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  • Friday, April 17, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    2026 Spirometry Update for Occupational Health Providers
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Medical Review Officer Comprehensive Course- Day 1
  • Saturday, April 18, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    OEMRDA
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Medical Review Officer Comprehensive Course- Day 2
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Public Safety Medicine Guidance Task Group
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM CT
    Leadership and Strategy Essentials for Health Professionals
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    ACOEM House of Delegates
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Practice Guidelines
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • Sunday, April 19, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    New Member Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Occupational Toxicology
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Transportation
  • 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 5:15 PM CT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    501 - Disruption, Health and Future of Work through a Total Worker Health Lens: Opportunities for Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
    MRO Exam
  • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Coffee Break
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    101 - Steer Your Career in the Right Direction: What you need to know for early & long-term success as an OEM professional
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    102 - Preserving NIOSH: Why Its Programs Matter to Occupational Medicine
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    103 - Tuberculosis management for underground miners: an overview of the literature, lessons from highly endemic areas, and opportunities for the future
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    104 - Drivers in Recovery Durations and Popular Topics in Occupational Health
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    105 - An Even More Entangled Web: AI, Digital Privacy, and Cybersecurity Challenges in Current Occupational Health Practice
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    106 - Leveraging EMR Data to Link Health Outcomes and Exposures
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    107 - Part 1 - Fitness For Duty & Workplace Safety: An Overview With Real-World Application & Case Examples
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    108 - Occupational Health Management for Vulnerable Worker Groups: Interactive Case Studies with Practical Takeaways
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    109 - Deadly Dust: Silicosis in Artificial Stone Fabrication
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    110 - Leveraging Technology and Workplace Health and Safety Workers for Occupational Health Services in the Global South
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM CT
    Health Informatics
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Cority Product Theater
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Lunch On Own
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    New Fellows Lunch
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine Section
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    111 - Cancer in Firefighters: Screening and Prevention
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    112 - Part 2 - Panel Discussion - Fitness For Duty & Workplace Safety: An Overview With Real-World Application & Case Examples
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    113 - Alcohol Use Disorder in the Workplace: Screening, Support, and Safe Return-to-Work
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    114 - How Occupational Health Physicians Can Build Employer Cultures of Health, Safety and Wellbeing to Expand their Impact
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    115 - Data-Driven Innovation in Workplace Violence Prevention: A Systemwide Approach to Protecting Healthcare Workers
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Resident Research Part 1
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    116 - Commercial Driver Medical Examiner Update
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    118 - Occupational and Environmental Factors/Behaviors and Non-communicable Disease Risk
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    119 - Neurodiversity in EHS: Inclusive Safety Practices
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    120 - The OEM Path from Initial Certification to Continuing Certification
  • 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    121 - Supporting work restrictions and accommodations during pregnancy
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    122 - Resident Research Part 2
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    123 - Advancing Global Mental Health: Bridging Gaps and Building Resilience
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    124 - Solutions to Preserve OEM into the Next Generation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    125 - The Scope of Heat Stress
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Opening Reception
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    600 - Scientific Posters
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    IOMSC Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    Occupational Physicians/PAs
  • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Global Occupational and Environmental Health Section
  • Monday, April 20, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 6:45 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Council on OEM Science
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    201 - How to Start and Operate an Occupational Medicine Practice
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    202 - Industrial Ills and Medical Minds: Chicago’s Role in Early 20th Century Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    203 - A Short Introduction to Medical Certification of Civilian Pilots
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    204 - The NIOSH National Firefighter Registry for Cancer- What Occupational Medicine Physicians Need to Know
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    205 - Respiratory Clues in the Cloud: Tech-Driven Evaluation of Military Exposures
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    206 - Substance Use and Return to Work
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    207 - Beyond Borders: Collaborative Solutions for Global Worker Health
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    208 - Bridging the Nutrition Education Gap: A New Portable Culinary Medicine Workshop for Clinicians
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    209 - Workplace investigations: NIOSH (Part I)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    210 - Urine Drug Testing Interpretation Training for Clinicians: A Case-Based Interactive Workshop
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Goodman Theatre Health and Safety Walk Through
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Worksite Visit: Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    211 - Commercial Driver Medical Certification - where we came from, where we are and where we are going?
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    212 - Stump the Chumps 2026 ... Dilemmas and Drama in Medical Center Occupational Health
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    213 - Advancing Workforce Health Equity: A Novel Occupational Health–Led Model to Address Health Gaps Among Vulnerable Employees in a Large Hospital System
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    214 - Workplace investigations: NIOSH (Part II)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    215 - Protecting Patient Data: Navigating IT Security Risks for Occupational Health Professionals
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Environmental Health
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    IOMSC Executive Committee Meeting
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Medical Review Officers
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    216 - MRO Controversies
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    217 - Prevention of Laboratory Animal Allergy
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    218 - Perspectives on a Healthy Workforce
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    219 - The Anatomy and Outcomes of an Innovative First in the Nation Occupational & Environmental Medicine Train-in-Place Program
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    220 - Using Data Analytics, Dashboards, and Cockpits to Advance Cultures of Health and Wellbeing
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Worksite Visit: Shedd Aquarium Veterinary Medical Program
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    221 - Respiratory protection: A lot has changed in the last 50 years!
