M.D. 1994, Wayne State University M.P.H. 1999, Oregon Health Sciences University Phone: 541-737-8969 Fax: 541-737-0497 sudakind@ace.orst.edu

Research and outreach activities include support for the National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program, and the National Pesticide Information Center , both of which are cooperative agreements between Oregon State University and the U.S. E.P.A. Office of Pesticide Programs. I collect information relating to the clinical toxicology of pesticides, and provide assistance in the investigation of sentinel events involving human exposures. Cases are referred to the National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program from a variety of sources, including E.P.A., other federal agencies, health care providers, the National Pesticide Information Center, and the general public. A large electronic and paper library of scientific literature pertaining to the basic and clinical toxicology of pesticides is maintained, and this information is available upon request or when needed to respond to inquiries involving human exposures.

Additional interests include the human health implications of environmental exposure to mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi, chemicals that have an adverse biological effect in animals or humans. My interests are currently focused on the clinical toxicology of two agriculturally important mycotoxins, aflatoxins and trichothecenes.

I am currently Co-Director of the Integrative Health Science Facility Core of the Environmental Health Science Center at Oregon State University.  I provide support for the design and execution of translational research in the environmental health sciences.

Journal Articles

• Power LE, Sudakin DL.  (2007) Pyrethrin and pyrethroid exposures in the United States:  a longitudinal analysis of incidents reported to poison control centers.  J Med Toxicol. 3(3):94-9.
• Sudakin DL.  (2007) Appendix A:  Informational sources on pesticides and health.  J Agromedicine. 12(1):77-82.
• Sudakin DL, Power LE.  (2007) Organophosphate exposures in the United States:  a longitudinal analysis of incidents reported to poison control centers.  J Toxicol Environ Health. 70(2):141-7.
• Sudakin DL.  (2006) Pyrethroid insecticides:  advances and challenges in biomonitoring.  Clin Toxicol. 44(1):31-7
• Sudakin DL. (2005) Pesticides and electronic resources for health care providers. J Agromedicine. 10(1):45-51.
• Sudakin DL. (2005) Occupational exposure to aluminium phosphide and phosphine gas? A suspected case report and review of the literature. Hum Exp Toxicol. 24(1):27-33.
• Sudakin DL. (2003) Biopesticides. Toxicological Reviews. 22(2):83-90.
• Sudakin DL and Trevathan WR. (2003) DEET: A Review and Update of Safety and Risk in the General Population. Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology. 41(6):831-9.
• Sudakin DL. (2003) Trichothecenes in the Environment: Relevance to Human Health. Toxicology Letters. 143(2):97-107.
• Sudakin DL. (2003) Dietary Aflatoxins and Chemoprevention of Cancer: A Clinical Review. Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology. 41(2):195-204.
• Sudakin DL, Horowitz BZ, Giffin S. (2002) Regional Variation in the Incidence of Symptomatic Pesticide Exposures: Applications of Geographic Information Systems. Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology. 40(6):767-773.
• Sudakin DL, Mullins ME, Horowitz BZ, Abshier V, Letzig L. (2000) Intermediate syndrome after malathion ingestion despite continuous infusion of pralidoxime. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 38(1):47-50.
• Sudakin DL. (2000) Stachybotrys chartarum: current knowledge of its role in disease. MedGenMed. 2(1):E11.

Book Chapters

• Sudakin DL. "Mycotoxins and Toxigenic Fungi." In Medical Toxicology, Third Edition (2003).
• Sudakin DL. "Fungicides." In Critical Care Toxicology: Diagnosis and Management of the Critically Poisoned Patient (in press).