2006 NECOEM/MaAOHN Annual Conference: Looking Ahead: Emerging Challenges in Occupational and Environmental Medicine November 30, 2006 - December 1, 2006 (Thursday - Friday) Location: The Bedford Glen Hotel, Bedford, MA           Thursday, November 30, 2006       7:30   -Registration, Exhibits, Continental Breakfast       8:00   -Presidents’ Welcome: Thomas Gassert MD MSc (NECOEM); Sheila Litchfield, RN COHN-S (MaAOHN)                   Clinical Practice Skills - Work Related Illness Cases Moderator: Sheila Litchfield RN COHN-S       8:15   Traumatic and Laser Eye Injuries - Carolyn Kloek MD, Chief of Trauma Service, Mass. Eye and Ear, Boston, MA Triage of Office Emergencies - Peter Rugg MD and Cyndi Childs EMT, Critical Knowledge Inc, Westminster, MA The Use of Opiods for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain - Gilbert J. Fanciullo MD, Director, Section of Pain Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH Early Risk Predictors for Acute Low Back Pain - William Shaw MD, Senior Researcher, Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute                   NECOEM Membership Luncheon.        12:00   The annual membership meeting for  NECOEM will be held at noon on Thursday, November 30th.  Dr. Tee Guidotti, President of ACOEM, will speak and be available for questions.                   Public Health and OEM Practice Moderator: Tom Gassert MD MSc.       1:30   Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Scope of the Disaster, Lessons Learned-  Tom Gassert MD MSc, Medical Director, Elliott Hospital Occupational Health Services, Manchester, NH Occupational Health Services in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - R. Gail Huss RN COHN-S, Senior Medical Specialist, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas Implications for Preparedness in New England: From Bioterrorism to Floods - Josh Francis MPH, Program Coordinator, Rural Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness Program Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness Hazmat Toxic Syndromes for Clinicians - Anthony J. Tomassoni MD MS FACEP, Director, Northern New England Poison Center                     Presidents’ Reception       5:00   All conference participants are invited to join colleagues for light refreshments, networking and conversation. NECOEM Feature: The slides of Earl Dotter and Joseph Thomas of New England Workers through the years will be presented.                 Friday, December 1, 2006       7:30   -Registration, Exhibits, Continental Breakfast                   Biotechnology and the Environment Moderator: Reid Boswell MD MPH       8:00   Biotech 101 - Ed Balcovic PhD, Principal Scientist, the Quality Control Microbiology Technical Support Lab, Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, MA.   Overview of Hazards in the Biotech Industry - Reid Boswell MD MPH, Medical Director, Mt. Auburn Occupational Health Services, Cambridge, MA Engineering Controls in Animal Labs - Janice Allen MS NP, Biogen-Idec Corp Managing Ergonomic Hazards in Biotechnology Labs - Ruth Landau MSN RNC NP and Erin Farnsworth MS RN CS NP, Mt. Auburn OHS, Cambridge, MA         10:00   The 'Environmental' in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: The Present and the Future - Howard Hu MD ScD MPH, Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, and Medicine at the University of Michigan Schools of Public Health and Medicine                   Joint Awards Luncheon       12:00   Harriet Hardy Award and Nursing Excellence Awards. The Board of Directors of the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has selected Dr. Howard Hu as recipient of the 2005 Harriet Hardy Award. This prestigious award in occupational medicine is given to a clinician who embodies the dedication and service of Dr. Hardy (for a short biography please click here). The President of NECOEM will present the award to Dr. Howard Hu during the joint awards luncheon on Friday, December 2nd. During this awards luncheon, the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Occupational Health Nurses will present the prestigious Nursing Excellence awards for 2005.The purpose of these awards is to provide recognition of the outstanding services of occupational health nurses at the local and state level, to encourage men and women to begin careers in occupational health nursing and to make the public aware of the high caliber of occupational health nurses and the role they play in maintaining our nation’s health.                   Clinical Research Update (Track 1) Moderator: Stefanos Kales MD MPH, Director of teh Harvard Residency Program in Occupational and Environmental Health       1:30   30 minute presentations on current research with practical implications: Pregnancy and Work Stress - John Meyer MD MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine University of Connecticut School of Medicine Characterizing Occupational Phthalate Exposures Among Manicurists and Dertmining the Effectiveness of Local Exhaust Ventilation - Susan Duty NP ScD, Harvard and Simmons College The Incidence of Asthma among Aluminum Production Workers, Potroom Asthma - Bode Taiwo MD, Yale University         Case Management Skills (Track 2) Glenn Pransky MD MOccH, Liberty Mutual Center for Disability Research       1:30   Three 40 minute presentations: Back Pain Interventions - Bridging The Gap Between Best Evidence and Clinical Practice - Michael Erdil MD, Johnson Memorial Hospital RTW Planning - Collaborating with All Parties to Achieve Safe and Sustained RTW - Cheri Morris RN CCM and Kathleen Schmidt MS RN COHN-S/CM                                     Continuing Education: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accredita­tion Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NECOEM).  ACOEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ACOEM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.25 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the education activity. Maintenance of Certification: Physicians whose board certification began in 1998 are eligible for re-certification by completing examination questions available at the conference. Nursing Credit:  Contact hours will be awarded to nurses through the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN).  The program qualifies for 12.9 contact hours (6.9 for Thursday and 6 for Friday). CaseManager and American Board of Industrial Hygiene: Up to 11.25 CCM credits from the Commission for Case Management Certification will be granted and 0.5 points per 0.5 days for a total of 1.5 ABIH CM points will be awarded. Planning Committee: Thomas Gassert, Program Chair; Darlene Meisner, Vendor  Chair; John Burress, Nancy Clover, Robert Gaetjens, Barbara Haswell, Stefanos Kales, Sheila Litchfield, Dianne Plantamura, Glenn Pransky, and Carol Somers.         Conference Brochure and Mail Registration Brochure page 1 click here Brochure page 2 click here