Session I: Introduction

Arthur L. Frank, MD, Chair, Department of Environment and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Healthy and ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair: Welcome and Conference Goals

Linda Reinstein, Executive Director and Cofounder, ADAO, and Mesothelioma Widow: ADAO Sponsor and Committee Message

Session II: Prevention

Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General (retired); Former Deputy Director of NIOSH; Co-Chair, ADAO Science Advisory Board: Asbestos Exposure – the Workplace and Beyond 

Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Officer & Toxicologist, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Asbestos in the Environment: Public Health Issues and Concerns

Jonathan Bennett, Public Affairs Director, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH): Putting the Media to Work for Workers

Sharry Erzinger, Colorado State Representative, ADAO: All Dollars and No Sense: Public Health Versus Corporate Profit

John E. Thayer, Supervisor, Power Plant Tunnel Shop, Office of the Architect of the Capitol: U.S. Capitol: Blind Oversight of Workplace Hazards

ADAO Award Presentations

Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, Professor and Director Occupational Health Service Institute, University of Illinois: World Health Organization: Tackling a Global Problem with Global Solutions

Jordan Zevon, National Spokesperson, ADAO: Year in Review

Session III: Detection and Treatment

Linda Reinstein, Executive Director Cofounder, ADAO and Mesothelioma Widow: Asbestos’s Feminine Side: The New Patient Profile.

Albert Miller, MD, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine and Community and Preventitve Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Early Screening for Lung Cancer

Stephen M. Levin, MD, Director, Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational Environmental Medicine: Deciphering the WTC 9/11 Numbers

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: Overview of Nonmalignant Diseases: Detection and Treatment

Anil Vachani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Dvision, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: Overview of Malignant Diseases: Detection and Treatment

Brad Black, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD): Overcoming Trauma: The Patient and The Family

Kimberly Rowse, RN, Clinical Coordinator, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD)

Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD): From Crisis to Control

Mary Hesdorffer, BSN NP, Assistant Director Mesothelioma Center Clinical research, Columbia University Medical Center: Coping with Cancer

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, USC and Board Member of ADAO: End of Life Issues: Hospice, Autopsy, the Law and Emotions

Session IV: Action: International Panel – Asbestos Legacy: U.S., Canada, India & World

Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen

Patrick Martin, Member of Parliament, Canadian House of Commons: The View from Canada

Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant: The View from the U.S.

Laurie Kazan-Allen, Coordinator, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat: The Action on Asbestos: A Global Overview

 Honorees and Keynote Speaker

 

• Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM: Keynote Speaker
• Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP: The Dr. Irving Selikoff Award Honoree
• Patrick Martin, Member of Canadian Parliament: The Tribute of Unity Award Honoree
• Senator Patty Murray: Tribute of Hope Award Honoree
• Paul and Michell Zeygielbaum: Tribute of Inspiration Award Honoree
• Les Skramstad, honored posthumously: The Alan Reinstein Award Honoree