Kirk Hughes, RN, NREMT, CSPI
Professional Educator/Poison Specialist
MN Regional Poison Center
Kirk Hughes is an RN working as a Certified Specialist in Poison Information and Education Director for the Minnesota Poison Control System since 2000 and has managed over 98,000 tox-related cases. He retired from the Fire Service after 27 years in July 2022. He has also worked as an Investigator for the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office and provided Expert Witness services for the Hennepin County Prosecutors office. His publications appear in the American Journal of Perinatology, Case Reports in Clinical Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Toxicology.