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AOHC 2025 Conference Goals
 • To reset our collective approach by integrating diverse perspectives and experiences in a collaborative environment redefining best practices in     occupational and environmental medicine.
• To advance our collective profession and enhance the well-being of workers as we aspire towards excellence by encouraging all members of the     occupational healthcare team to share innovative ideas and strategies.
• To sustain a unified vision for the specialty of OEM as well as ACOEM by building and showcasing a strong, multidisciplinary network dedicated to     promoting long-term health, safety, and sustainability in the workplace and the environment.

*Please note that program schedule is subject to change

Full Schedule

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    501 - Opening Keynote: Defining, Identifying, and Managing Implicit Bias in OEM Practice.
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    101 - Critical Suture Skills Workshop; Advanced Wound Closure Workshop Part 1
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    102 - Screening New Hires: Challenges (Latent TB, Vaccinations), Choices (Sleep Apnea, Migraine) and Change (Drug Testing. History & Physicals)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    103 - Advances in behavioral medicine: the neurobiology of pain psychology, what works, how it helps, and how you can integrate it into your practice
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    104 - Interpreting Spirometry Test Results in the Occupational Setting since 2023
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    105 - Environmental Health: How to Incorporate it into your Clinical Practice
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    106 - Critical Suture Skills Workshop: Advanced Wound Closure Workshop Part 2
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    107 - Neck Pain and Headache: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment for Workers
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    108 - Protecting Vulnerable Populations from Wildfire Smoke Danger - Lessons from the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    109 - OccPod for OEM Practice - Reimagining the Cutting-Edge Innovative Future of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Practice
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    110 - Conquering the “E” in OEM: Strengthening Your Environmental Medicine Expertise, Quiz-Show Style
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Lunch on Own
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    111 - Hazards Associated with Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Batteries – From Production to Recycling
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    112 - Onboarding
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    113 - Updates on Global Occupational and Environmental Health Strategic Projects and Priorities by the IOMSC
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    114 - Exposure Consults at Veteran Health Administration- Unique and Necessary Opportunity
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    115 - The Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Medicine through International Programs and Experience: Global Research, Impact, and Training [GRIT]
  • 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    116 - Causation Determination in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    117 - Steer Your Career in the Right Direction: What You Need to Know for Early and Long-Term Success as an OEM Professional
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    118 - Understanding medical and demographic factors influencing occupational heat stress and solutions to safeguard worker health and safety in extreme heat
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    119 - The ABCs of CBD and Medical Cannabis in the Workplace
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    120 - Residents Abstracts
  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    121 - TED 9: Ambassadors to OEM's Future
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    122 - Firefighter cardiac guidance controversy, Multiple sclerosis and real case analyses.
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    123 - Impact of Global Mental Health in the Workplace
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    124 - Making Accommodations Work: Centering Occupational Medicine in a Global, Rights-Based Accommodations Process
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    125 - Residents Abstracts II
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT
    Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall