Kales Lab
Research at the Kales Lab focuses on the health of firefighters and other public safety professionals, including investigating the causal relationship of heart disease to job activities and exoploring how to mitigate the risk of cardiac events.
665 Huntington Ave
Building 1, 14th floor
Boston, MA, 02115
Outreach and Dissemination
IAFF Heart Disease Manual
Click here for the IAFF Heart Disease Manual, written by Drs. Stefanos N. Kales and Albert Rielly in conjunction with the International Association of Fire Fighters Division of Occupational Health, Safety, and Medicine.
Academic Presentations
2022
Title: Update on Cardiovascular Risk and Medical Surveillance for Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand rounds
Organization/Location: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Title: Update on Cardiovascular Risk and Medical Surveillance for Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
Title: Update on Cardiovascular Risk and Medical Surveillance for Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
2021
Title: Cardiometabolic Risk and Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighting & Law Enforcement: State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Invited Occupational Medicine Didactic
Organization/Location: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Occupational Medicine Residency Program and the New York-New Jersey Education and Research Center, NYC, NY.
Title: “The Potential Impact of Healthy Lifestyles on Public Safety Workers- what we have learned from Over 25 Years of Research”
Type of Presentation: Closing Keynote Presentation
Organization/Location: Third International Symposium on Health and Physical Fitness among Public Safety Workers and II Regional Symposium on Physical Activity and Health – Center-West, University of Brasilia, Department of Physical Education, Brazilian Federal District, Brazil
Title: “Healthy Lifestyle and Public Safety Workers”
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor (Webinar)
Organization/Location: Health Promotion, International PhD Students Webinar. Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
2020
Title: Feeding America’s Bravest: Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Countermeasures for the Workplace and Community
Type of Presentation: Invited Guest Lecture
Organization/Location: Clinical Nutrition Research, Boston University School of Public Health, Master’s program in Nutrition & Metabolism
Title: Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Countermeasures for Fire Fighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Presentation
Organization/Location: National Firefighter Cancer Symposium 2020, Miami, Florida (University of Miami- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center)
2018
Title: Survival Mediterranean Style: Year One of a Mediterranean Nutrition Intervention in US Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Speaker
Organization/Location: Olympia Health and Nutrition Awards 2018, World Olive Council for Health, European Inter-regional Mediterranean ARISTOIL program & Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, & Natural Products Chemistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death in Firefighters and Police Officers: Epidemiology & Pathophysiology
Type of Presentation: Invited Seminar
Organization/Location: Dipartimento Interdisciplinare di Medicina Sezione di Scienze e Tecnologia di Medicina di Laboratorio, Faculty of Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Title: Applied Public Health: Lifestyle Changes to Improve the Health of the US Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Invited Visiting Professor Lecture in HP131: Introduction to Public Health
Organization/Location: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Title: Survival Mediterranean Style: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in the US Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Invited Webinar
Organization/Location: Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Indianapolis
Title: Feeding America’s Bravest: Survival Mediterranean Style in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor
Organization/Location: Occupational Health Colloquium, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death in a Volunteer Fire Chief
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death among Firefighters and Police Officers
Type of Presentation: Special Invited Seminar
Organization/Location: Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
2017
Title: “Feeding America’s Bravest-Survival Mediterranean Style,” A Randomized Cluster Trial of Mediterranean Diet Intervention in US Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: Mediterranean Diet & Health. Initiative for Productivity & Health Management, Mediterranean Diet Roundtable, The Cooking Odyssey, Halkidiki, Greece.
