President

 

Craig Thorne, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM

 

National Medical Director, Erickson Retirement Communities, Baltimore, MD.


Dr. Thorne joined http://www.erickson.com as their National Medical Director, Employee Health in October 2007 to bring on-site occupational health services and personal health and wellness clinics to Erickson employees in 20 locations across the country. In addition, he oversees their other employee health and safety programs.

Before joining Erickson, he provided clinical care, conducted research and lectured at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and was the Medical Director, Employee Health and Safety at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 2001-2007, and from 1997-2001, he was the Associate Medical Director of Police and Fire Clinic in Washington, D.C. where he provided clinical care to police officers and fire fighters. During his academic years at the University of Maryland, he treated and monitored U.S. soldiers returning from the current and previous Iraq wars that were exposed to depleted uranium (DU) through friendly fire incidents. At the University of Maryland Medical Center, Dr. Thorne and his team created an innovative integrated health program called ‘Step Up to Good Health’ which offers employees and their family members annual health risk assessments, health promotion and disease management programs, disability management and on-site clinical services. The program attracts hundreds of employees/family members annually to participate in personal health risk reduction, helped reduce and then sustained the medical plan annual inflation rate from 14% to low single digits and received national recognition, including from the American Heart Association.

He received his Bachelor of Medical Science degree and M.D. in 1990 from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, his Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1995 and was elected to the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society. He then completed his fellowship training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine training and Chief Residency at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. in 1995. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and a proud member of the Maryland component of the College.

 

Vice President/President-Elect

John Piacentino, MD, MPH

 

John D. Piacentino, MD, MPH is a Senior Scientist for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). As a physician in the Office of the Director, Dr. Piacentino provides medical expertise and consultation to the NIOSH Director, Directors of the NIOSH Divisions, Laboratories and Offices, and other agencies and groups with interest or expertise in matters related to worker safety and health. He also provides scientific expertise and advice in order to help shape the scientific policy at the Institute. His current efforts include leading an Institute-wide project to ensure and maximize the quality, utility, objectivity and integrity of information disseminated by NIOSH.

Prior to his employment at NIOSH, Dr. Piacentino worked for the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. His activities included providing medical support for enforcement cases of national significance, the Chromium Standard Development Team and Agency initiatives regarding nanotechnology and emergency preparedness.

Dr. Piacentino received his Doctor of Medicine from Temple University in 1996, followed by the completion of an Internal Medicine residency at Temple University Hospital. In 1999, Dr. Piacentino was awarded an Occupational Physician Scholarship to study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While there he completed a Master of Public Health and a residency in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is a diplomat of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.         

 

Secretary

Chris Jankosky, MD, MPH

 

Deputy Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency Program for the National Capital Consortium

Dr. Jankosky received his bachelor and medical degrees from Georgetown University, and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and Neurology residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and his fellowship in Occupational Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Additional expertise in undersea medicine was obtained through formal military training programs. He currently holds board certifications in Neurology, Occupational Medicine, and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. From 2004 to 2007 he was stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI, as the Force Surgeon for the Pacific Submarine Force, developing policy and supervising approximately 75 independent health care providers geographically dispersed over the Pacific Rim. He has had extensive overseas travel responsibilities, most recently as an invited undersea medicine subject expert to the Vietnamese People’s Navy in 2007. He was assigned in August 2007 as the Deputy Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency Program for the National Capital Consortium, and is stationed at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda Maryland.     

 

Treasurer

 

Hung Cheung, MD, MPH, FACOEM

 

President, Dr. Cheung/ OEM Advisor, LLC

Dr. Cheung is a graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore and received his M.D. degree from the University of Maryland Medical School. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine and earned a Master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University with a focus on environmental science. He was elected as a Fellow to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.  His work experience includes serving as State Medical Director for the state of Maryland agencies and state employees. In that capacity, he worked closely with the state of Maryland, local municipalities and many large corporations to build a safe, healthy and productive workplace. Dr. Cheung’s subspecialty is indoor environmental quality/risk communication/medical advisory services and has collaborated with management, employees, unions and other stakeholders. He has experience working on Indoor Environmental and Air Quality issues, focusing on molds, microbial and chemical issues in commercial buildings, manufacturing plants, schools and various public and residential facilities. Dr. Cheung served on the Maryland Governor’s Task Force on Indoor Air Quality.