Emerging and Re-Emerging Occupational and Environmental Exposure and Disease
and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Overview:

This course is presented by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. It is designed to provide occupational and environmental health professionals and persons from other health-related disciplines with a review and update of current topics in occupational and environmental medicine. The first day of the curriculum will focus on Emerging and Re-Emerging Occupational and Environmental Exposure and Disease. A poster session the evening before will supplement the Environmental Exposure and Disease course content. The second day and final half-day of the course will cover a multi-topic theme: Updates in Occupational and Environmental Health. This course is approved for American Board of Preventive Medicine Maintenance of Certification self-assessment credit and is a comprehensive update for occupational medicine specialists. California Qualified Medical Examiner credit approval is anticipated.

This course is also designed to meet the needs of primary care providers and others engaged in occupational health practice and research including physicians (family physicians, general practitioners, internists, emergency medicine specialists), nurse practitioners and other nursing professionals, as well as physician assistants and industrial hygienists.

Objectives:

An attendee completing this course will be able to:

• Describe the role of emerging and re-emerging exposures in occupational and environmental health practice;
• Adopt new medical knowledge into preventive activities addressing emerging risk factors and new diseases entities;
• Evaluate scientific data in the field of occupational and environmental medicine;
• Expand the differential diagnosis to incorporate a wider range of environmental and occupational factors in disease processes;
• Improve diagnosis & treatment for selected occupational and environmental conditions;
• Improve management in terms of required regulatory management of specific work-related scenarios;
• Inform the prioritization of clinical care, research, and public health policy.

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency.

Geriatric Medicine:
The approved credits shown above include 3.50 credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Nurses:
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pain Management and End-of-Life Care:
The approved credits shown above include a maximum of 3.25 credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 487, Pain Management and End-of-Life Care.

Physician Assistants:
AAPA accepts Category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Board of Preventive Medicine:
The American Board of Preventive Medicine has approved this course for a maximum of 18.50 MOC Part II credits.

California Division of Workers Compensation – Medical Unit (QME Credit):
The State of California, Department of Industrial Relations Medical Unit has approved this course for a maximum of 18.50 Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) credits. The California QME provider number is 1200.

Family Physicians:
This Live activity, Emerging and Re-Emerging Occupational and Environmental Exposure and Disease and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, with a beginning date of 03/08/2018, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 18.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Outline:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018

6:30-8:30 pm Evening Scientific Poster Session and Opening Reception

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018

7:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE AND DISEASE

7:45 Introduction and Overview
Course Leaders

8:00 The World History of Carbon Disulfide: What it Teaches us About Emerging and Re-emerging Occupational Disease
Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH

8:50 G Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: A New Occupational / Environmental Disease?
Rebecca L. Laws, PhD, MPH

9:40 Coffee Break

10:10 Novel and Persistent Occupational Hazards: Are We Making Gains? Insights from NIOSH’s Health Hazard Evaluation Program
Bruce P. Bernard, MD, MPH

11:00 Emerging Laboratory Safety and Health Issues
Diane Liu, MD, MPH

11:50 Lunch on own

1:20pm Novel Toxicants in the Environment – Cases from Poison Control
Craig Smollin, MD

2:10 P Emerging Occupational and Environmental Hazards Associated with Large Scale Marijuana Production
Mourad W. Gabriel, MS, PhD
Robert H. Poppenga, DVM,PhD, DABVT

3:00 Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease – Something Old, Something New, Something Unbreakable, and Something Blue
Robert Cohen, MD, FCCP

3:50 Coffee Break

4:10 P Ergonomics in the 21st Century: New Solutions for Old Problems
Carisa Harris-Adamson, PhD, CPE, PT

5:00 Key Publications in Occupational and Environmental Health: The Year in Review
Samuel Goldman, MD, MPH

5:50 Closing Panel – What Experience May Teach Us about Coming Trends in Occupational and Environmental Illness
Bruce P. Bernard, MD, MPH
Robert Cohen, MD, FCCP
Carisa Harris-Adamson, PhD, CPE, PT
Paul-André Rosental, PhD

6:30 pm Adjourn

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018 • DAY ONE

7:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

UPDATES IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH • DAY 1

7:50 Introduction and Overview
Course Leaders

8:10 Occupation and Allergy – The Basics and Not So Basics
Joanna Szram, MD

9:00 Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, and the Work-related Traveler
George Rutherford III, MD

9:50 P Integrative Medicine and Occupational Health
Kimberly Washington, MD, DC

10:40 Coffee Break

11:00 Emergency Preparedness in the Workplace
Jacob M. McCarty, MPH, MPA

11:50 Lunch on own

1:20 pm Adverse Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Radiation: Past, Present, and Future
James Seward, MD, MPH

2:10 TB Surveillance in the Workplace: Pitfalls of Screening Low Risk Workers
Thomas Gamsky, MD, MPH

3:00 Coffee Break

3:20 Toxicant and Infectious Liver Disease: Work-related Considerations
Robert Harrison, MD, MPH

4:10 The Visual and Literary Arts in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH

5:00 pm Adjourn

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2018 • DAY TWO

7:45 am Continental Breakfast

UPDATES IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH • DAY 2

8:15 Introduction and Overview
Course Leaders

8:30 G Health Care Workers and the Disruptive Patient
Michael Drexler, PhD, CPRP

9:20 G Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Job: a Two-Way Street
David Claman, MD
Daniel A. Schwartz, MS

10:30 PG Rethinking Adverse Noise Effects and Interactions with Other Exposures
Dimitri Palilis, AuD

11:20 Closing Panel
Samuel Goldman, MD, MPH
Robert Harrison, MD, MPH
Robert Kosnik, MD, DIH
Joanna Szram, MD, PhD

12:00 noon Adjourn

P – Pain Credit
G – Geriatric Credit

Chairs:

Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine
Endowed Chair and Division Chief, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Samuel M. Goldman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and of Neurology
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health
University of California, San Francisco

Robert Kosnik, MD, DIH
Professor of Medicine, Medical
Director, Occupational Health
Services, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty:

Travel & Lodging:

Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf
1300 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94133
Hotel Phone: 415-771-9000
Reservations: 1-800-942-7348
Group Code: OEM
Cutoff Date: 2/15/18 or once roomblock is filled
Rates: $205/night

RESERVATIONS

We have two options for attendees to make a reservation at the special rate:

1. Online - Click Reservations for the UCSF Occupational and Environmental Medicine Update 2018 at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf and enter the online booking Group Code: OAE

2. Phone - Call the Hotel reservations department at 1-800-942-7348. To receive the special group rates, the attendees should request the name of the group: “UCSF Occupational and Environmental Medicine Update 2018”

Group rate: $205.00 per room, per night, plus tax, single/double occupancy. Plus $20 per additional occupant with existing bedding.

All reservations should be made by February 15, 2018. After this date, reservation requests will be honored based on availability at prevailing rates.