Title: Mediterranean Diet Intervention in US Firefighters: “Feeding America’s Bravest-Survival Mediterranean Style”
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Speaker
Organization/Location: Health Matters Convention, 4th Oleocanthal International Congress, Oleocanthal International Society, Malaga, Spain
Title: Intervención Mediterránea en Bomberos Estadounidenses (Mediterranean Intervention in US Firefighters)
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor Conference (in Spanish)
Organization/Location: Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (Institute for Nutrition Research and Food Safety), Natural Anti-Oxidants Group, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in Firefighting and Law Enforcement
Type of Presentation: Keynote Lecture
Organization/Location: Tenth Annual Day in Occupational Medicine, Ontario Medical Association, Toronto, Canada
Title: Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk associated with firefighting and law enforcement, and their association with physical fitness
Type of Presentation: Keynote Presentation
Organization/Location: First International Symposium on Health and Physical Fitness among Public Safety Workers, University of Brasilia, Department of Physical Education, Brazilian Federal District, Brazil
Title: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Cardiac Enlargement in Public Safety Personnel
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Public Safety Medicine Section, American College of Occupational Medicine, American Occupational Health Conference, Denver, Colorado
2016
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in Law Enforcement and Firefighting
Type of Presentation: Plenary Speaker
Organization/Location: Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada (OMSOC), 2016 OMSOC Annual Scientific Conference, Newton, MA
Title: Occupational Risk in Sudden Cardiac Death in EMS Providers, Fire Fighters, and First Responders
Type of Presentation: Invited Visiting Professor Lecture
Organization/Location: Seoul National University Medical School, Seoul, South Korea
Title: Burns in US Firefighters: Trends and Prevention
Type of Presentation: Keynote Lecture
Organization/Location: Korean Burn Society Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death in a Corrections Officer
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Title: Mediterranean Diet for Workplace Health Promotion: “Feeding America’s Bravest” Trial
Type of Presentation: Special Invited Seminar
Organization/Location: Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California.
2015
Title: Cardiovascular Disease & Health Among First Responders
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in a Police Officer
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in Law Enforcement and Firefighting: from Epidemiology to Risk Stratification and Fitness for Duty
Type of Presentation: Plenary lecture
Organization/Location: Cardiovascular Health and Disease: Occupational and Environmental Factors Conference, University of California, San Francisco, California
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in Law Enforcement and Firefighting
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor
Organization/Location: Occupational & Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
2014
Title: Extreme Values, Extreme Situations: Hypertension in Firefighting & Law Enforcement
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Israeli Society of Hypertension, Annual Winter Meeting, Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv, Israel (Israeli Society of Hypertension, Israeli Family Physicians Association)
Title: Putting Your Heart into Your Work (Cardiovascular Outcomes and Work)
Type of Presentation: Plenary Lecture
Organization/Location: Primary Occupational Healthcare Conference 2014, Dalhousie Medical School, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Title: Causation of On-Duty Cardiovascular Events Among Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Public Safety Session, American Occupational Health Conference, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, San Antonio, Texas (Public Safety Medicine Section of ACOEM)
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in Law Enforcement and Fire Personnel
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor
Organization/Location: Occupational Health Colloquium, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut
Title: Work Causation in Cardiovascular Cases
Type of Presentation: Panelist and Case Discussant
Organization/Location: New Challenges and New Solutions Conference, Waltham, Massachusetts (Occupational and Environmental Health Network and the Lou Millender Foundation)
Title: Understanding Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Visiting Professor
Organization/Location: Special Seminar, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis, Indiana (Indiana Health/Indiana University)
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighting and Law Enforcement: Journey from Resident Project to State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Keynote address
Organization/Location: Harriet -Hardy Award. New England College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Annual Conference, Newton, Massachusetts.
