American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

The Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) Plant Tour has been added to the AOHC 2025 Worksite Visits! This visit will include an overview of TMMTX operations, discussion of coordination between occupational medicine services, TMMTX safety, and personnel with the goal to minimize injuries and optimize working conditions. It will also include a tram tour of the plant. Limited capacity is available so book your TMMTX reservation when you register for #AOHC2025 https://lnkd.in/gc9jPqs8

OccPod is back with a new episode! Listen to the 20-minute interview, "Public Health Challenges from the LA Wildfires," during your commute, lunchtime or coffee break. Ismail Nabeel MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM talks with Manijeh ('Mani') Berenji, MD, MPH about the public health effects of the LA #wildfires in January. https://buff.ly/evUtP35

Our mini-interview series for #AOHC2025 continues with Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM, who said "my favorite and truly most important part of ACOEM is networking, catching up with close friends, and meeting new colleagues, many of whom have become friends." ?? Register today for AOHC 2025 at https://buff.ly/QdedzhU How did you first become interested in your session topic? I have been involved with the medical certification of commercial motor vehicle operators for several decades, first as an examiner, then as a member of a negotiated rulemaking committee, and later as an educator, author, and active participant in various FHWA/FMCSA committees. How have you changed your own practice or your own approach to patients because of your session topic? Constant change is needed in this area, with new regulations or guidance (or lack thereof), keeping in mind the current best medical practice. With the 2024 Medical Examiner Handbook, examiners cannot just look to the "cookbook" on how to make a certification determination but must use evidence-based information to perform a risk assessment and evaluate whether the individual is at risk of sudden or gradual impairment or incapacitation. What’s a common misconception about your session topic? That we will provide all the answers. In fact, at this time there are very few "correct" answers, as each determination MUST be based on an individual assessment BUT the examiner must understand the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and comorbidities of each medical condition they encounter. After understanding those issues, the examiner must conduct a risk assessment on the individual’s risk of sudden or gradual impairment or incapacitation over the course of the certification duration. Without that thorough understanding and assessment, the examiner is making the WRONG certification determination. What are you most looking forward to doing at AOHC 2025 (besides speaking)? I have been attending AOHC (and, for those more seasoned ACOEM members, also SOTAC) for decades and my favorite and truly most important part of ACOEM is networking, catching up with close friends, and meeting new colleagues, many of whom have become friends. As I always say, there is a lot I do not know, but through ACOEM meetings, I know who will know or who can put me in contact with someone that does. Who has inspired you in your career in medicine? There are so many that inspired me on my path through occupational medicine, both by encouraging me to do something I thought I could not or challenging me when they thought there was something I could not accomplish; I could not name them all without forgetting someone. One thing I can say is that I met almost all of them through ACOEM.

??Check out our mini-interview below with #AOHC2025 speaker?Dr. Michael Sauri, MD, MPH&TM, FACP, FACPM, FACOEM, FRSTM&H, CTropMed.?His session, “Welcome to the Monkey House: Managing Biohazards in Research Settings,” is Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM?during AOHC 2025 in Austin, Texas.?????Register today at?https://lnkd.in/g25mGgcy How did you first become interested in your session topic??????????? “Witnessing the global elimination of smallpox in the mid-1970s, the advent of the HIV pandemic in the 1980s, as well as dozens of other zoonotic diseases jumping to human populations around the world as an epidemiologist and tropical medicine specialist in the military and as a private practice infectious diseases specialist.” How have you changed your own practice or your own approach to patients because of your session topic???? “I have dedicated my career to the control of emerging and re-emerging diseases.??Primate research is our best hope in developing life-saving therapeutics for the most lethal zoonotic threats to humans known to exist today.” What’s a common misconception about your session topic??????? “Most people will think it’s about?Andromeda Strain,?Contagium,?Outbreak,?Plum Island,?Hot Zone,?12 Monkeys, or even?Animal House. In reality, for the past thirty years, caring for the animal-caretaker workforce in the biomedical research industry has offered me some of the greatest challenges as an occupational medicine specialist.” What are you most looking forward to doing at AOHC 2025 (besides speaking)???? "Reconnecting with friends and colleagues; seeing my grandkids." Who has inspired you in your career in medicine?????? "Dr. Jay Sanford was my mentor as a young epidemiologist in the U.S. Air Force and, a decade later, as an ID Fellow in the U.S. Army."

Just hours remain to receive early registration prices for #AOHC2025! We can't wait to welcome OEM professionals from around the world to Austin, Texas from April 27-30. Register today by visiting https://buff.ly/3QmePMZ

Don't miss out on attending the?American Occupational Health Conference 2025, April 27-30, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Austin is known as one of the friendliest cities in the South, so here is a friendly reminder that the early-bird registration price ends soon.?Registration is $995?for ACOEM members?($1,425 for non-members, $475 for residents, and $375 for medical students) when you?register by Sunday, February 16. Attendees can earn up to 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits? at the conference. https://lnkd.in/g25mGgcy Plus medical students can enter to win free registration and spending money through our Student Essay Contest. https://acoem.org/Why-OEM/ #AOHC2025 Is Just 10 Weeks Away!

Excited to share that I’ll be attending the #AOHC2025 conference in Austin, Texas! Looking forward to engaging discussions, insightful sessions, and connecting with fellow professionals in occupational and environmental health. Last year’s conference was an incredible experience, filled with valuable learning and networking opportunities. Can’t wait to see what this year has in store! Who else is attending? Let’s connect! #AOHC2025 #OccupationalHealth #Networking #AustinTexas

ABPM is pleased to announce the election of Judith Green McKenzie, MD, MPH as the newest Occupational and Environmental Medicine representative on its Board of Directors. Congratulations, Dr. McKenzie! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gB7gWYs5.

Thinking about attending #AOHC2025 in Austin, Texas? Don’t take it from us – hear what previous attendees had to say! Interested in learning more about one of the largest gatherings of occupational and environmental medicine professionals? Visit aohc2025.eventscribe.net. Register before February 17, 2025 to take advantage of early rates.

Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day is an opportunity to recognize and show appreciation for continuing education professionals. From preventing burnout to bolstering patient outcomes, accredited Continuing Medical Education delivers! #AccreditedCMEDelivers #CEProfessionalsDay Learn more here: https://buff.ly/3PQd7Dc