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The 31st Annual Alice Hamilton Grand Rounds with Robert Cohen
Dust in the Lungs, an Ancient Disease Still with Us – What Clinicians Face Today
Session moderated by Bob Wachter
In this year’s Annual Alice Hamilton Lecture, we will focus on the worldwide and historic problem of dust-related lung disease. Visiting Professor Robert Cohen will teach us about dust-related lung diseases and how novel surveillance techniques can help detect – and ultimately prevent – them.
About the Annual Alice Hamilton Lecture
Every year, our UCSF Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine (OECM) sponsors a lectureship in honor of Alice Hamilton, the founder of the modern discipline of occupational medicine in the U.S. View past lectures on the OECM website.
Robert Cohen, MD, is a professor of Medicine and Director of Occupational Lung Disease at Northwestern University. Robert has a broad background in public health and occupational lung disease, and has conducted significant research in the area of respiratory diseases in occupationally exposed workers. He has served as a consultant to several agencies of the United States government and has active projects studying imaging, physiology, and pathology of pneumoconiosis. Robert's clinical focus is on the evaluation and treatment of patients with lung disease related to work place or environmental exposures.
How to Attend
In Person:
N-217 (Nursing Building, enter through 521 Parnassus Avenue.)
Lunch will be provided.
On Zoom:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/93868706312?pwd=ZWpzeHlNYmJzcUp3c1JxRWpyTGF2QT09
Webinar ID: 938 6870 6312
Passcode: 249803
By Phone (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or
+1 646 558 8656 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592
International numbers available: https://ucsf.zoom.us/u/abBh6VatYU
The session will be recorded for later play. See all past recordings.
Alex Kazberouk and Eric Widera are raising funds for the All-Ukrainian Association of Palliative and Hospice Care
Alex Kazberouk, MD, MBA and Eric Widera, MD are raising funds for the All-Ukrainian Association of Palliative and Hospice Care because cancer and other serious illnesses impacting older adults do not disappear during a war. There has been a lot of international attention and support for refugee health in Ukraine. However, some patients may be too old or frail to flee and face tremendous adversity locally where they live.
Our hospice and palliative care colleagues in Ukraine face extra pressures and risk while continuing to care for both local patients and internally displaced persons. The most vulnerable patients – those too ill or frail to flee – are disproportionately impacted by the conflict. Please go here to learn more and donate. Your donations will go towards buying medications, wound care supplies, medications, diapers, mattresses, beds, and other medical supplies for hospices in Ukraine. Thank you!