Learning

Program

VS-2026-Logo.pngExperience the high-quality learning and expert instruction you've come to expect from ACOEM  in-person education from the convenience of your home or office. This three-half-day, 2026 Virtual Fall Summit sessions will explore where Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM) stands today  - and where it's headed next.   This thematic journey will strengthen your clinical foundation, expand your perspective on emerging trends, and prepare you for the evolving future of practice. 
 
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Program is subject to change. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | CORE/ FOUNDATIONS
Time (CT)  
10:00 - 10:05 AM 

Virtual Summit Presidential Welcome
Jill A. Rosenthal, MD, MPH, MA, MSQM, FACOEM
ACOEM President

10:05 - 10:45 AM

Session 1: Fitness for Duty: Perils, Pitfalls and Procedures

Michael Berneking, MD

10:45 - 11:00 AM                                           Session 1 Q&A
 
11:00 - 11:30 AM

Session 2: Update on Occupational Bloodborne Pathogens and Post-Exposure Best Practices

Stephen Y. Liang, MD, MPH

11:30 - 11:45 AM Session 2 Q&A
 
11:45 - 11:50 AM Break
11:50 AM - 12:35 PM

Session 3: Interpreting X-rays and Other Radiodiagnostic Studies

Michael H. LeWitt, MD, MPH

12:35 - 12:50 PM   Session 3 Q&A
12:50 - 1:30 PM 

Session 4: Beyond the Workstation: Strategic Management of MSK Conditions in
Dual-Exposure Petrochemical Environments

Mohannad Saeed, MD, SChe

1:30 - 2:15 PM Session 4 Q&A
2:15 - 2:30 PM 

Session 5: Review of Chromium Toxicity and Case Reports of Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent-Chromium 
Nasrin Kazemi, MD, PhD, MPH

3:15 - 3:30 PM  Session 5: Q&A 
3:30 - 3:35 PM Break
3:35 - 4:20 PM Session 6: Mercury: What the Occupational/Environmental Clinicians need to know and Do
Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH  
4:20 - 4:35 PM Session 6: Q&A 

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 | EVOLVING PRACTICE & RESERACH

TIME (CT)  
11:30 - 11:35 AM Welcome
                                             11:35 AM - 12:20 AM              

Session 1: Causation in Occupational Medicine:
A Practical, Defensible Approach for Everyday Practice
Marco Britton, MD, MPH, CMLE

12:20 - 1:00 PM Session 2: FAIR-A Transparent Framework for Individual Causal Attribution in Occupational Disease
Eytan Ellenberg, MD, MPH, PhD 
1:00 - 1:20 PM 

Session 1& 2 Q&A

1:20 - 1:30 PM  Break
1:30 - 2:15 PM              Session 3: The Impact of Altering Spirometry Prediction Equations in Occupational Health
Mary C. Townsend, DrPH, MP
2:15 - 2:30 PM 

Session 3 Q&A

2:30 - 3:15 PM  Session 4: Beyond the Headlines: Strengthening Vaccine Confidence Through
Evidence Review and Effective Communication
Amy J. Behrman
3:15 - 3:30 PM 

Session 4 Q&A

3:30 - 4:15 PM Session 5: Optimizing Worker Health, Safety, and Well-being – Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Within a Total Worker Health Framework
Annemeike De Wilde, MD, MPH, FACOEM, DipABLM, Mani Berenji, MD, MPH FACOEM, Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH
3:30 - 4:15 PM

Session 5: Optimizing Worker Health, Safety, and Well-being – Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Within a Total Worker Health Framework
Annemeike De Wilde, MD, MPH, FACOEM, DipABLM, Mani Berenji, MD, MPH FACOEM, Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH

4:15 - 4:30 PM  Session 5: Q&A

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6| LOOKING AHEAD / THE FUTURE OF OEM

TIME (CT)  
11:30 - 11:35 AM        Welcome
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM                                   

Session 1: What the future of AI holds for Occupational Medicine*
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH FACOEM, Yohama A. Carabello-Arias, MD, FACOEM

12:15 - 12:30 PM Session 1 Q&A
12:30 - 1:15 PM 

Session 2: How to construct an AI prompt: workshop*
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH FACOEM

1:15 - 1:30 PM  Session 2 Q&A
1:30 - 1:40 PM Break
1:40 - 2:25 PM 

Session 3: Integrating Climate, AI, NCD Prevention, Psychosocial Stress, and the Exposome in Modern OEM Practice*
 Janvier Gasana, MD MPH PhD, Mani Berenji, MD MPH FACOEM, Rosandra Walker, MD, DipABLM   

2:25 - 2:40 PM  Session 3 Q&A
2:40 - 3:25 PM 

Session 4: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Substance Use Disorder in Occupational and Environmental Medicine*

Dominik S. Dabrowski, MD, MPH

3:25 - 3:40 PM  Session 4 Q&A
3:40 - 4:25 PM  Session 5: Training, Identity, and the Future of Occupational Medicine: Why We Need a Paradigm Shift, Not Paradigm Drift
4:25 - 4:40 PM Session 5 Q&A & Virtual Summit Wrap Up


* Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new and evolving topic. This session will help facilitate engagement with the topic without advocating for, or promoting, practices that are not, or not yet adequately based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning. 

**Program subject to change.**