2013
Title: Translating Firefighting Cardiovascular Epidemiology into Clinical Evaluations
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation
Organization/Location: “Cardiovascular Physiology & Disease in Firefighting: Translating Recent Research to Clinical Practice,” symposium hosted by Cambridge Health Alliance in Orlando, FL
Title: Translating Firefighting Cardiovascular Epidemiology into Clinical Evaluations
Type of Presentation: Plenary lecture
Organization/Location: Cardiovascular Physiology & Disease in Firefighting: Translating Recent Research to Clinical Practice Symposium, Cambridge Health Alliance, Orlando, Florida (Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge Medical Care Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, International Association of Fire Fighters, International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Public Safety Medical, Masimo Corporation)
2012
Title: High hsCRP is Associated with Reduced Lung Function in Structural Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Poster Presentation and Discussion Session
Organization/Location: 2012 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Francisco, CA
Title: Cardiomegaly, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Sudden Cardiac Death in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Title: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy & Cardiomegaly in Firefighter Sudden Death
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation
Organization/Location: New England College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Annual Conference, Newton, Massachusetts (Environmental Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health)
2011
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters: Scientific Approaches to Causality and Prevention
Type of Presentation: Invited Occupational Medicine Grand Rounds, Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) Education Program
Organization/Location: Gage Occupational Health Unit, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Title: Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular Risk
Type of Presentation: Featured Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grant Proposals in the “Assistance to Firefighter Grants” Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, New York, NY
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters and Law Enforcement: State of the Scientific Research and Clinical Implications
Type of Presentation: Scientific Course Session
Organization/Location: American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC), American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), Washington, DC
Title: Disaster Response: Lessons Learned Since 9/11
Type of Presentation: Expert Panel Member, Live and On-Demand Webcast
Organization/Location: The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Title: Recognizing and Managing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2010
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the US Fire Service: Current Epidemiology and the Future Role of Fitness Testing
Type of Presentation: Plenary Lecture via video-link
Organization/Location: Firefighter Cardiovascular Health & Safety Research Summit 2010, Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Title: Exercise Tolerance as a Predictor of Firefighters’ Future Risks
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grant Proposals in the “Assistance to Firefighter Grants” Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Chicago, IL
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service: State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Invited Seminar
Organization/Location: Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Title: Emergency Duties and Heart Disease Deaths in US Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Journal Club Presentation
Organization/Location: Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the US Fire Service: Past, Present & Future
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: New England College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (NECOEM), Annual Conference, Newton, MA
2009
Title: Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Firefighters by Cardio-Respiratory Fitness
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grant Proposals in the “Assistance to Firefighter Grants” Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Title: The Obesity Epidemic and U.S. Emergency Responders
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk – via video link
Organization/Location: Guidelines for the Prevention of Obesity in the Workplace, Workshop, Larnaca, Cyprus, Sponsored by the European Union
Title: Coronary Heart Disease in Firefighters: State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Family Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Tufts Medical School, Malden, MA
Title: Associations of BMI with Self Perceptions of Weight Status among Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation
Organization/Location: Obesity 2009, Washington, DC
2008
Title: Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organizations/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grant Proposals in the “Assistance to Firefighter Grants” Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Title: Hypertension in Police, Firefighters and Other Emergency Responders
Type of Presentation: Special Invited Presentation
Organizations/Location: Hypertension Conference, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Title: The Obesity Epidemic and Future Emergency Responders
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation, Competitive Submisssion
Organizations/Location: American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC), American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), New York, NY
Title: Cardiovascular Disease In Emergency Responders
Type of Presentation: State of the Science Review
Organization/Location: American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC), American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), New York, NY
Title: Blood Pressure in Emergency Responders: The Case for Better Control
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organizations/Location: Stroke 2008, International Conference on Hypertension, Lipids, Diabetes, and Stroke Prevention, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
Title: On-duty Coronary Heart Disease Events in Firefighters: Predictors of Fatality
Type of Presentation: Pilot Project Symposium
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard-NIOSH Educational Resource Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Title: Hypertension in Emergency Responders
Type of Presentation: Grand Rounds
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Title: Emergency Duties and Heart Disease Deaths in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation
Organization/Location: New England College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (NECOEM), Annual Conference, Bedford, MA
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Department of Environmental Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Title: Public Safety Workers: the Case for Improved Blood Pressure Control
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Worklife 2007: Protecting and Promoting Worker Health: A National Symposium, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/CDC, Bethesda, MD
Title: Heart Disease in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Fire Service Presentations
2023
Title: Health & Wellness Symposium, “Survival Mediterranean Style”: Lifestyle Countermeasures against CVD, Cancer & Other Chronic Diseases
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: First Responder Center of Excellence, FRCE/National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Clearwater, Florida
2022
Title: Connecticut Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: “Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Measures for Firefighters”, Connecticut Fire Academy, Windsor Locks, CT
2021
Title: Connecticut Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: “Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Measures for Firefighters”, Connecticut Fire Academy, Windsor Locks, CT
Title: Health and Safety
Type of Presentation: Expert Invited Participant
Organization/Location: 4th National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Emmitsburg, Maryland. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is a fire service organization working to decrease line of duty deaths and injuries in the fire service. The Foundation’s symposium seeks to identify and prioritize research needs that will ultimately lead to a safer and healthier fire service.
