Nicholas Buckley

Professor Nicholas Buckley, MD FRACP FAHMS, serves as Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He concurrently holds the position of Clinical Director at the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre and acts as a consultant clinical toxicologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Buckley's career at the University of Sydney integrates research, clinical practice, and teaching within the School of Pharmacy. His research specializations encompass clinical pharmacology, clinical toxicology, and medical toxicology, with key interests in the epidemiology and management of acute poisoning, drug-induced harms, deliberate self-poisoning, opioid utilization patterns, psychotropic medicines, and emerging issues such as medicinal cannabis toxicity and child poisonings. He contributes to the Australian Poisoning Surveillance Initiative (APSI), facilitating national data on poisoning trends.

Buckley's scholarly impact is profound, with more than 29,000 citations on Google Scholar. Prominent publications include 'Management of acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning' (The Lancet, 2008, 1686 citations), 'Pesticide poisoning in the developing world—a minimum pesticides list' (The Lancet, 2002, 1059 citations), 'Medical management of paraquat ingestion' (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2011, 793 citations), 'Differences between organophosphorus insecticides in human self-poisoning: a prospective cohort study' (The Lancet, 2005, 515 citations), 'Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning' (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011, 488 citations), 'Oximes in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning: a systematic review of clinical trials' (QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2002, 486 citations), and 'Acute human lethal toxicity of agricultural pesticides: a prospective cohort study' (PLoS Medicine, 2010, 407 citations). He holds NHMRC Investigator Grants and was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020. Buckley's international collaborations, particularly on pesticide poisoning in South Asia, have informed global prevention strategies and medical management protocols.

Professional Email: nicholas.buckley@sydney.edu.au