Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds Archived Presentations
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds consist of a case presentation by a second-year resident followed by a discussion led by a Harvard School of Public Health faculty member or medical specialist. Presentations center on real cases encountered by second-year residents during their training. Recordings of past sessions can be viewed below.
Grand Rounds take place every other Friday from 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. at Harvard School of Public Health. Click here to view the upcoming schedule. If you would like receive e-mail notices about future grand rounds please contact Ann Backus at abackus@hsph.harvard.edu. If you would like to attend please contact Chanida Thammachart at cthammac@hsph.harvard.edu.
2008-2009 Presentations
Travel Medicine Update
Presented May 15, 2009
Presenter: Edward Chin, MD, MPH
Discussant: Laura Kogelman, MD
Confidentiality and Liability issues in Occupational Medicine
Presented April 17, 2009
Presenter: Edward Chin, MD, MPH
Discussant: Carolyn Langer, MD, JD, MPH
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/oegr-4-17-09/
Mold Exposure: Evaluation of Non-Allergic Effects
Presented March 6, 2009
Presenter: Saeher Muzaffar, MD, MPH
Discussant: Rose H. Goldman, MD, MS, MPH
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/eogr-3-6-09/
Management of Occupational Exposures to Herpes Virus B and Nonhuman Primate Retroviruses
Presented February 6, 2009
Presenter: Peter Lee, MD, MPH
Discussant: R. Paul Johnson, MD
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/oh-2-6-09/
COPD and Asthma in Meat Wrappers
Presented December 12, 2008
Presenter: Saeher Muzaffar, MD, MPH
Discussant: David Christiani, MD, MPH, MS
Sleep Apnea in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
Presented November 14, 2008
Presenter: Saeher Muzaffar, MD, MPH
Discussant: Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
Predictors of low back pain outcomes based on early patient interactions
Presented October 17, 2008
Presenter: Edward Chin, MD, MPH
Discussant: William Shaw, PhD
The Interferon Gamma Release Assays and Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Presented October 3, 2008
Presenter: Peter Lee, MD, MPH
Discussant: Edward A. Nardell, MD
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/live/10-3-08lecture.html
Alternative Specimens for Workplace Drug Testing
Presented September 19, 2008
Presenter: Peter Lee, MD, MPH
Discussant: Robert Swotinsky, MD
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/live/9-19-08.html
2007-2008 Presentations
Analyzing Cause in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders
Presented May 16, 2008
Presenter: Aaron Thompson, MD, MPH
Discussant: Lee Okurowski, MD, MPH, MBA
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/occ5-16/
The Role of Occupational Medicine in Assessment of Risk and Causality
Presented May 2, 2008
Presenter: Ken Spaeth, MD, MPH
Discussant: John W. Burress, MD, MPH, FACOEM
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/ehgr-5-2-08/
Occupational Infections: A Workplace Hazard
Presented April 18, 2008
Presenter: Edward Chin, MD, MPH
Discussant: Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, MD, SM, ScD
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/ohgr-4-18-08/
Cardiopulmonary Complications of Asbestosis - Progressive Shortness of Breath in a Shipyard Worker
Presented April 4, 2008
Presenter: Aaron Thompson, MD, MPH
Discussant: David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, MS
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/ohehgr-4-4-08/
Dyspnea in a 30 Year Old Mason
Presented March 14, 2008
Presenter: Kenneth R. Spaeth, MD, MPH, MOH
Discussant: William S. Beckett MD, MPH
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/oegr-3-14-08/
Recurrent Abdominal Pain in a Painter: Occult Lead Poisoning Strikes Again
Presented February 29, 2008
Presenter: Philip Parks, MD, MPH, MOH
Discussant: Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/ohgr-2-29-08/
Occupational Health Issues and Considerations for Laboratories Handling Pathogens (Biosafety Levels I-IV)
Presented February 15, 2008
Presenter: Kenneth Spaeth, MD, MPH, MOH
Discussant: Thomas Winters, MD, FACOEM
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/ohgr-2-15-08/
Methicillin Resistant Stapholococcus Aureus (MRSA) in the Community - A 2008 Update
Presented February 1, 2008
Presenter: Philip Parks, MD, MPH, MOH
Discussant: John Brusch, MD
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/eh-gr-2-1-08/index.html
Treatment of Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Using a Portable Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber in a Remote Setting
Presented Friday, December 7, 2007
Presenter and Discussant: Philip Parks, MD, MPH, MOH
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/occhealth-12-7-07/
Blood Pressure Management in Public Safety Personnel
Presented Friday, September 21, 2007
Presenter: Philip Parks, MD, MPH, MOH
Discussant: Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/20070921-122300-1/