Title: Florida Fire Instructor Conference, “Healthy Lifestyle Countermeasures for Fire Fighters”
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Conference for Fire Academy Instructors, Ocala, Florida.
Title: Firefighter Safety Stand Down 2021 Conference, “Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Serve and Healthy Lifestyle Countermeasures for Fire Fighters”
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Virtual conference. Safety Stand Down is a joint initiative of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the National Volunteer Fire Council, and the National Fire Protection Association. The event focuses on the critical importance of responders taking care of themselves both on and off the emergency incident scene.
2020
Title: Connecticut Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: “Lifestyle and Wellness and COVID-19”, Connecticut Fire Academy, Windsor Locks, CT
Title: Connecticut Firefighter Health, Wellness and Safety Consortium
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: “Fire Recruit Health Study”, Connecticut Division of Emergency Service and Public Protection, Middletown, CT
Title: Connecticut Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: “Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Measures for Firefighters”, Connecticut Fire Academy, Windsor Locks, CT
2019
Title: International Association of Fire Fighters, Vincent J. Bolton, Affiliate Leadership Training Summit
Type of Presentation: Workshop Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: US and Canadian firefighter union leaders “Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service”, Orlando, Florida and “Health Effects of Sleep Deprivation, Weight & Lifestyle”, Los Angeles, California.
Title: Survival Mediterranean Style – Lifestyle Countermeasures for Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Presentation
Organization/Location: John P. Redmond Symposium & Dominick F. Barbera EMS Conference. International Association of Fire Fighters, Nashville, Tennessee (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation)
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: John P. Redmond Symposium & Dominick F. Barbera EMS Conference. International Association of Fire Fighters, Nashville, Tennessee (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation)
Title: A. Michael Mullane Health and Safety Symposium. “Survival Mediterranean Style: Lifestyle Countermeasures for Fire Fighters”.
Type of Presentation: Keynote presentation
Organization/Location: Boston Fire Department, Local 718 and the International Association of Fire Fighters.
2018
Title: International Association of Fire Fighters, Vincent J. Bolton, Affiliate Leadership Training Summit
Type of Presentation: Workshop Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: US and Canadian firefighter union leaders “Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service”, Orlando, Florida
2017
Title: Indianapolis Professional Firefighters Union “Survival Mediterranean Style: Cancer Prevention with Nutrition.” Local 416
Type of Presentation: Cancer Summit presentation
Organization/Location: The Science of Cancer in the Fire Service: Prevention to Survivorship, Indianapolis, Indiana
Title: International Association of Fire Fighters, Vincent J. Bolton, Affiliate Leadership Training Summit
Type of Presentation: Workshop Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: US and Canadian firefighter union leaders “Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service”, Anaheim, California
2016
Title: A Review of cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death among Firefighters and Police
Type of Presentation: Keynote Speaker
Organization/Location: Symposium on Emergency Service Workers’ Safety and Health, Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, South Korea
Title: South Korean Firefighters / Question and Answer Session and Luncheon regarding Occupational Injuries and Illness
Type of Presentation: Emergency Services Workers Symposium
Organization/Location: Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, South Korea
Title: Update: Mediterranean-Diet-Based Interventions to Change Firefighters’ Eating Habits and Improve Cardiovascular Profiles
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, San Antonio, Texas (US Department of Homeland Security
Title: A. Michael Mullane Health and Safety Symposium
Type of Presentation: Plenary presentation
Organization/Location: “Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service” given with Drs. Denise Smith and Gavin Horn. Presentation given to New England firefighters to help understand the cardiovascular stressors they encounter and how these interact with personal health/fitness and lifestyle in order to decrease their risk profiles. Boston Fire Department, Local 718 and the International Association of Fire Fighters
Title: Final Report: Non-invasive Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy/Cardiomegaly in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, San Antonio, Texas, (US Department of Homeland Security)
2015
Title: Cardiovascular Disease and Health Among Firefighters, Working to Death: Occupational Diseases
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: Commitment to Excellence. International Association of Fire Fighters, Health, Safety and EMS Conference, National Harbor, Maryland (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation)
Title: International Association of Fire Chiefs
Type of Presentation: Lead Speaker
Organization/Location: “Survival Mediterranean Style.” Along with two veteran fire Chiefs, led a national webinar on the benefits of Mediterranean-style diets for improving risk factor profiles, health and quality of living in the US fire service
Title: Yale-New Haven Health System
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: “Cardiovascular Health in Firefighters and Law Enforcement.” Wellness Symposium for fire, police and EMS officials for fire and law enforcement officials from throughout the state of Connecticut. Trumbull, Connecticut.
