Gregory M. Bogdan, PhD
Research Director and Medical Toxicology Coordinator
Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center at Denver Health

Dr. Bogdan is the Research Director and Medical Toxicology Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center (RMPDC) at Denver Health. Dr. Bogdan received a Doctorate in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1994 from the University of Arizona in Tucson and a Certificate in Public Health Sciences in 2002 from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Dr. Bogdan has been leading the RMPDC Research Division since 1995, which specializes in analgesics toxicity, antidote development, public health surveillance and community disaster preparedness/response. He is on the faculty of the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics, a Denver Health collaborative with expertise in the development of public and healthcare professional education, methods of public health surveillance, processes to serve the needs of the worried well, and methods for coordinating the medical response to such events with local, state and federal authorities. Dr. Bogdan has been the administrator for the Denver Metropolitan Medical Response System program since 1997. He has been awarded two Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality task orders to develop models for utilizing medical call centers to respond to public health emergencies. Dr. Bogdan is a member of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, the Society of Toxicology, the National Environmental Health Association and served as president of the Colorado Public Health Association (2005-2006). He is currently serving on the Colorado Hospital Preparedness Advisory Committee and the Denver Homeland Security Task Force. He has been the lead or contributing author on 25 peer-reviewed publications while at RMPDC.