Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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2025 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Occupational & Environmental,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
Pre-placement screening of resident physicians by substance abuse testing: Efficacy, cost, and physician opinions
Journal Article Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy · February 1, 2008 Aims: There is a high risk of physicians developing a chemical dependence. Detection of chemically dependent resident physicians is difficult. Our objective was to assess our experience with pre-placement substance-abuse screening of resident physicians an ... Full text CiteAn integrated comprehensive occupational surveillance system for health care workers.
Journal Article Am J Ind Med · June 2004 BACKGROUND: Workers in the health care industry may be exposed to a variety of work-related stressors including infectious, chemical, and physical agents; ergonomic hazards; psychological hazards; and workplace violence. Many of these hazards lack surveill ... Full text Link to item CiteFeasibility study of respiratory questionnaire and peak flow recordings in autobody shop workers exposed to isocyanate-containing spray paint: observations and limitations.
Journal Article Occup Med (Lond) · June 1996 Diisocyanates, highly reactive monomers which cross-link polyurethane, are the most widely recognized causes of occupational asthma. Many exposed workers are end-users, including autobody spray painters who form a large population at risk. Neither the fact ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Occupational Safety and Health Training
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPhysician · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2001 - 2006Collection of Blood Specimens and Submittal of Data from Health Care Workers and Source Patients Following Exposures to HCV-Infected Blood
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control · 1999 - 2001Surveillance Of Occupational Injuries Among Hospital Healt
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Case Western Reserve University ·
1968
M.D.