WOHC 2011 – Las Vegas, NV Speaker Presentation

Friday – September 9, 2011

• Keynote Address: Deputy Surgeon General
  Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH
• Hot Topics In Low Back Pain: Spinal Fusions for Chronic Low Back Pain – What is the Evidence?
  Neville Alleyne, MD
• Improving Your Odds of Success Through Motivational Interviewing
  Robert Scales, PhD
• Evaluation & Management of Concusion: Guidelines and Controversies
  Bert Vargas, MD
• UR for Dummies: Achieving Success with Utilization Review
  Bernyce Peplowski, DO, MS / Alan E. Randle, MD, FACOEM / Steven Serra, MD, MPH, MRO
• Cultural Diversity: Speaking to Your Patients in Their Language
  Thomas Mogensen, MD / Steven Schumann, MD / Hong Zhang, MD, FACOEM
• Ethics in Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine Practice
  James Craner, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACP
• Industrial Ergonomics: Materials Handling – Tools & Techniques
  Robert A. Wachter, PE, CSP, REM
• Work-Related Asthma
  Phil Harber, MD, MPH, FACOEM
• Practical Aspects of Sleep Disorders in Occupational Medicine
  Howard Leaman, MD, FACOEM

Saturday – September 10, 2011

• ACOEM President’s Address
  T. Warner Hudson, MD, MPH, FACOEM
• Injuries in Las Vegas Hotel Workers
  Niklas Krause, MD, MPH, PhD
• Chronic Pain: Practice Guidelines, Appropriate Use of Drug Testing, Narcotic Contracts & Weaning
  Sean Mackey, MD, PhD
• Shift Work and Sleep: Optimizing Health, Safety and Performance
  Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH
• Achieving a Smoke-Free Workplace: Tips Beyond the Textbooks
  Philip Carpenter | Leland Fairbanks, MD
• Legislative Round Table
  Scott C. Levy, MD, MPH, FACOEM / Paul J. Papanek, Jr., MD, MPH, FACOEM / Don Schinske / Steven Schumann, MD
• Spotting and Managing Delayed Recovery in Injured Workers
  Ravi Prasad, PhD
• Para-Addictions: Sex, Gambling, and Shopping
  Reef Karim, DO