WOEMA Podcast Series

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, and speaker focused on improving clinician and hea...

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 the show

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 student at the University of Florida, Dr. Baytop h...

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 student at the University of Florida, Dr. Baytop h...

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 to coast. We’ll ponder our past, live in the mom...

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 the guidance document here . As practitioners of occ...

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 discussion with Dr. Wendy Thanassi and learn from he...

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 show

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 patients.  But what if the best available information...

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 Residency program. He obtained his undergraduate degree f...

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 their illness or injury was related to work...

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 show

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 University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, in 2000....

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 moving to San Francisco, she completed two years of g...

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 University College of Medicine and completed her...

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 show

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 residency at Temple University Hospital and medical s...

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 Program Chief for the Toxics Epidemiology Program i...

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. Taylor completed an MBA through the Forbes School of...

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. Belafsky completed residency training in Occupatio...

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 research, teaching and clinical practice. He has d...

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 plan of managing this pandemic but also how this ca...