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    222 - America–Japan International Study on Workers’ Health and Well-being: Cross-Cultural Insights from the AJISAI Project
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    223 - Igniting Change: The Firefighter Wellness Fitness Initiative
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    224 - Top 10 Pitfalls to Avoid in Pre-Hire Physical Abilities Testing: Ensuring Compliance, Validity, and Injury Prevention
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    225 - The Use of an Online Learning Module to Improve Knowledge for Prevention of Back Pain and Injury in Industrial Workers
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    226 - From "Reporter" to "Detective": A Practical Framework for AI-Assisted Evidence Synthesis in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    227 - Environmental Medicine: Clinical Cases and Pearls
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    228 - Validity Testing, Mental Health Intervention, and Clinical Assessment Tools Optimize Timely and Evidence-based Care for Postconcussional and Post-COVID Concerns
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    229 - Hidden Hazards Underground: What the ICBM Missileer Community Teaches Us About Occupational Health
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    230 - The Numbers of Medicine
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    ACOEM Fellows Inductions, Annual Awards Ceremony
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    502 - An Agentic and Robotic Future of Work - Sappington Lecture
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    COEAA
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    ICSOEM
  • 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CT
    Annual Social Event
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    301 - Reliability of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    302 - OEM Training for General Practitioners in the Global South using ToT (Training of Trainers) and Hybrid Format
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    303 - Occupational Medicine on a Cruise Ship: A Physician's Experience Aboard the Only U.S.-Flagged Vessel
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    304 - Longitudinal Surveillance of the Qarmat Ali Cohort: A Coordinated Effort between the Complex Exposure Threats Center of Excellence and Veterans Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures Programs
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    305 - Sleepless and Not Safe: The Hidden Cost of Sleep Deprivation in Industrial Workforces
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    306 - Thinking Big: Tackling Cancer in Occupational Health Screening
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    307 - Leveraging Digital Health Solutions to Promote Total Worker Health: A Multistakeholder Perspective
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    308 - Whole Health Approaches to Chronic Back Pain: Rewiring the Brain with Behavioral and Neuroplastic Therapies
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    309 - Update in Occupational Neurology and Neurotoxicology
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    310 - Summary of findings from exposure to PCBs in a school.
  • 9:45 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Worksite Visit: Jardine Water Purification Plant
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    311 - PTSD presumptions for First Responders: Medicolegal implications and Occuptational Medicine
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    312 - BP's Global Wellbeing Strategy: Integrating Health Care and Benefit Plan Design - can changing benefit design influence positive behaviors and improve health metrics?
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    313 - Avian Influenza (H5N1) at the Human-Animal Interface: Public Health Perspectives for Clinicians
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    314 - Evaluating Fitness for Duty: The Role of Routine FCEs in Oil & Gas Operations
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    315 - Defining Exposure: Consensus and Controversy in Occupational Health TB Investigations
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    503 - Global OEM Challenges, Opportunities and Strategic Priorities
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    JOEM Editorial Board Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Enterprise Health Product Theater
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Lunch on Own
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Underserved Populations
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    316 - Novel Modular Approach to Global OEM Surveys
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    317 - Operationalizing Comprehensive Obesity Benefits: Guidance for Employers and Occupational Health Physicians
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    318 - Best Practices for an Occupational Medicine-Led Workplace Violence Prevention Program: The Cleveland Clinic Experience
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    319 - OEM best practices for the health, safety, and sustainability of Underserved Occupational Populations
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    320 - The organizational management of Traumatic Stress
  • 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    321 - Keeping Patients at the Center: Aligning Payor, Accreditation, and Provider Goals to Achieve the Triple Aim of High Quality Outcomes, Low Costs of Care, and Improved Population Health
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    322 - It Takes a Village: Global Partnerships for Worker Health
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    323 - Employers in the exam room: navigating ethical issues in occupational medicine
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    324 - Compensation & Pension Exams: Workflow, Cases, and Defensible Opinions
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    325 - A New Tool for Assessing Work Capacity for Workers with Multi-System Physical and Cognitive Conditions
  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM CT
    504 - Applications of artificial intelligence to the field of occupational and environmental medicine
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    ACOEM Townhall
  • Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Membership Meeting and Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    401 - Entering the Compensation and Pension Space: A Career Roadmap for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    402 - From Clinic to Claim: Understanding Ankle Injuries in the Workers’ Compensation System
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    403 - Occupational Health and Planet Scale Computers: The Data Center Challenge
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    404 - Why Are We Still Talking About Cannabis? Workplace Risks in the Era of Legalization
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    405 - Occupational Health Informatics an Augmented Intelligence
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    406 - Perils and Pearls in Hearing Conservation: An Interactive, Case-Based Refresher for Occupational Health Professionals
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    407 - Migraine and Safety Sensitive Work
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    408 - Assessing employee burnout and exhaustion: lessons from a major health system impacted by Hurricane Helene
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    409 - Template for Heat Stress Management Programs
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    410 - The Full Spectrum of Color Vision Assessment
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    411 - Can You Pay My Bills? When Traditional Occ Med Services Aren't Enough
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    412 - Small Reactor, Big Lessons: The Deadliest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Its Legacy in the New Nuclear Renaissance of Small Modular Reactors
  • Thursday, April 23, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition 2025: A Case Based Approach to Understanding and Implementing the New Musculoskeletal, Nervous System, And Pulmonary Chapters
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    CAOHC: Professional Supervisor of the Audiometric Monitoring Program©