2007 Asbestos Awareness Conference, Philadelphia
| Session I | Introduction |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Conference Goals |
| Arthur L. Frank, MD, Chair, Department of Environment and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Healthy and ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair | |
| 8:50 a.m. | ADAO Sponsor and Committee Message |
| Linda Reinstein, Executive Director and Cofounder, ADAO, and Mesothelioma Widow | |
| Session II | Prevention |
| 9:00 a.m. | Asbestos Exposure – the Workplace and Beyond |
| Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General (retired); Former Deputy Director of NIOSH; Co-Chair, ADAO Science Advisory Board | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Asbestos in the Environment: Public Health Issues and Concerns |
| Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Officer & Toxicologist, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | |
| 10:10 a.m. | Putting the Media to Work for Workers |
| Jonathan Bennett, Public Affairs Director, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) | |
| 10:40 a.m. | All Dollars and No Sense: Public Health Versus Corporate Profit |
| Sharry Erzinger, Colorado State Representative, ADAO | |
| 10:50 a.m. | U.S. Capitol: Blind Oversight of Workplace Hazards |
| John E. Thayer, Supervisor, Power Plant Tunnel Shop, Office of the Architect of the Capitol | |
| 11:15 a.m. | ADAO Award Presentations |
| 11:45 a.m. | World Health Organization: Tackling a Global Problem with Global Solutions |
| Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, Professor and Director Occupational Health Service Institute, University of Illinois | |
| 12:10 a.m. | Year in Review |
| Jordan Zevon, National Spokesperson, ADAO | |
| Session III | Detection and Treatment |
| Chair: Linda Reinstein | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Asbestos’s Feminine Side: The New Patient Profile |
| Linda Reinstein, Executive Director Cofounder, ADAO and Mesothelioma Widow | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Early Screening for Lung Cancer |
| Albert Miller, MD, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine and Community and Preventitve Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | |
| 1:45 p.m. | Deciphering the WTC 9/11 Numbers |
| Stephen M. Levin, MD, Director, Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational Environmental Medicine | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Overview of Nonmalignant Diseases: Detection and Treatment |
| Michael R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP, Co-Director, Karmanos Cancer Institute National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers; Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health | |
| 2:15 p.m. | Overview of Malignant Diseases: Detection and Treatment |
| Anil Vachani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Dvision, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Overcoming Trauma: The Patient and The Family |
| Brad Black, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) | |
| 3:00 p.m. | From Crisis to Control |
| Kimberly Rowse, RN, Clinical Coordinator, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) | |
| Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Coping with Cancer |
| Mary Hesdorffer, BSN NP, Assistant Director Mesothelioma Center Clinical research, Columbia University Medical Center | |
| 3:45 p.m. | End of Life Issues: Hospice, Autopsy, the Law and Emotions |
| Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, USC and Board Member of ADAO | |
| Session IV | Action: International Panel – Asbestos Legacy: U.S., Canada, India & World |
| Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen | |
| 4:15 p.m. | The View from Canada |
| Patrick Martin, Member of Parliament, Canadian House of Commons | |
| 4:30 p.m. | The View from the U.S. |
| Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant | |
| 4:45 p.m. | The Action on Asbestos: A Global Overview |
| Laurie Kazan-Allen, Coordinator, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat |
