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December 3-4, 2020 (December 2: Pre-conference Spine Practicum)
TOPICS & SPEAKERS
• Why is U.S. Healthcare Spending So High? What We Can and Can’t Learn from International Comparisons (Ashish Jha, MD)
• Travel Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges of a Lifetime for Occupational Health Practitioners (Elizabeth A. Talbot, MD)
• Hospital-Oriented Planning and Response for Pandemics and Disasters (Paul Biddinger, MD)
• The Changing Landscape of Work Related Lung Diseases (Carrie Redlich, MD, MPH)
• Workplace Violence (Ronald Blum, MD, FAAFP & Maria-Lisa Abundo, CIH, OSHA)
• Worker Compensation Reform: Efforts and Failures (John Burress, MD, Lee Okurowski, MD & Deborah Kohl, JD)
• Vaping Associated Lung Injury (David Christiani, MD)
• Shoulder Injuries and Treatment (Alan S. Curtis, MD)
• Coordinating and Accommodating Medical Leaves in the COVID Era: From Underlying Medical Conditions, Anxiety about Returning to Work, and Childcare Needs (Debra Dyleski-Najjar, JD , Najjar Employment Law Group)
• Update on Commercial Driver Medical Certification Examinations (Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH)
• Common Workplace Hand Injuries and Treatment (Hervey L. Kimball, MD)
• Ultraviolet (UV) Enlightenment for Public Health Protection (James P. Malley, Jr., PhD)
• The Fascinating History of Workers’ Compensation: The Creation of the Grand Bargain (Alan Pierce, JD)
• CBD in the Workplace: Drug Testing, Impairment and Regulations (Kenji Saito, MD, JD, Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, and Debra Dyleski-Najjar, JD)
• Burn Injury and Recovery: Key Concepts and Common Hurdles (Robert L. Sheridan, MD)
• Fitness for Duty (Howard Jones, MD, Ann-Marie L. Storey, JD; Linda Thompson, MBA)
• 6 Clinical Research Topics by Harvard and Yale Residents
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