WOEMA is a regional component of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), and is dedicated to high quality medical care and ethical principles governing the practice of occupational medicine.

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WOHC Speaker Presentations



WOHC 2008

ACOEM Guidelines: An Evidence-Based Approach to Chronic Pain
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH; Steven Feinberg, MD, MPH

Air Pollution, Research & Regulatory Update
John Balmes, MD

Bad Bugs: Healthcare Workers and Emerging Antibiotic Resistant Organisms
Jon Rosenberg, MD

Climate Change and Public Health
Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH

Current Issues in Commercial Driver Medical Examinations
Natalie P. Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM

Does Minor Trauma Cause Serious Low Back Pain?
Eugene J. Carregee, MD

Evolution of Discography
Eugene J. Carregee, MD

Examining Brain Function
Linda Gourley, PhD, PA, QME

Future of Occupational Medicine
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FAAFP

Impact of Future Healthcare Reform on the Practice of Occupational Medicine
Gerald Kominski, PhD

Latest Research on Upper Extremity Disorders
David Rempel, MD, MPH

Moving Health to the Bottom Line
Pamela A. Hymel, MD, MPH, FACOEM; Ronald Loeppke, MD, MPH

MRO Challenges
Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM

Narcotics and Drug Abuse
Bill Hopper, MD; Tron Emptage, MA, RPh; Melvin I. Pohl, MD, FASAM

Navigating the Utilization Review & Case Management Process
Alan Randle, MD, FACOEM; Robert C. Blink, MD, MPH; Bill Hopper, MD; Anne Searcy, MD

Power Orthopedics: The Upper Extremity
Briant Smith, MD; Todd Weitzenberg, MD; William Workman, MD

Re-Thinking Limits: How Much Lead Exposure Is Too Much?
Michael Kosnett, MD, MPH

Rutherford Johnstone Award & Lecture
Robert R. Orford, MD, MS, MPH, FACOEM

Update on Worker’sCompensation
Anne Searcy, MD

Workers’ Comp Practitioner Communications Workshop:Choosing the Words that Work
Susan Lambert, MD; Tom Herrington, MD, PsyD

The ACOEM Guidelines
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH

Workplace and the Environment
Rupali Das MD, MPH; Sarah Janssen, MD, MPH, PhD; Michael Lipsett, MD; Megan Schwarzman, MD, MPH; Dennis Shusterman, MD, MPH; Michael Wilson, PhD, MPH




WOHC 2007

EMGs and Upper Extremity Neuropathies
Jonathan Rutchik, MD

Global Warming and What Companies Can Do in Response
David Pierce, UCSD, Alan Ball, Qualcomm

Healthcare Worker Immunizations: New Vaccines,New Information on Old Vaccines: New Recommendations
Jon Rosenberg, MD

Injuries and Rehabilitation in Deployed Military
Kristin Hodapp

NFPA Guidelines
Sandy Bogucki

Pain Management
Steve Feinberg, MD / John Massey, MD

Power Orthopedics: The Spine
Dodge / Tontz / Wallace / Rutchik

Reproductive Toxicology
Fred Fung, MD

Rutherford Johnstone Lecture/ Award - Donna Baytop, MD
Donna Baytop, MD

Sleep Apnea and Commercial Drivers
Natalie Hartenbaum, MD

Snakes, Spiders and Venomous Insects
Richard Clark, MD

TB Quantiferon
Helene Calvet

The Future of Occupational Medicine
Bob McLellan, MD (Bob Orford, MD presented)

The Latest on the ACOEM Guidelines Update (.doc file)
Kurt Hegmann, MD

The New Asbestos? Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Food Flavorings - Diacetyl
Kreiss, Kelly Howard, T. Kim

Use and abuse of Epidural Steroids (.doc file)
Bob Goldberg, MD

Why never change a job because of occupational dermatitis (.doc file)
Howard Maibach, MD