Overview

These courses are presented by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. They provide targeted reviews of one topic area along with a broader update of current topics in occupational and environmental health. The curriculum is designed for occupational and environmental health professionals, including occupational physicians and nurses, and industrial hygienists. It also meets the needs of primary care providers and others engaged in practice and research, including physicians (family medicine practitioners, internists, emergency medicine specialists), advanced practice nurses and other nursing professionals, and physician assistants. Policy makers and medical-legal practitioners also benefit from the curriculum offered. The first day of the 2024 course, Work and Environmental Respiratory Disease, addresses subject areas that underscore the interrelationships and linkages between work and the environment with respiratory disease. Topic examples include a Historical Perspective on the Lung, the Occupational Burden of Non-Malignant Respiratory Disease, Pneumoconiosis, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Climate Change and Respiratory Health looking at Heat, Wildfires, Air Pollution and more. A poster session the evening before the first conference day will supplement this content, including case reports and research data. The second day and final half-day of the course will cover a multi-topic theme: Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Objectives

Attendees completing this course will be able to:

• Clarify their role in addressing occupational and environmental health topics in clinical practice;
• Adopt new medical knowledge into preventive activities addressing occupational and environmental environmental risk factors, both established and newer;
• Improve their evaluation of scientific data in the field of occupational and environmental health;
• Expand the differential diagnosis to incorporate a wider range of environmental and occupational factors in various disease processes;
• Better apply appropriate diagnostic methods and treatment options for selected occupational and environmental conditions;

 

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency.

Geriatric Medicine: The approved credits shown above include 1.5 geriatric credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Pain Medicine: The approved credits shown above include 2.5 Pain Credits towards meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 487, Pain Management and Care for the Terminally Ill.

Trauma: The approved credits shown above include 3.25 credits toward satisfying the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma requirement for trauma-related continuing medical education.

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacy: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Family Physicians: Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

California Division of Workers Compensation – Medical Unit (QME Credit): This course has been reviewed and approved for 17.75 hours of credit.

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Agenda

Download 2024 Agenda

 

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Location

UNITED AIRLINES
UCSF has negotiated special fares with United Airlines for our course attendees.
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Course Chairs

Paul D. Blanc, MD MSPH
Professor of Medicine, Endowed Chair and Division Chief
Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

Robert Kosnik, MD DIH
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Medical Director,
UCSF Occupational Health Services, Division of
Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

Samuel Goldman, MD MPH
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Neurology
Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

Rahmat Balogun, DO MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine; Assistant Medical Director, UCSF Occupational Health Services, Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

Stephanie Holm, MD MPH PhD
Co-Director, Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit;
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

 

Faculty

University of California, San Francisco unless otherwise noted

John Balmes, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Haley Barnes, MD
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

Robert Cohen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University, Feinberg
School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Sheiphali Gandhi, MD MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Robert Harrison, MD MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Amy Heinzerling, MD MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Stephanie Holm, MD PhD MPH
Director, Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Joel Kauffman, MD MPH
Professor, Epidemiology, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences, and Medicine
University of Washington

John Keller, MD
California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division; Toxicology Fellow, UCSF

Howard M. Kipen, MD MPH
Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health
Director, Clinical Research & Occupational Medicine Division, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Rutgers School of Public Health

Ware Kuschner, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Anthony Lopez, DO MPH
Staff Physician, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

Stephen Petrou, MD
California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division; Toxicology Fellow, UCSF

Rajan Puri, MD MPH
Corporate Medical Director, PBF Energy
Occupational Health Physician, Stanford University

Carrie Redlich, MD MSPH
Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health Sciences
Director, Yale Occupational and
Environmental Medicine Program,
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Carl Reynolds, MD
Consultant in Respiratory and Acute Medicine with an interest in lung cancer and respiratory intervention, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer, National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London

Dennis Shusterman, MD MPH
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine

Kjell Torén, MD
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Medicine
The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

 

Registration

	Early Bird Ends 1/7/24	Regular Fee Begins 1/8/24
Full Conference: Work and Environmental Respiratory Disease and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Physicians	$675	$725	Register
Advanced Practice Practitioners	$575	$625	Register
Residents/Fellows	$450	$500	Register
Day 1 = Work and Environmental Respiratory Disease (March 7, 2024)
Physicians	$350	$400	Register
Advanced Practice Practitioners	$275	$325	Register
Residents/Fellows	$225	$275	Register
Days 2-3 = Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (March 8-9, 2024)
Physicians	$400	$450	Register
Advanced Practice Practitioners	$350	$400	Register
Residents/Fellows	$225	$275	Register

 

Refund Policy: Cancellations received in writing before March 4, 2024 will be refunded, less a $75 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.

Please email your requests to [email protected]

Exhibitors

Exhibit Fee: $600

Pay Fee Via Credit Card

Email Contact for Exhibits  [email protected]

Exhibit Description

Exhibitors receive the following benefits:

• (1) 6’ x 30” tabletop exhibit space at UCSF assigned location in exhibit hall
• Standard acknowledgement from the podium and in the course syllabus distributed to each registrant*
• (1) complimentary exhibitor attendees
• Access to the electronic course syllabus

Exhibit Hours

(subject to updating)

Wednesday 3/6/24
Exhibitor Set Up 2pm-5pm

Thursday 3/7/24
7am – 7:45am Exhibit Area Open / Breakfast / Registration
9:40‐10:10 Break
11:50‐13:10 Lunch on own
15:00‐15:30 Break

Friday 3/8/24
7:00-7:50 Breakfast/Registration
9:50 – 10:20 Break
12:00‐13:30 Lunch on own
15:10‐15:40 Break

Saturday 3/9/24
7:15-8:15 Breakfast/Registration
10:10-10:20 Break
12pm Adjourn