Samantha

Gaetani

MD

Samantha Gaetani, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, and medical toxicologist at Vanderbilt Health.

Dr. Gaetani completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Penn., and subsequently pursued fellowship training in Medical Toxicology at the University of Arizona–Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. She is a current member of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and was involved with ACMT’s Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) during fellowship, serving as a fellow-in-training. In that role, she contributed to the Novel Opioid and Stimulant Exposures (NOSE) project and continues to participate in ToxIC-related projects.

Her professional interests include education and simulation-based learning. She has developed and delivered interactive educational sessions for emergency medicine residents, including the use of “escape room” formats to reinforce core concepts, and has designed simulations for wilderness medicine and emergency medicine conferences. Outside of work, Dr. Gaetani enjoys live music, cooking, and playing sand volleyball.