Session I |
Introduction |
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8:30-8:40 |
Welcome |
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Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-founder |
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8:40-8:50 |
Welcome |
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John C. Ruckdeschel, MD, president and CEO, Karmanos Cancer Institute |
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8:50-9:10 |
Opening Address: History of Asbestos Disease and Preventing Exposure – Prevention Is the Best Cure! |
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Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.) ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair |
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Session II |
Diagnosis and Treatment |
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Chair: Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP |
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Asbestos-Related Disease |
9:10-9:30 |
Non-malignant Asbestos-Related Disease |
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Michael R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP Co-Director, National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers Karmanos Cancer Institute |
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9:30-9:50 |
Malignant Asbestos-Caused Cancer |
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John C. Ruckdeschel, MD, president and CEO, Karmanos Cancer Institute |
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9:50-10:10 |
Psycho-Social Impact of ARD |
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Rebecca J.W. Cline, PhD, Senior Scientist, Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Camily Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University |
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10:10-10:30 |
Patient Advocacy and Matrix of Care |
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Linda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director and Co-Founder |
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10:30-10:50 |
Pleural Plaques eh? A Canadian Experience Dealing with Asbestos-exposed Workers |
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Warren Teel, MD, Consultant Physician Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers, Sarnia-Lambton |
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11:10-11:40 |
Patients Q&A |
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11:40-12:10 |
ADAO Award Presentation |
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12:10-12:30 |
“Mesothelioma and the Asbestos Workers: Father, Spouse, Contemporary and Daughter. A Short Story of their Exposure and Disease” |
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Terry Lynch, Int’l Vice President, Political & Legislative Director/Health Hazard Administrator, Insulators Union |
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Session III |
North American Action on Asbestos |
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Chair: Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD |
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1:30-1:50 |
Asbestos Disease in Sarnia Ontario: A Case Study Into a Canadian Blue-Collar CommunityLiving a Preventable Cancer Tragedy |
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Jim Brophy, PhD Executive Director, Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers, Sarnia |
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1:50-2:10 |
CARD Clinic & Community Action in Libby |
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Brad Black, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asbestos Related Disease |
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2:10-2:30 |
EPA (NOA and Superfund Sites) |
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Aubrey Miller, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Officer & Toxicologist, Environmental Protection Agency |
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2:30-2:40 |
ADAO Product Testing Report |
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Paul Zygielbaum, ADAO Project Manager and Mesothelioma Patient |
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2:40-2:50 |
2008 Updated: Asbestos Under the Steps of the U.S. Capitol |
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John Thayer, Former U.S. Captiol Tunnel Worker Supervisor |
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Session IV |
Global Contamination and Advocacy |
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Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen |
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3:15-3:30 |
Case Study: The Canadian Autoworkers’ Asbestos Campaign |
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Lyle Hargrove, Director of CAW Health and Safety Training Fund and Sari Sairanen, CAW National Health & Safety Director |
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3:30-3:45 |
U.S. Developments: Legal/Judicial |
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Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant |
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3:45-4:00 |
Asbestos in Shipbreaking: A Deadly Reality in Bangladesh |
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Dr. Bishakha Ghose, Head, Department of Community Medicine BGC Trust Medical College Chandanaish Chittagong, Bangladesh |
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4:00–4:15 |
Trail of Tears: South African Communities at Risk from Environmental Exposures |
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Robert Jones, Environmental Researcher – Rhodes University |
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4:15-4:30 |
Global Panorama 2008 |
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Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Secretariat |
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4:30-5:00 |
General Conference Q&A |
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Concluding Session |
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5:00-5:20 |
Jordan Zevon, ADAO National Spokesperson and Musician |
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5:20-5:30 |
Linda Reinstein, Dr. John C. Ruckdeschel, Dr. Michael Harbut and Laurie Kazan-Allen |