Title: Mediterranean-Diet-Based Interventions to Change Firefighters’ Eating Habits and Improve Cardiovascular Profiles
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Harbor, Maryland (US Department of Homeland Security)
Title: Current State of the Sciences: Medical Evaluations and Testing, Department Standards, Shift Work
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Future Directions in Cardiovascular Research for the U.S. Fire & EMS Service, Washington, District of Columbia (Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation)
Title: Non-invasive Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy/Cardiomegaly in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Harbor, Maryland (US Department of Homeland Security)
Title: Survival Mediterranean Style – Health Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet, Nutrition for the Emergency Responder
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Commitment to Excellence. International Association of Fire Fighters, Health, Safety and EMS Conference, National Harbor, Maryland (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation)
Title: State of Science 2: Cardiovascular Health of Firefighters: Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Associated Risk
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker and Panelist
Organization/Location: Physicals, Screening Mechanisms, and Development of a Fire Service Toolkit Strategizing an Evidence-Based Approach to Reduce Cardiac Disease and Death in the Fire Service, Washington, District of Columbia (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation)
2014
Title: Non-invasive Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy/Cardiomegaly in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dallas, Texas (US Department of Homeland Security)
Title: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Type of Presentation: Invited Faculty
Organization/Location: Workshop participant for medical and health issues, Tampa2, 10th Anniversary of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives and the “Everyone Goes Home Program,” National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. All major US fire service organizations were represented
Title: Episode 738: Firemedically Speaking on Sudden Cardiac Death
Type of Presentation: Radio Show
Organization/Location: Fire Engineering Talk Radio
2013
Title: Cardiovascular Health in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Keynote Lecture
Organization/Location: Public Safety Medical, the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association and the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana, Brownsburg, IN
Title: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Fire Service: Risk Factors, Causes and Unanswered Questions
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation with Dr. Denise Smith
Organization/Location: International Association of Fire Chiefs, Volunteer and Combination Officers Section, Clearwater Beach, Florida (National Fallen Firefighters Foundation)
Title: Brownsburg Fire Territory
Type of Presentation: Plenary Lecture
Organization/Location: Cardiovascular Health in the Fire Service. Annual Joint Wellness-Fitness Symposium of the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association and the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana which brought several hundred firefighters from Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Brownsburg, Indiana.
Title: Non-invasive Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy/Cardiomegaly in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, Denver, Colorado (US Department of Homeland Security)
Title: Heart Disease in the Fire Service, Pathways to Success
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: International Association of Fire Fighters, Health, Safety and EMS Conference, Denver, Colorado (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation)
Title: Relationship to Stress Levels & Sudden Cardiac Death
Type of Presentation: Invited presentation
Organization/Location: Police Physicians Section Meeting, Benefits of Implementing a Police Wellness Program, 120th Annual IACP Conference and Law Enforcement Education Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)]
2012
Title: Boston Fire Department
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: “Heart Disease in the US Fire Service.” Annual Health Fair.
