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Robert L. Goldberg, MD, FACOEM, recently accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Healthesystems, Tampa, Fla., a leading provider of medical benefits for the workers' compensation industry. Before joining Healthesystems, Dr Goldberg served as the Chief Medical Officer for Landmark Healthcare, Inc. He has been active with the American Board of Preventive Medicine, serving on their Occupational Medicine Examination Subcommittee and formerly as Trustee, a member of their Executive Committee, and as Vice Chair of Occupational Medicine. Dr Goldberg has also served the state of California as an appointed member of its Industrial Medical Council. Dr Goldberg received his MD from Jefferson College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa., and was certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in occupational medicine. A member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) since 1981, he was elevated to fellowship in 1988. Dr Goldberg is a member of the Council of Scientific Advisors and chairs the Ergonomics Committee. He served ACOEM as President (2000–2001) and was a member of the ACOEM Board for 7 years as a Director and Officer actively participating in numerous councils and committees. He is a member and Past President and Chairman of the Board of the Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association, an ACOEM component society. Dr Goldberg resides in California, where he is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The Fall Occupational Medicine Conference of ACOEM's component Pennsylvania Occupational and Environmental Medical Society will be held on September 21, 2013. The venue for “Impact of Chronic Disease in the Workplace” is the HUB Conference Center (Cira Center) in Philadelphia, Pa. Marianne Cloeren, MD, FACOEM, a member of ACOEM Board of Directors, will present “Tying it all Together: Work is Medicine: Helping Our Patients Stay Employed.” Other presentations include: “Managing Workers with Asthma: New Insights into an Acute and Chronic Disease”; “Evidence-based Update in Preventive Cardiology and Screening”; “Management of Chronic Pain in the Injured Worker”; and “Legal Aspects of Chronic Disease, ADA, and FMLA.” For additional information, contact Pennsylvania Occupational and Environmental Medical Society Vice President Francesca Litow, MD, by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 484-318-0650. The Annual Scientific and Clinical Education Conference of the Northwest Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NAOEM), one of ACOEM's component societies, will be held on September 26 to 29, 2013, at the Hotel Vintage Plaza in Portland, Ore. Topics on September 27 will include: “Best Practices for Return to Work”; “Air Pollution: Mesa Air Project”; “Causation: Complex Legal Exams”; “Innovations in Occupational Health Best Practices”; “Ergonomic Solutions”; “Occupational Eye Injuries”; and “Safety in the Workshop.” Presentations on September 28 are “Injection Outcomes”; “Opioid Epidemic: Causes and Cures”; “Army Medical Evaluation Board”; “Occupational Medicine Model for Combat Veteran Care”; “Travel Update: The Ivory Coast”; “Prevalence of Hypertension by Occupation in Washington State”; “These Feet Were Made for Walking and Working!”; “Cardiac Disease Prevention and High Risk Occupations”; and “Managing Workers’ Return to Work Expectations.” On September 29, discussions on “A Non-Invasive Approach to the Spine” and “CDME’s: New Rules of the Road for Docs” will close the meeting. For more details and registration, contact NAOEM Executive Administrator Darla White by e-mail at [email protected] or telephone at 206/956-3642, or visit the component Web site at www.naoem.org. The 2013 Michigan Occupational Health Conference (MOHC) will be held on September 27 to 28 at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich. The MOHC is the combined annual scientific meeting of the Michigan Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association (MOEMA), an ACOEM component society, and the Michigan Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Business luncheon meetings for both organizations will be held September 27. ACOEM Executive Director Barry Eisenberg will provide an ACOEM update and the Cary-Pratt McCord Lecture will be presented by David Hinkamp, MD, Co-Director of the Health in the Arts Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For additional information, contact Karen Carter, MOEMA Executive Secretary, by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 313/874-1360, ext. 303, or visit the component Web site at www.moema.org. The 2013 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology will be held on September 27 to October 2 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. This event is cosponsored by the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Collaborating associations are the American College of Medical Toxicology, the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres, the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, and the Asian Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology. The North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology keynote speaker will be Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The meeting's scientific content will include applied qualitative and quantitative forensic toxicology, chelation therapy, communications in disaster preparedness, diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis, improvised nuclear device detonation, intensive care management of the poisoned patient, stimulation exercises based on toxic exposures, and an update on evaluation of acetaminophen-poisoned patients based on recent developments in Europe. The Public Education Committee Track will include information on recognizing credible research, identifying dangerous detoxification therapies, using emerging technology to help the public, and poisons in pop culture, among other topics. For additional information, visit the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Web site at www.clintox.org/meetings.cfm or call 800/377-7707. The 32nd Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research is scheduled September 30 to October 4 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. The conference features tutorials, plenary sessions, special symposia, and poster and platform presentations. Symposia topics include “Bioaerosols: Characterization and Environmental Impact”; “Engineered Nanoparticles: Emissions, Transformation and Exposure”; and “Portable and Inexpensive Sensor Technology for Air Quality Monitoring: The Future is Now.” Scheduled plenary sessions are “Lessons from the Workplace: Hazards from Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials”; “Studying Aerosol Processes, One Particle at a Time”; “Secondary Organic Aerosols: Are Laboratory Chambers Mimicking the Atmosphere?” and “Solarthermal Chemical Processing Using Particle Flow Reactors: Challenges and Opportunities.” For more details, contact the American Association for Aerosol Research at 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054; telephone: 856/439-9080; fax: 856/439-0525; Web site: www.aaar.org. The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of New Jersey, an ACOEM component society, will be held in the evening of October 3, 2013, at the East Brunswick Hilton, East Brunswick, N.J. Nancy Fiedler, PhD, Professor at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute at Rutgers University, will speak about “Neuropsychological Evaluations.” Max Lum, EdD, MPA, Senior Consultant for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present “Using Social Media to Build Our Community of Practice: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Jerald Fagliano, MPH, PhD, of the New Jersey Department of Health, will speak on “The New Jersey Experience with Heavy Metals and Chemical Exposures.” Contact Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of New Jersey President Tanisha Taylor, MD, via e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 732/942-5906, for additional details. The Annual Meeting of the Tri-State Occupational Medical Association, an ACOEM component society, will be held on October 4 to 5, 2013, at the FirstEnergy West Akron Campus, Akron, Ohio. Presentations will include “Cardiac Conditions: Assessment of Workers with Pacemakers and Defibrillators”; “Traumatic Brain Injuries”; “Chemical and Enzyme Exposure Medical Monitoring”; “FFD for Behavioral Health Conditions and RTW”; “Ankle Injuries: Treatment, Management and RTW”; “FFD for Individuals on Psycotropic Meds, Illicit Drug Use, and Opioid Prescription Abuse”; “Suboxone and the Employed Worker”; “Physical Risk Assessment Program for Hospital Personnel”; and a workshop, “Could You Meet the Requirements to be a Lineman?” For more details, contact Edward McVay, MD, Tri-State Occupational Medical Association Secretary-Treasurer, by telephone at 814/375-3000 or via e-mail at [email protected].

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