Dr. William J Meggs MD
Emergency Physician
2100 Stantonsburg Rd Ecu Physicians Emerg Greenville NC, 27834About
Dr. William Meggs practices Emergency Medicine in Greenville, NC. Dr. Meggs assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Meggs examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1979
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM- Medical Toxicology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM- 1988
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biological homing: hypothesis for a quantum effect that leads to the existence of
- Chemical hazards faced by animal handlers.
- Mechanisms of allergy and chemical sensitivity.
- Gulf War Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome: stirring the cauldron of confusion.
- Trends in emergency department utilization, 1988-1997.
- A controlled trial of topical nitroglycerin in a New Zealand white rabbit model of brown recluse spider envenomation.
- Oral treatment of organophosphate poisoning in mice.
- Neuropsychologic impairment, MRI abnormalities, and solvent abuse.
- Multiple chemical sensitivities and the immune system.
- Permanent paralysis at sites of dermal exposure to chlorpyrifos.
- The effect of calcium chloride in treating hyperkalemia due to acute digoxin toxicity in a porcine model.
- Pressure-immobilization bandages delay toxicity in a porcine model of eastern
- Fallacies in the refutation of causality.
- Health effects of indoor air pollution.
- Heparin reverses anaphylactoid shock in a porcine model.
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
- Member Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- Member American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- Member American College of Medical Toxicology
- Member American College of Emergency Physicians
- Member North Carolina Medical Society
- Member Pitt County Medical Society
Fellowships
- National Institute of Health Clinical Center 1985
- New York University/NYC Poison Center/Bellevue Hos, Medical Toxicology, NY, USA 1996
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