Established April 25, 1950  

Each POEMS' presentation is open for attendance by those with an interest in the practice of  Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 
Email: eeskin@virtua.org or fax 856 325-5312. Please forward checks, payable to POEMS to Evamaria Eskin, MD, Suite 104, 2309 E Evesham Rd, Voorhees, NJ 08043

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Kieran Slevin, MD presented "Evaluation and Management of Axial, Low Back and Radicular Pain." The meeting was held at the LaCollina Restaurant, 37 Ashland Avenue, Bala-Cynwyd, PA 19004. 

Friday, September 16, 2011 and Saturday, September 17, 2011 the POEMS and TSOMA Joint annual Meeting will be held in Harrisburg, PA.  The lecture subjects and other details are in the planning stages.  Please reserve the dates.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Kenneth M Lankin, MD, MBA, MPH  discussed "Occupational Medicine in Afganistan."

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 David Ridyard discussed "A Physician's Guide to Ergonoomics: An Injury Prevention Program."

Saturday, November 6, 2010
TOPICS FOR PRACTIONERS IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
The Dow Chemical Company
Research Tech Center
727 Norristown Road, Spring House, PA 19477 
This program was intended to present to a target audience(physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants)  an update on more recent topics with specific implications to an Occupational Medicine practice: 1) Outline the process of bariatric surgical patient selection, surgical approaches and post-procedure fitness for duty considerations; 2)outline the current issues in the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (GINA); 3) recognize the regulatory and pharmacological history and events that led to the recent increase of prescription drug dispensing in pain management practices; 4) discuss the implications of chronic use monitoring of pain medications in fitness for duty considerations; 5) define the basics of laboratory immunoassay and mass spectrometry testing and its application for drug detection in pain management practices. 

Speakers: Benjamin Gerson, M.D.
David J. Kuntz, Ph.D. 
Sharon Verkuilen, MJ,BSN,COHN
Lora Regan, M.D., MPH 
Donna McNamara, CRNP

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Todd M. Lewis, Ph. D.  discussed "Traumatic Brain Injury - Diagnosis, Assessment, Treatment." Meeting location was the LaCollina Restaurant, 37 Ashland Ave, Belmont Hills, PA 19004, 610-668-1780. CLICK HERE TO VIEW POWERPOINT

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Natalie Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM discussed changes in the commercial driver medical certification program. 

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Mary Kohnke Wagmer, JD discussed "Dissecting the Medical Record-an Attorney's Perspective" at the annual combined meeting of POEMS and the Occupational Health Nurses at TEVA Pharmaceuticals, 1090 Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454.