New England Occupational Medicine Conference
Integrating OEM in the
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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