Save the Dates! New England Occupational Medicine Conference

Integrating OEM in the

Workplace and Beyond

December 1 and 2, 2016 Boston/Newton Marriott Hotel

Registration/Hotel and More information at www.necoem.org

Thursday, December 1

8:00 Welcome

8:15 Interplanetary Transportation Workers: Physiologic Risks, Thomas Luna, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FASMA

9:00 Safe, Ethical and Efficacious use of Opioids, David V. Dent, DO, MPH, Pain Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock

10:00 Break/Exhibits

10:30 Nursing Excellence Awards

10:45 Harriet Hardy Award and Lecture, “Perspectives on a Journey Looking for Evidence and Searching for Practical

Solutions in Occupational Medicine,” Michael Erdil, MD, University of CT Health Center

1:00 Psychological Fitness for Duty Assessments, David Rosmarin, MD, McLean Hospital

1:45 The Goal Achievement Model for Low Back Pain, Rowland Hazard, MD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Functional

Restoration Program

2:45 Break/Exhibits

3:15 Evidence-Based Chiropractic Care, Donald Murphy, DC, Rhode Island Spine Center

4:00 Hips: Treatment Guidelines and Exam, Daniel Ward, MD, New England Baptist Hospital

5:00 President’s Reception Dinner

Friday, December 2

7:00 DOT/FMCSA Updates for ME’s, Ron Blum, MD, FACOEM, FAAFP, and Jay Poliner, MD, MPH, FACOEM

8:00 William B. Patterson Memorial Lecture on Excellence in OEM, “To Work or Not To Work: Clinical Decision

Support in the Electronic Health Record to Provide Return to Work Guidance for Primary Care Providers,”

Robert McLellan, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Track 1:

9:00 Advancing Working Family Well-Being, Erin Kelly, PhD, MIT Sloan Center

9:45 Pain in the Head: Primary and Secondary Causes of Headache and the Red Flags! Carolyn Benson, APRN, BC,

New England Regional Headache Center

11:00 Infectious Disease Dimensions of OEM, Alfred DiMaria, MD, Bureau of Infectious Disease, Mass Department of

Public Health

Track 2:

9:00 Update on Adult Burn Care, Robert Sheridan, MD, Shriners Hospital Acute Care Unit

9:45 Vision Challenges in the Workplace: How to Assess and Manage Occupational Ophthalmic Conditions,

Kenji Saito, MD, JD, The Aroostook Medical Center, Maine

11:00 Hazards in the Hospital Setting: A Dangerous Place to Work, Andrew Gottleib, MSN/MPH, FNP-BC, Mass

General Hospital

Track 3:

1:30 Disability - What Is It and How Do We Measure It, Karl Auerbach, MD, MPH, Pulse Occupational Medicine

2:00 Occupational Lung Diseases, Mridu Gulati, MD, Norwalk Hospital/Yale

2:30 Occupational Health for Telecommuters, Eileen Holihan, RN, MPH, MS, COHN-S, Pitney Bowes Medical

Track 4:

1:30 Burnout, Its Causes and Impacts Particularly for Medical Providers, George Dreher, MD, Maine Medical Center

2:00 Emerging Infectious Diseases, Deborah Barbeau, MD, HSPH, OEHN

2:30 Casinos in Massachusetts: New Jobs, Old Hazards. Is This Covered in Problem Gaming Prevention?

Elise Pechter, MPH, CIH, MA Department of Public Health

3:00 Adjournment

Registration/Hotel and More information at www.necoem.org

*State of the Art presentations, networking, posters and exhibits*

POSTER submissions being accepted, http://necoem.com/upcoming-events/ac-2016/

Dianne Plantamura, Executive Director

New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Phone/fax: 978-373-5597

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NECOEM/MaAOHN Annual Conference, December 1 and 2, Boston-Newton Marriott Hotel

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