WOEMA President, Dr. Akbar Sharip, shares his vision for our profession and our organization and his excitement for the upcoming WOHC 2024, August 28-31 at the legendary Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Support the showBy WOEMA

WOEMA Podcast - March 15, 2024 Topic: Silicosis Guest: Robert Harrison, MD Listen & enjoy the vast knowledge and experiences of Dr. Robert Harrison, a Public Health Medical Officer with the California Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch and Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Division of Occup…

Please enjoy our next podcast guest, Dr. Deborah Smith, as we discuss the intersectionality of LGTBQ+ issues in Occupational Medicine. Dr. Smith is the CEO, Founder, and Medical Director of BodyPrime SPC which is a new venture launched in 2020 to deliver Lifestyle Medicine-based self-education and consulting to guide individuals and businesses to e…

Please listen to this most interesting podcast interview wherein Dr. Laren Tan discusses "Asthma Updates Made Wheezy". Laren Tan, MD, MBA is Associate Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University Health. Chief, Department of Medicine, Center for Innovation and Promotions Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Director, Loma Linda…

WOEMA President Dr. Ramon Terrazas looks ahead to WOHC 2024 in Las Vegas. Support the showBy WOEMA

Today's guest is WOEMA President Ramon Terrazas MD, MPH, QME, FACOEM Support the showBy WOEMA

FLU/RSV / Post-Acute COVID Syndrome , Q&A Guest - Christian Sandrock, MD, MPH, FCCP Support the showBy WOEMA

Catching the snitch or the consequences: Profiling the incidence of concussion in Quidditch players Guest: Dr. Spencer Walser Occupational Medicine resident Loma Linda University of Health Support the showBy WOEMA

Take a listen to this WOEMA Podcast: WOHC22 Site Visit Spotlight. We'll hear from Dr. Jim Lessenger discuss highlights of the WOHC22 Site Visit - A Tour of North Bay Occupational and Environmental History: How does the Gold Rush, the Mare Island Naval Base Closure, and the Port Chicago Explosion inform our current practice of OEM. Learn more here a…

Welcome to the 3rd and last part of conversation with Dr. Rupali Das, WOEMA President. Dr. Rupali Das is Senior Vice President and California Medical Director at the Zenith Insurance Company and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Das previously served as the Executive Medical Director o…

Recorded April 29, 2022 Support the showBy WOEMA

In this Podcast we will talk to Dr. Rupali Das, WOEMA President, on her vision for 2022 Dr. Rupali Das is Senior Vice President and California Medical Director at the Zenith Insurance Company and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Das previously served as the Executive Medical Director …

COVID: Interaction with Public Health is part 3 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here. About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and…

Join Dr. Christian Sandrock for part two, COVID: Vaccine Basics, of WOEMA's multi-part COVID series! Listen to part one, COVID: The Basics, here. About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural pra…

Living Life Around COVID is part 5 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here. About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modali…

COVID: Back on your Feet is part 4 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here. About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modali…

In June 2021, Dr. Christian Sandrock provided an Update on Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection via webinar. Join us for an update on COVID: The Basics, part one of a multi-part COVID series. About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative t…

" Taking the time to listen and be empathetic while encouraging function and activity, and educating our patients, is the best tool for successful outcomes." Steven Feinberg, MD Chronic pain is a common reason for adults to seek medical care, greater than cancer, diabetes, and heart disease combined. An estimated 40% of the working population in th…

After The Pandemic: What Can We Do Better Next Time? is a session on October 2, 2021, at the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) in Phoenix, AZ. Get a behind-the-scenes look at a planning session with Alison Steinbach, a journalist with the Arizona Republic and one of our amazing speakers, discussing the role of public information officer…

“What you do for someone else is always worthwhile…” Chyke A. Doubeni, MBBS, MPH, Mayo Clinic In this powerful discussion, Dr. Doubeni explores the link between racism and health inequities, his vision for the future and call to action, as well as his thoughts about the challenges of implementing changes. About our Guest: Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH …

After The Pandemic: What Can We Do Better Next Time? is a session on October 2, 2021 at the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) in Phoenix, AZ. Take a look at a planning session with Dr. George Poste, one of our amazing speakers, discussing pandemic planning and institutional malaise, preserving the institutional memory of the pandemic, h…

Join us for a conversation with the "working man's shrink," Robert Larsen, MD (Dr. Bob) to explore his journey from molecular and cellular biologist to the occupational side of psychiatry and how he came to write his book Wounded Workers, about America's workforce subjected to physical and psychological trauma. Support the show…

Dr. Kirstine Oh is an anatomic- and clinical pathology board-certified pathologist with a subspecialization in hematopathology. After completing residency, Dr. Oh practiced as a general anatomic and hematopathologist for 10 years before becoming the medical director of a lab in a roughly 550 bed hospital with a level II trauma center, OB-GYN center…

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. In the final part of the HPI podcast series, we continue our conversation with WOEMA's president, Dr. Scott Krasner. So far, we pondered the past and the present. We continue on Scott’s adventure as we rededicate ourselves to the future in this episode of History of Present Interview. Support the show…

Welcome to this edition of “In Case you Missed It, Highlights from the Western Occupational Health Conference, WOHC 2020 - Inspire and Interact”, held virtually Sept 24-26th. Here, we present a highlight from “Leading through Crisis” with Dr. Stephen Beeson. Dr. Beeson is a nationally recognized author, board-certified family medicine physician, an…

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. In part 2 of the HPI podcast series, we continue our conversation with WOEMA's president, Dr. Scott Krasner. Last time, we pondered the past. Today, we will continue on Scott’s adventure to see where he is today and how he lives in the moment in this episode of History of Present Interview. Support th…

