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Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health

Residency Graduates:

Our graduates go on to do great work!  In this section, you will be able to see some of the things that our Residency program's recent graduates have been doing.

Residency Graduates 1992 - 2006:

Name

Graduation Date

Publications/Presentations During Training

Current Position

Mohammed Ranavaya, MD, MS
June 1992
 
Medical Director, Appalachian Institute of Occupational Medicine, Chapmanville, WV
Brian Pierson, MD, MPH
June 1992
   
Dawn Murphy, MD, MPH
June 1995
   
Diana Martin, MD, MPH
June 1996
   
Gina Buono, MD, MPH December 1996   Staff Physician Medical Assoc Health Ctr, WI and Officer in Charge of Public Health for the 128 Air Refueling Wing
Chris Westra, MD, MPH
June 1998
 
Associate Medical Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI
Linda Karbonit, DO, MPH
October 1998
 
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Linda Lombardo, MD, MPH
August 1998
L. Lombardo, J. Meyer. Should Hepatitis B-Infected Health Care Workers Perform Invasive Procedures? OEM Report, Vol. 11, Number 5, May 1997
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
John Muller, MD, MPH
June 1999
 
Navy Environmental Health Center, Portsmouth, VA
Philip Franklin, MD, MPH
June 1999
Franklin PJ, Goldenberg WS, Ducatman AM, Franklin E. Too hot to handle: an unusual exposure of HDI in specialty painters. Am J Ind Med. 2000 Apr;37(4):431-7.
US Director of Health Services, Sanofi Aventis, New Jersey

Ghazala Kazi (Afaq) MD, MPH

June 2000

Cocalis J, Burton N, Hearl FJ, Afaq G, Trout D, Hintz P, Pickett-Harner M. Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids During and After Field Application. NIOSH Hazard ID; August, 2000. Publication No. 2000-158.

TriState Occupational Medicine, Martinsburg, WV

Helen (Hongfei) Li, MD, PhD, MPH

June 2001

Li H, Wang ML, Seizas N, Ducatman, A, et al. Respiratory Protection: Associated Factors & Effectiveness of Respirator Use Among Underground Coal Miners. Am J of Preventive Medicine July, 2002 42: 1, pp 55-62.

Medical Officer, DOT
Health Resources & Services Administration,
Rockville, MD

Ibrahim Heiba, MD, MPH&TM

June 2001

Heiba I, Schumpert J, Hoffman C, and Kreiss K. Benzylkonium Chloride as the Cause of Occupational Asthma in a Health Care Worker. American Occupational Health Conference, San Francisco, 2000.

Corporate Medical Director, Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN

Charles Werntz, DO, MPH

June 2002

Werntz C, Casini V, and Mardis A. Fourteen-Year-Old Rental Equipment Worker Dies from Asphyxiation After Becoming Entangled in an Electric Chain Hoist – Colorado. NIOSH FACE Report #2001-13. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/in-house/full200113.html

Werntz C and Martin C. Zinc Protoporphyrin Changes Following Acute Lead Intoxication. American Occupational Health Conference, Chicago, 2002.Martin CJ,

Werntz III CL, and Ducatman AM. The interpretation of zinc protoporphyrin changes in lead intoxication: A case report and review of the literature. Occup Med (In press).

Associate Residency Director & Assistant Professor, IOEH, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

William Hoh, MD, MPH

June 2002

   

Chuanfang Jin, MD, MPH

June 2003

Jin C and Higgins D. Hispanic Carpenter Dies After Being Crushed Between the Loader Bucket of a Backhoe/Loader and a Concrete Building - North Carolina. NIOSH FACE Report #2003-06.http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/in-house/full200306.html

Jin C, Haut M, Ducatman A. Industrial Solvents and Psychological Effects. Clin Occup Environ Med. Nov 2004, Vol 4, Number 4.

Assistant Professor, IOEH, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Matthew Caddell, DO, MPH

June 2003

Caddell M, Downey B, and Petsonk E. Does the Quality of an Establishment’s Respiratory Protection Program Affect the Occurrence of Occupational Disease Outcomes? A BLS Study. American Occupational Health Conference. Atlanta 2003.

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Syed Sohail, MD, MPH

June 2004

Sohail S. Evaluation of “Other Symbols” Abnormalities in the National Coal Workers X-Ray Surveillance Program. Poster Presentation, American Occupational Health Conference, Kansas City, 2004.

Occupational Medicine Specialist; Med-i-qwik, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN

William Cutlip, MD, MPH

N/A

Cutlip W, and Martin CJ. Hand-arm vibration syndrome: Are we left out in the cold? OEM Report February, 2004.

Cutlip W and Martin C. Evaluation of Workers Diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome. American Occupational Health Conference, Kansas City, 2004.

Medical Director, Mon Youth Community Servivces, McKeesport, PA

Gerard DeGuzman, MD

June 2005

deGuzman G and Higgins D. Hispanic Sawmill Worker Dies Inside Storage Silo After Being Engulfed in Sawdust - North Carolina. NIOSH FACE Report 2004-09. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/In-house/full200409.html

Higgins D and deGuzman G. Chain Saw Operate Dies After Being Struck by Excavator Bucket During Site Clearing - North Carolina. NIOSH FACE Report 2004-07.http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/in-house/full200407.html

deGuzman G, A Descriptive Study of Injuries and Indemnity Costs of Occupational Injuries in Nursing Homes Using a State Managed Compensation Database. American Occupational Health Conference, Washington, DC, 2005. ( see photo)

Occupational Medicine Physician, Valley Occupational Medicine, Salem, VA

Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH

June 2005

Cummings, K. J., D. Deubner, C. Schuler, K. Kreiss. A Preventive Program for Decreasing Sensitization in Beryllium Workers. American Occupational Health Conference, Washington, DC 2005.

EIS Program @ NIOSH, Morgantown, WV

Joseph Chesky, MD, MPH

June 2005

Chesky, J and Higgins D.
Hispanic Youth Dies in Densifier at a Plastics Recylcing Plant - TN
NIOSH FACE Report 2005-05
http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/face/In-house/full200505.html



Medical Director, Occupational Medicine Division, Community Hospital, Ephrata, PA

Joseph Eshelman, MD, MPH
September 2006
  Center Medical Director, Concentra Medical Centers, Cleveland, Ohio
Luci Kovacevic, MD
June 2007

Kovacevic, L
Career Fire Fighter Dies When Trapped by Collapsed Canopy during a Two Alarm Attached Garage Fire - PA,
NIOSH FACE REPORT 2007-08
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200708.html

 

Occupational Medicine Physician @ Cascade Health Solutions, Eugene, OR
Kashif Khan, MD
August 2007
K. Khan, Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Need in Pakistan. Medicine Today, Vol 5, No. 3, July-Sept 2007. Medical Director, Concentra Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Chao Sun, MD, MPH
September 2007
C. Sun, et al., Cost and Outcome Analyses on the Timing of First Independent Medical Evaluation in Patients with Work-Related Lumbosacral Sprain, JOEM, Vol. 49, No. 11, Nov. 2007.

Physician,
Solano Regional Medical Group, Vacaville, CA

Scott Leslie, MD Anticipated June 2008   Physician, Memorial Hospital, Fremont, OH
Theo Oyelayo, MD, MPH Anticipated June 2008    
Marco Melo, MD Anticipated June 2009    
Anna Allen, MD Anticipated Dec. 2009