Patricia Bray, MD, MPH, Acting Director of Office of Occupational Medicine |
The Office of Occupational Medicine (OOM) is staffed by a
variety of healthcare professionals. At present, the staff includes three
full-time physicians, one part-time physician, a registered nurse, a health
scientist and a program analyst. The OOM physicians represent a
multidisciplinary team and are board certified in several areas, including
occupational medicine, family practice and clinical pharmacology.
By supplying a unique body of clinical knowledge to OSHA, the Office of
Occupational Medicine staff participate in nearly all aspects of the agency’s
activities. OOM physicians have participated in the development of new standards
and guidance, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) specialized response teams,
fatality investigations and field enforcement cases and Department of
Energy-sponsored audits of research nuclear laboratories.
The diversity of our staff allows the Office of
Occupational Medicine to pursue a variety of projects. Our registered nurse
coordinates the office's clinical activities, such as the Compliance Officer
Medical Examination program and OSHA beryllium monitoring. Our Health Scientist
prepares and coordinates Medical Access Orders and handles other OOM projects
along with our program analyst.
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Jack Longmire, MD and Minda Nieblas, MD, MPH, Director Occupational Medicine
Elective |
The staff is also dedicated to excellence in teaching. They are actively
involved in the education of resident physicians, as well as of the many health
and safety professionals within the agency. Collectively, the OOM staff bring
breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to the agency and are integral to
OSHA’s ongoing mission to protect worker health and safety.
The OSHA Occupational Medicine Elective is a great opportunity to work on some
of the most challenging cases in occupational medicine. Very frequently our
consults involve researching a question and rendering a medical opinion that has
not been definitively addressed by the scientific literature. We have worked
very hard to maximize the educational component of the elective while still
maintaining time to enjoy the Washington DC experience.
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