New England Occupational Medicine Conference

    Integrating OEM in theMAOHN-new

   Workplace and Beyond

Discounted Registration ends October 31. Poster presentation scholarships.

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/

Poster scholarships available.

 

 

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

Program, registration and hotel information available