2021 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

October 15-17, 2021

Virtual Conference on Zoom
 

MARCOEM is a regional conference developed and presented by a collaboration between The Johns Hopkins University Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health  
and the Mid-Atlantic Regional College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, made up of  members from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.

STUDENT POSTERS
 

Residents are warmly invited to submit poster abstracts on any topic related to occupational and environmental medicine to be displayed during the MARCOEM 2021 meeting. Interested trainees should submit their posters to their own residency directors.

Residency directors are asked to send approved submissions directly to Dr. Tanisha Taylor at tanisha.taylor@rwjbh.org. 

REGISTRATION
 

Click here to register and pay online. 
 

• Physician ACOEM Members: $125.00
• Physician Non-Members: $150.00
• All Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants: $100.00
• All Students and Residents: FREE

JHU employee Tuition Remission is available. Please register at the link above and email Keith Choi for more info. 

 CME

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (MARCOEM) and the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center (JHRC). ACOEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Washington, DC Board of Nursing for 11.75 CNE.

Approval #20-860489. 

Washington D.C. Board of Nursing CE Provider #50-18838. 

AGENDA AND HANDOUTS

MARCOEM 2021

Links to download handouts will be available below.
 

DAY ONE
October 15, 2021

DAY TWO
October 16, 2021

Long COVID Program

Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness. Major study details numerous long-term effects of COVID-19, pointing to massive health burden. By Julia Evangelou Strait. April 22, 2021. 
Article
 

DAY THREE
October 17, 2021

SPEAKERS and PRESENTATION TITLES

Marijuana may dominate the MRO world but other drugs are still out there

Karl Auerbach, MD

Bio
Staff Physician
EmblemHealth Health@Work

Autonomic Nerve Dysfunction and Long COVID syndrome 

Tae Hwan Chung, MD

Bio
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Health Disparities and the COVID Pandemic

Carlos del Rio, MD

Bio
Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health

DOT Update

Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH

Bio
President and Chief Medical Officer
OccuMedix, Inc

 

Today's Marijuana Laws and their Impact on Employers

Nick Hartman, C-DER

Bio
Founder/Managing Partner
Certified Designated Employer Representative (C-DER)
Drug Screening Compliance Institute

Today's Marijuana Laws and their Impact on Employers

Bill Judge, JD

Attorney
Drug Screening Compliance Institute

Utilizing Telehealth to perform an evaluation

Ashish Kakar, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT

Bio
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Update on Opioids

Robert A. Lavin, MD

Bio
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Maryland
Director of Chronic Pain Management, Maryland VA Health Care System

Post Acute Covid-19 Syndrome

Michael G. Risbano, MD

Bio
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Advanced Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (ACPET) Program
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

 

Ultrasound of the Knee and Interventional Approaches to Treatment 

Yusef Sayeed MD, MPH, MENG, RMSK, CPH, DABPM

Bio
Assistant Professor Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of PM&R and Family Medicine
Director of Pain Medicine and Functional Rehabilitation

Neurological Manifestations and Sequelae of COVID-19 Infection: Long-Term Implications

Jason Sico, MD, MHS, FAHA, FAAN(Neurology), FANA, FACP

CV
Associate Professor of Neurology; Associate Professor Internal Medicine (Section of General Medicine)
Internal Medicine; Director, Stroke Care VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Director of Research and Clinical Care, Headache Center of Excellence, Neurology
Yale School of Medicine

Cannabis Drug Testing and Impairment: Findings from Human Laboratory Studies

Tory R. Spindle, PhD

Bio
Instructor
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
 

Pulmonary Function Testing Updates

Mary Townsend, DrPH

Bio
M.C. Townsend Associates, LLC
Independent Spirometry and Epidemiology Consultant
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

Panelist, Day 2 and 3

Greg Vanichkachorn, MD, MPH

Bio
Aerospace Medicine Specialist
Family Physician
Occupational Medicine Specialist
Mayo Clinic

Persistence of Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Functional Declines following COVID-19

Tracy D. Vannorsdall, PhD

Bio
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Head, Clinical Operations for Pulmonary Hypertension
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

For more information

Please contact Keith Choi at kchoi@jhu.edu if you have any questions about registration.