NAOEM
Northwest Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2015 Annual Scientific ConferenceSeptember 25 – 27, 2015
Skamania Lodge1131 SW Skamania Lodge Way | Stevenson, WA 98648
Group room block rates start at $199 plus applicable taxes. Cut-off date is August 24, 2015.Please reserve EARLY as the Lodge WILL SELL OUT!
FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
7:00 – 7:45 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast in Exhibitor area
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Welcome and Announcements Louis Lim, MD, Conference Chair
8:15 – 9:00 AM
Revised Chronic Pain guidelines
Gary Franklin, BA, MD, MPH
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Hidden Causes (and Cures) for Poor Outcomes
Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH
9:45 – 10:00 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
10:00 – 11:30 AM
Preventing Disability Roundtable – Sponsored by NWCOHS
10:00 – 10:30 AM
COHE Best Practices Debra Milek, MD, PhD, MPH
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Return to work at Boeing Robert Perkins, MD, MPH
11:00 – 11:30 AM
How L&I partners with clinicians and companies to
return injured workers to work Lee Glass, MD
11:30-12:00 PM Round table discussion
12:00 – 1:00 PM Box lunch/Grab n’ Go
1:00 – 5:00 PM Three Concurrent Workshops
[1] OEM and Workers’ Comp Best Practices for
Primary Care Givers
1:00 – 2:00 Guiding Patients on the Pathway to
Recovery: Avoiding Disability Pitfalls Louis Lim, MD
2:00 – 2:45 Achieving the Zen State: The Art & Mastery
of the L&I Workers’ Comp Form Trifecta (ROA,APF,PIR) Louis Lim, MD/Nicole Cushman
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
3:00 – 4:00 Opioids & the Brain John Hart, DO
4:00 – 4:40 IMEs, JAs, & PCEs: what do I DO with these?
BTW – what do they MEAN anyway? Galeen Lies and Louis Lim, MD
4:40 – 5:00 Q&A
[2] Impairment Rating
1:00-1:30 Introduction & Basic Principles of a
Rating Exam Paul Darby, MD, PhD, MPH
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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7:00 – 7:45 AM
Continental Breakfast / Visit Exhibitors
8:00 – 8:05 AM
Announcements Louis Lim, MD
8:05 – 8:35 AM
Upper Extremity Nerve Entrapment
Dianna Chamblin, MD
8:35 – 9:05 AM
Legal Outlook for Workers’ Comp
Lawerence Mann, JD
9:05 – 9:45 AM
Agricultural MSD
Debra Milek, MD, PhD, MPH
9:45 – 10:00 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Evidence and Washington Workers’ Compensation
Nicholus Reul, MD
10:45 – 11:30 AM
Unusual Toxicology Cases
Bruce Kelman, PhD, DABT, ATS, ERT
11:30 – 12:30 PM LUNCH PROVIDED
SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 (continued)
1:30 – 2:30 Rating the Cervical & Lumbar Spine Hal Stockbridge, MD, MPH
2:30 – 2:45 Cervical & Lumbar spine examples Tim Gilmore, MD, PE
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 Rating Exam of the UE & LE Paul Darby, MD, PhD, MPH
4:00 – 4:30 UE & LE examples Abid Haq, MD, MPH, FACOEM
4:30 – 5:00 Common Mistakes made During a
Rating Exam (and how to identify them) Paul Darby, MD, PhD, MPH
[3] Bonneville Dam Tour (2 tours, each 2 hrs; ~20 attendees ea)
1:00 – 3:00 Bonneville Dam Tour #1 (Ranger Robin Norris) Columbia Interpretive Center Museum
3:00 – 5:00 Bonneville Dam Tour #2
6:00-8:00 PM Meet & Greet Reception with Exhibitors
8:00 PM Dinner on your own
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:05 AM
Announcements Louis Lim, MD
8:05 – 8:45 AM
Functional Restoration for Chronic Pain Management
Steven Stanos, DO
8:45 – 9:15 AM
Underserved Populations in Workers’ Comp
Scott Morris, MD, MPH, FACOEM
9:15 – 9:45 AM
Medical Provider Network
Randal Franke, MD
9:45 – 10:00 AM BREAK
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Total Worker Health
Dede Montgomery, MS, CIH
10:45 – 11:30 AM
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rod Markum, MD, MPH
11:30 – 12:00 PM
DOT Update
Abid Haq, MD, MPH, FACOEM
12:00 PM Closing comments Louis Lim, MD
SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 (continued)
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12:30 – 2:00 PM OEM Fellow presentations
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Evaluating Noxious Odor Complaints at a Nuclear Waste
Facility Debra Cherry, MD, UW Residency Director
1:00 – 1:20 PM
Resident talk #1 Will Cann, MD, MPH
1:20 – 1:40 PM
Resident talk #2 Ann Tu, MD, MPH
1:40 – 2:00 PM
Resident talk #3 Shilpa Gowda, MD
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Drug Screens and Legalization of Marijuana
Paula Lantsberger, MD, MPH, FACOEM
2:45 – 3:15 PM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
3:15 – 4:00 PM
What Not to Miss
Kirk Harmon, MD
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Climate Change and OEM
Kent Pinkerton, PhD
5:00 – 6:00 PM NAOEM Board Meeting
6:00 – 6:30 PM Happy Hour
6:30 – 9:30 PM Dinner and Presentation NAOEM Business Meeting President’s Address Dinner presentation: “History of Skamania” Merna Debol
• Understand and take action upon new WA laws concerning workers
compensation
• Summarize the basics of spine ratings
• Implement appropriate countermeasures for several emerging
infectious disease threats
• File compensation claims for cases involving occupational cancer
• Recognize some of the specific under-served occupational populations
in the Northwest
• Describe the changes in the brain that occur with the use opioids
• Assess and state work restrictions and emphasize return to work
• Complete timely ROA and PIR
• Design employer-providers partnerships that maximize functional
return to work after injury
• Utilize LNI resources to further knowledge
• Recognize health effects that are and are not associated with tank
farm vapors
• Elicit obstacles to best practices to forward to L & I (and potential
solutions)
• Evaluate agricultural laborers for their MSD’s and recommend ergonomics
interventions as part of treatment
• Implement the new changes in daily practice when evaluating commercial
drivers
• Apply better patient-specific treatment plan
• Rate permanent impairment of the cervical and lumbar spine, the shoulder,
and the knee
• Identify specific role for occupational medicine physicians as related to TWH
• Identify and intervene effectively in cases with BPSE issues
• Address climate change in the treatment of patients
• Recognize techno-stress in themselves and others, and share information
about techno-stress with those who may be suffering from techno-stress
• Apply current concepts of exposure to differential diagnoses
• Explain the risks to employers based on the legalization of marijuana
• Recognize the common upper extremity nerve entrapment disorders
• Understand the utility and the mechanics of the APF/PCE form in medical
practice
• Implement best practices on the treatment of acute and chronic pain
Learning Objectives
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Physician Member $425 $500
Physician Non-Member $525 $550
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Resident $125 $125
Field Trip – Bonneville Dam ( number: ) $25 $35
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ACCME ACCREDITATION STATEMENTThis 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 Northwest Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NAOEM). The ACOEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
AMA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENTThe American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 17.5 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.