Posted on May 16, 2016
Join us for ADAO’s 13th Annual Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference, “Where Knowledge and Action Unite, on April 7-9, 2017 in Washington, DC. More than 30 renowned experts and asbestos victims from ten countries will present the latest advancements in disease prevention, global advocacy, and treatment for mesothelioma and other asbestos-caused diseases.
To give you an idea of the exceptional speakers you’ll see at our upcoming conference, we are proud to share 2016 ADAO Conference Video: “Disease Prevention: Advancements and Challenges in Outreach and Surveillance,” by Christine Oliver.
Christine Oliver, MD, MPH, MS, FACPM is President of Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc. She is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Division) at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Board certified in internal medicine and in preventive (occupational) medicine, Dr. Oliver’s primary specialty is Occupational and Environmental Medicine, with an emphasis on occupational lung disease. She is the Co—Director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. There she evaluates and cares for patients with a variety of occupational and environmental diseases, including asbestos-related diseases, occupational asthma, and interstitial lung disease associated with exposure to beryllium and silica, and building-associated illness.
Dr. Oliver is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and has done research and published in the area of occupational lung disease, with a focus on asbestos-related disease. She has lectured frequently on this topic. Dr. Oliver is responsible for medical surveillance of a group of public school custodians employed by the City of Boston and exposed to asbestos during the course of that work. She consults on medical-legal issues related to asbestos and other workplace exposures. She was an an active participant in the implementation of medical aspects of the 1991 Worker’s Compensation Reform Act signed into law in Massachusetts.