MARCOM V was held in Baltimore October 13, 2007. This one-day conference was co-sponsored by the Maryland and Philadelphia ACOEM components, with the support of ACOEM and the Johns Hopkins/NIOSH ERC. Plans for an annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference on Occupational Medicine are under discussion.
Here are the sessions offered at MARCOM V:
Plenary Session on Health and Productivity:
Ensuring a Successful Workplace Health Protection and Promotion
Program
Craig D. Thorne, M.D, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
Update on Diagnostic Testing for Tick-borne Diseases
Stephen Dumler, MD
Nanotechnology: Occupational Health and Safety
Vladimir Murashov, Ph.D.
Acpuncture in the Occupational Health Clinic Part 1
Acupuncture: The Basics, from the Sublime to the Obvious
Acupuncture in the Occupational Health Clinic Part 2
The Business of Acupuncture in the Setting of a Non-Profit Occupational and Environmental Clinic
Robert Naparstek, MD
Community Health and Risk Communication: Arsenic in the Swann Park Neighborhood
Joshua Sharfstein, MD
Introduction to Federal Workers' Compensation
Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
A Tale of Two Buildings: A Systematic Approach to Indoor Environmental and Air Quality Complaints
Allan A. Burt, MBA, ASCS
Hung Cheung, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Endocrine Disruptors
Jeanne M. Manson, Ph.D., M.S.C.E
Epidemiologic Investigation of a Severe Pneumonia Outbreak in Deployed US Troops
Bruno Pompeo Petruccelli, MD, MPH, FACPM
Popcorn Workers' Lung- The History, Biology and Occupational Heath Issues of Flavoring-Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans (FIDO)
Allen J. Parmet, MD, MPH
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Burton T. Mark, DO
Traumatic Brain Injury: Distinguishing Disability from Dissimulation
David E. Hartman, Ph.D., ABPN ABPP
Reservists and Stress: Uncle Sam Wants Your Employee!
Jacqueline Agnew, RN, MPH, PhD