34th Annual Carroll P. Hungate Postgraduate Seminar on
Occupational and Environmental Health

February 24-25, 2012

Doubletree Hotel, Overland Park, Kansas

And

Annual GPCOEM Membership Dinner

February 24, 2012, 5:00PM

Trofi Restaurant (inside the DoubleTree Hotel)

GPCOEM Members: Click here for invitation from the President

Friday, February 24
7:00 REGISTRATION
7:55 Opening Remarks: Dale Garrett, MD, MPH, President, Great Plains College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Michelle Bohlken, RN, President, Greater Kansas City, Missouri Association of Occupational Health Nurses
8:00 Kansas Workers' Compensation: A Historical Perspective; Larry G. Karns, JD
8:45 Discussion – Questions and Answers
8:55 Kansas Worker's Compensation: The New Act; Lyndsay E. Spiking, JD and Anton C. Anderson, JD
9:40 Discussion - Questions and Answers
9:50 BREAK
10:10 Workers' Compensation Reform (Post 5-15-11)– From the Insurance Carrier/Third Party Administrator Perspective; Kevin Robertson
10:55 Discussion - Questions and Answers
11:05 Hey You, Lighten Up! Laughter is the Best Medicine; Judy Rix
11:50 Discussion - Questions and Answers
12:00 LUNCHEON
Afternoon
1:00 JOHN W. HARDY LECTURE: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: The GINA's Out Of The Bottle; Shelly L. Freeman, JD
1:45 Discussion - Questions and Answers
1:55 Benign Hypermobility Syndrome and Manufacturing; Or, "Not All Men Are Created Equal"; Robert F. Thomas, MD
2:40 Discussion - Questions and Answers
2:50 BREAK
3:10 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update: DOT Made Easy; Daryl L. Thomas, MD
3:55 Discussion - Questions and Answers
4:05 ADJOURN

Saturday, February 25
7:00 REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENT, NURSE SIGN-IN
7:55 Opening Remarks
8:00 Vaccination Update: What You Need To Know About Childhood and Adult Vaccines; Ellyn R. Mulcahy, PhD, MPH
8:45 Discussion - Questions and Answers
8:55 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Raymond F. Cohen, DO
9:40 Discussion - Questions and Answers
9:50 BREAK
10:10 What's Happening at ACOEM?; T. Warner Hudson, III, MD, FACOEM, FAAFP
10:55 Discussion - Questions and Answers
11:05 Response to the Joplin Tornado; Dennis Estep, DO
11:50 Discussion - Questions and Answers
12:00 ADJOURN