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Program 

Experience the high-quality learning and expert instruction you've come to expect from ACOEM  in-person education from the convenience of your home or office. This three-half-day, 2024 Virtual Fall Summit sessions will focus on Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine and emerging trends in OEM. 

Program is subject to change. 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 | CLINICAL OEM

Time (CT) TOPICS & SPEAKER(S)
11:30 - 11:45 AM                               
Virtual Fall Summit Presidential Welcome
 

 Tanisha K. Taylor, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, CIME, FACOEM
President, ACOEM
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Session #1: The Top 4 Provider Mistakes that Sabotage Return to-Work Success
 

 Leslie Cadet, MD, MPH
 Kimberly Kinney, CPDM, WCCP, AIN
12:30 - 12:45 PM  Session #1 Q&A
12:45 - 1:15 PM  Session #2: New Guidance for the Evaluation of Firefighters with Cardiovascular Disease 
Daniel Samo, MD, FACOEM
Fabrice Czarnecki, MD, MPH, MA, FACOEM, FAAFP, FIAME
1:15 - 1:30 PM  Session #2 Q&A
1:30 - 1:45 PM  Break
1:45 - 2:30 PM   Session #3: Event Medicine 101 - The Role of Occupational Medicine Physician 
Louis Philip Rotkowitz, MD, MPH, FAAFP, DABUCM
2:30 - 2:45 PM  Session #3 Q&A
2:45 - 3:30 PM  Session #4 Essentials of Musculoskeletal Radiology 
Michael Vo, MD
3:30 - 3:45 PM  Session #4 Q&A
3:45 - 4:15 PM  Daily Wrap Up




























THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 | EMERGING TRENDS IN OEM

TIME (CT) TOPIC & SPEAKER(S)
11:40 - 11:45 AM

Welcome 
Alya Khan, MD, MS, FACOEM
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session #1: All Suited Up with No Place to Go: A Brief Overview of OEM in Space 
J. Timothy LaVan, MD, MPH
12:30 - 12:45 PM                                     Session #1 Q&A
12:45 - 1:30 PM 
Session #2: Navigating the AI Wave: A Framework for Understanding Occupational Impact and Adaptation
Cameron Kiani, MD
 Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH
1:30 - 1:45 PM  Session #2 Q&A
1:45 - 2:00 PM  Break
2:00 - 2:45 PM 

Session #3: PFAS Health Effects, Environmental Exposures and Cost Implications
Ali Ling, PhD, PE
Beth Baker, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACMT
2:45 - 3:00 PM  Session #3 Q&A
3:00 - 3:45 PM 

Session #4: Occupational Challenges and Health Effects in Nail and Hair Salons
Beth Baker, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACMT
Tran Huynh, PhD, MPH, CIH
3:45 - 4:00 PM  Session #4 Q&A
4:00 - 4:30 PM  Daily Wrap Up



























 



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 | CLINICAL OEM

TIME (CT) TOPIC & SPEAKER(S)
11:40 - 11:45 AM Welcome  
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM                                               

Session #1: Silicosis: Clinical Features and Emerging Exposures
Sheiphali Grandhi, MD, MPH
12:30 - 12:45 PM  Session #1 Q&A
12:45 - 1:30 PM 

Session #2: Risk Factors Associated with Rwandan Cassiterite Mining
Samuel Hatfield, MD
1:30 - 1:45 PM  Session #2
1:45 - 2:00 PM  Break
2:00 - 3:15 PM 

Session #3: Addressing Environmental Health: Clinican Training and Practice of Environmental Medicine - ACOEM Guidance Statement
Kathleen Fagan, MD, MPH
Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH
Beth Baker, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACMT
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACOEM
3:15 - 3:30 PM  Session #3 Q&A
3:30 - 3:45 PM                                      Daily Wrap Up