Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invite you to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.
Title: “Forever Chemicals on the Front Line: A Firefighter, a Public Health Crisis, and the Leadership Imperative”
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the toxicology, exposure pathways, and clinical health effects of PFAS, particularly in high-risk occupational groups such as firefighters.
- Apply an occupational and environmental medicine framework to the evaluation, testing interpretation, and longitudinal monitoring of PFAS-exposed patients.
- Integrate clinical science with public health leadership principles to inform decision-making during environmental contamination events, including regulatory navigation and crisis communication.
Presenter: Gabriel Carrillo, MD, JD, 1st Yr. OEM Resident
Discussant: Eli Avila, MD, JD, MPH, FCLM, Chief Federal Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Defense/DHA/Watervliet Arsenal;
Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Health Sciences and Practice – Department of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY; Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
Location: Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom
RSVP: Please click here to register.
CMEs for US licensed physicians
This 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 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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