Title: Public Safety Health & Wellness Update
Type of Presentation: Symposium
Organization/Location: Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Title: Cambridge Health Alliance and Sargent & Associates / Director
Type of Presentation: Moderator and Plenary Speaker
Organization/Location: “Cardiovascular Disease in Public Safety Personnel – State of the Science.” Health & Wellness Symposium for Public Safety Personnel Program. We provided a free symposium to Massachusetts Police, Fire and Ambulance Personnel and their departments to better understand the cardiovascular and other hazards they face due to interactions of personal characteristics, lifestyle choices and occupational exposures and circumstances. Problems were approached in a multi-disciplinary fashion with medical, nursing, wellness and physical fitness strategies
Title: Survival of the Fittest? Exercise Tolerance & Longitudinal Outcomes
Type of Presentation: Principal Investigator Presentation
Organization/Location: Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, Research & Development Grants, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, Denver, Colorado (Department of Homeland Security)
2011
Title: Heart Disease in the Fire Service: Interacting Roles of Strenuous Duty, Aging, Lifestyle, and Fitness
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Speaker
Organization/Location: Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Title: Cardiovascular Disease / “Showcase”
Type of Presentation: Research Presentation, Plenary Lecture
Organization/Location: 2nd National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, U.S. Fire Academy (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Title: Invited Plenary Lecture on Cardiovascular Disease and Symposium Participant
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Lecture and Symposium Participant
Organization/Location: The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Second National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium, United States Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is a fire service organization working to decrease line of duty deaths and injuries in the fire service. The Foundation’s symposium seeks to identify and prioritize research needs that will ultimately lead to a safer and healthier fire service.
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation on the Occupational Diseases Workshop
Organization/Location: Health, Safety, and EMS Conference, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation, New York, NY
Title: Creating a Wellness Program for a Police Department
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker and Panelist
Organization/Location: Massachusetts Municipal Managers Association (MMMA)
Title: Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: “Heart Disease in the Fire Service: Interacting Roles of Strenuous Duty, Aging, Lifestyle & Fitness.” Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Title: United States Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Plenary Lecture and Symposium Participant
Organization/Location: 2nd National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Emmitsburg, Maryland. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is a fire service organization working to decrease line of duty deaths and injuries in the fire service. The Foundation’s symposium seeks to identify and prioritize research needs that will ultimately lead to a safer and healthier fire service
2010
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker
Organization/Location: Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts (PFFM)
Title: Fitness & Law Enforcement: The Good, the Bad, & the Health Benefits
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: The Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Police Physicians Section and IACP, Orlando, FL
Title: Developing a Wellness Program in a Police Department (Given with the Holden, MA Police Department)
Type of Presentation: Invited Presentation
Organization/Location: The Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Police Physicians Section and IACP, Orlando, FL
2009
Title: Cardiovascular Disease in the Fire Service: State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Invited Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), John P. Redmond Foundation Symposium on the Occupational Health and Hazards of the Fire Service, Los Angeles, CA
Title: International Association of Fire Fighters, John P. Redmond Foundation
Type of Presentation: Workshop Moderator and Invited Faculty
Organization/Location: Cardiovascular Disease Workshop and “Ask the Doctor” Roundtable. Symposium on the Occupational Health and Hazards of the Fire Service, Los Angeles, California
2008
Title: Cardiovascular Disease In Firefighters: State of the Science
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk and Panel Discussant
Organization/Location: “How to Reduce Cardiovascular Mortality in Your Fire Department,” Attended by firefighters and fire departments from across New England and NY State. Sponsored by the New England College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (NECOEM) and the Occupational & Environmental Medicine Association of Connecticut, Sturbridge, MA.
2007
Title: Heart Disease in Firefighters
Type of Presentation: Special Guest Lecturer
Organization/Location: United States Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD
Title: United States Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Invited Speaker, Special Lecture – “Heart Disease in Firefighters.”
Organization/Location: The academy is attended by hundreds of veteran volunteer and career firefighters from across the country and I was able to educate several hundred of them. Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Title: On-Duty Heart Disease in the Fire Service
Type of Presentation: Keynote Speaker
Organization/Location: First Annual Symposium on Health and Safety in the Workplace, Hellenic Fire Academy, Athens, Greece
Title: Hellenic Fire Academy
Type of Presentation: Plenary Talk
Organization/Location: “On-Duty Heart Disease in the Fire Service.” First Annual Symposium on Health and Safety in the Workplace, Athens, Greece.