Thurs, Apr 10

Presentation Title

Speaker

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast Service

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8:00 - 9:00

A - Brent Lovejoy Memorial Lecture: Firefighter Fitness for Duty Evaluations

Philip Eskew, DO, JD, MBA, FAOCOPM

9:00 - 10:00

B - James Fleming Memorial Lecture: Performing Firefighter Exams

Gregory Schwaid, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM

10:00-12:00

C - Prescribing Opioids in the Age of Fentanyl (FL required)

Michael Dekker, DO

12:00-1:00

Lunch service

2 Afternoon Tracks                                         OCC MED GRAND ROUNDS or FLORIDA TOPICS

1:00 – 4:30

D - St. Pete Fire Department, Occupational Medicine Grand Rounds. We will board a 25-passenger lounge bus (Star Trolley Co) 12:30-12:45 after a quick lunch.  According to Google, it should be a 4-minute drive (or a 17-minute walk).  Parking is in lot between Headquarters and the Master Station. *

400 Dr. MLK Jr. St. S., St. Petersburg, FL

Gregory Schwaid, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM, facilitator

1:30 - 2:30

E - Laws and Rules/Professional and Medical Ethics (FL required)

Paul Fowler, DO, JD, FAOCOPM

2:30 - 4:30

F - Prevention of Medical Errors (FL Required)

Michael Dekker, DO

 6:00-9:00

 Past Presidents Gathering (by invitation)

Keith Proctor, DO, MSPH, FAOCOPM, 2025 President

Fri, Apr 11

Presentation Title

Speaker

8:00 - 9:00

G - Nonpharmacological Therapies for Behavioral Health

Cheryl Lowry, MD, MPH

9:00 - 10:00

H - Temperature Related Injuries

Thomas Brown, DO

10:00-11:00

I - Murray Goldstein Commemorative Lecture: A Holistic Path to Recovery: Integrative Strategies for PTSD Management

Jacqueline Junco, MD, MPH, AP, IMD

11:00-12:00

J - Riland Memorial Lecture: Review of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Sector

Michelle Ramim, PhD, MBA

12:00-1:00

Lunch service. 

12:30 - 1:30

K - You're the Flight Surgeon, COVID Edition!

Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPH

1:30 - 2:30

L - John Cahill Memorial Lecture: Navigating Mental Health in Aviation

COL Tracy Durham, PhD

2:30 - 3:30

M - Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Aerospace Medicine (slides will be available after presentation...no spoilers allowed!)

Brian Pinkston, MD, MPH, FASMA, FAWM

3:30-4:30

CME Committee Meeting

Alan Philippi, DO, MS

5:30-7:00

Faculty Fellow Convocation followed by a reception.  All attendees are welcome!  Room:  St. Petersburg III 

Gemma Briggs, Bagpiper

Sat, Apr 12

Presentation Title

Speaker

8:00 - 9:00

N - Occupational Dermatology

Lloyed Cleaver, DO, FAOCD, FAAD

9:00 - 10:00

0 - Future of Nuclear Pulmonary Imaging

Mark DeSantis, DO, MS

10:00-11:00

P - Loren Hatch Memorial Lecture: Hearing Loss in the Workplace: Rules and Requirements for Monitoring

Timothy Rink, PhD

11:00-12:00

Q - John Mills Commemorative Lecture: Seizures, What's Shakin? *(will not be recorded)

Thomas Minahan, DO, FACOEP

12:00-1:00

Lunch served

12:30 - 1:30

R - Heart Health and Peak Performance: Optimizing Cardiovascular Risk for High-Risk Occupations

Eddie D. Davenport, MD, FACC, FAsMA

1:30 - 2:00

S - Intro to AOCOPM, CAQ and Board of Preventive Medicine

Scott Everson, DO, MPH, Course Chair

2:00 - 3:00

T - Legal Issues in Occupational Medicine

Paul Fowler, DO, JD, FAOCOPM

3:00-4:00

U - Infectious Disease

Charles L. “Carl” Werntz, III, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM

Sun, Apr 13

Presentation Title (BCII Only, Slides Sent Separately)

Speaker

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

8:00 - 9:00

Disability/Impairment

Paul Fowler, DO, JD, FAOCOPM

9:00 - 10:00

Plastics and Pesticides

Heather Williamson, DO

10:00 11:00

Facility Walk-Through

Charles L. “Carl” Werntz, III, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM

11:00-12:00

Radiation

Murray Berkowitz, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM, FAAO

12:00 - 1:00

Physical Hazards

Jennifer A. Benincasa, DO, MPH, MSHCA

1:00 - 2:00

Ergonomics

Murray Berkowitz, DO, MPH, FAOCOPM, FAAO

2:00-2:30

Complete Post Test; Review Pre and Post Test; Q&A

Scott Everson, DO, MPH, Course Chair

*Presentation will NOT be recorded and will NOT be available later at AOA Online Learning.