In honor of Black History Month, WOEMA features an interview with Dr. Donna Baytop, a past president and veteran member of WOEMA. Dr. Baytop was interviewed by Dr. Rupali Das, co-chair of the JEDI Committee. Making a Difference Throughout her career, Dr. Baytop has given back to communities and helped minority physicians in medicine. As a medical s…

In honor of Black History Month, WOEMA features an interview with Dr. Donna Baytop, a past president and veteran member of WOEMA. Dr. Baytop was interviewed by Dr. Rupali Das, co-chair of the JEDI Committee. Making a Difference Throughout her career, Dr. Baytop has given back to communities and helped minority physicians in medicine. As a medical s…

This podcast focuses on an important and crucial piece of medical information that is instrumental in putting the pieces of the diagnostic puzzle together: the HPI. Luckily, the first guest in this series is an expert in forensics! We will take a journey across time and space, from the birth of life until the final breath of death, and travel coast…

We are joined by Dr. Paul Papanek, lead author of a newly released WOEMA guidance document titled “Workplace COVID-19 Outbreaks: Suggested Actions by Employers and Workers’ Compensation Carriers.” Sourced with the latest evidence, this document provides practical steps that employers can use to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. Access th…

The world is in the midst of the vaccine rollout and a few weeks have passed since part 1 of the COVID-19 Vaccine - What we Need to Know podcast was published. A lot has happened since then and many essential workers have already received the second dose of the vaccine. As expected, many more questions have come up, so join us for part 2 of the dis…

2020 has finally come to a close and WOEMA has certainly had an eventful year. As we reflect on the last year and look forward to 2021, we are honored to have Dr. Erik Won, who has served as WOEMA president and is now the chairman of the board, to reflect on his experiences. Support the showBy WOEMA

For practicing physicians, the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 has been an exercise in medical decision-making with incomplete, or at times, contradictory information. A rapidly unfolding pandemic, with a novel pathogen exhibiting great mortality and morbidity, encouraged physicians to search for the best available information in service to their pati…

The COVID-19 vaccine is finally here! There are a lot of questions about vaccine safety and efficacy. Listen now to our podcast to hear the discussion with Dr. Wendy Thanassi, Chief of Occupational Health for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and an Affiliated Associate Professor at Stanford. Support the show…

In this episode, Dr. Oluseyi Awodele, discusses his winning virtual poster presentation, Space Radiation Effects: Comparison of Ovarian Toxicity of Low Dose Gamma Radiation vs High LET Charged Particle Radiation. Click here to view the poster presentation. Dr. Awodele is currently in his second year of the UCI Occupational and Environmental Residen…

In May 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted an executive order that created a COVID-19 workers' compensation presumption for any employee who worked outside the home during the statewide shelter-in-place order. Prior to this executive order, under the California workers’ compensation system, employees need to present medical evidence that…

A discussion with podcast creators Alya Khan, MD, Sheri Belafsky, MD, and David Caretto, MD. Find out how the podcast series came about and learn a little about the people involved. Support the showBy WOEMA

A discussion with Nate Clapp, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP Nate Clapp is a very recent graduate of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco, finishing on June 30th. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego and obtained his MD at the Uniformed Services Universi…

A conversation with Sarah Johnson, MD. Dr. Sarah Johnson is currently in her second year of the UCSF Occupational and Environmental Residency program. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and attended medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a proud alumna of Teach For America. Prior to mov…

A conversation with Heather Lampel, MD. This podcast discusses "COVID toes" and other skin manifestations, including conditions arising from excessive handwashing and sustained use of facial PPE. Heather Lampel, MD, MPH, is double board-certified in Dermatology and Occupational Medicine. She received her medical degree from The Ohio State Universit…

Presented by Shruti Gohil, MD, MPH. This podcast discusses the state of the pandemic, asymptomatic spread, and what we need to take into consideration for those who are symptomatic and/or test positive for COVID as it relates to return-to-work guidelines. Recorded May 29, 2020 Support the showBy Alexandra

An interview with Mona Masood, DO. “….we’re not necessarily heroes. We’re just humans, helping other humans and in that are allowed to be fallible.” Dr. Mona Masood is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certified general outpatient psychiatrist practicing in the greater Philadelphia area after completing her general adult psychiatry resi…

A discussion with Paul Papanek, MD, MPH Paul J Papanek, MD, MPH is a Cal/OSHA Public Health Medical Officer and a member of the clinical faculty in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UC Irvine. Previously, he served as the Chief of Occupational Medicine for two Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in Southern California, and as a P…

An interview with: Tanisha Taylor, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOEM Dr. Taylor attended Medical School at New York Medical College (NYMC) focusing her training in Internal Medicine through the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, followed by an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellowship and an MPH at Yale University. Recently, Dr. Tay…

An interview with Sheri Belafsky, MD, MS, FACOEM and David Rempel, MD, MPH, FACOEM Dr. Belafsky is board-certified in occupational and environmental medicine and a fellow in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is the medical director of the UC Davis Medical Surveillance Program, where she has worked since 2008. Dr. …

A conversation with Professor Dr. Philip Harber Dr. Philip Harber is a professor of Public Health at the University of Arizona. He previously served as Professor and Chief of the Division of Occupational-Environmental Medicine at UCLA. His training includes fellowships in Pulmonary and in Occupational-Environmental medicine at Hopkins. He combines …

An interview with pathologist Dr. Kirstine Oh COVID-19 is on the forefront of the minds of all healthcare workers. As the US has moved from the containment to the mitigation stage, physicians across the country are wondering about the utility of COVID-19 testing. People are asking about testing for anti-bodies and how this will affect the current p…