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Tenth Anniversary Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar
March 28, 29 & 30, 2001	detailed schedule
Wyndham Emerald Plaza, San Diego, California	registration information
SEAK, Inc. will be conducting the Tenth Anniversary National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar. The nation’s leading workers’ compensation attorneys, physicians, risk managers, claim managers, occupational health nurses, and other workers’ compensation professionals will join together to discuss cutting edge issues. Leading workers’ compensation practitioners, occupational physicians, nurses, and attorneys will make presentations and be available to answer questions. The program will be a three-day intensive seminar designed to provide practical and state of the art information for workers’ compensation professionals from all fields. This year we will have a total of 33 separate courses. Seminar registrants will be able to meet other workers’ compensation and occupational medicine professionals and discuss areas of mutual interest and concern. The seminar schedule appears immediately below. A more extensive listing containing descriptions of the speakers and their presentations is available here. Co-Sponsored by the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery

Wednesday March 28, 2001
8:00-9:00	Registration (Subject to space availability)
9:00-10:00	ADA Direct Threat: Latest Developments By Larry Minsky, Esquire Cerritos, CA
10:00-11:00	Identifying Risk in the Workplace and Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders By J. Mark Melhorn, MD Wichita, KS
11:00-11:10	Break and Networking Opportunity
11:10-12:00	Catastrophic Injury: Improving Outcomes By Patricia McCollom, RN, MS, CRRN, CDMS, CCM, CLCP Ankeny, IA
12:00-1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30-2:25	Breakout Sessions:
	Investigation, Proof, and Defense of a Repetitive Motion Case: What Works By Thomas S. Thornton, III, Esquire Birmingham, AL
	OR How the Changing Workers’ Compensation Marketplace and Increasing Premiums Will Impact Occupational Health and Workers’ Compensation By Kate Hunt, RN, MPH Minneapolis, MN
	OR Return To Work: Upper Extremity Restrictions and Guides By J. Mark Melhorn, MD Wichita, KS
2:30-3:25	Breakout Sessions
	Chemical Exposure in the Workplace: Biological Monitoring By James G. Dahlgren, MD Los Angeles, CA
	OR How to Excel at Your Deposition By Steve Babitsky, Esquire, and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esquire Falmouth, MA
	OR Use and Abuse of Physical Therapy in Occupational Health By Kimberly Marshall, PT Fountain Valley, CA
3:30-4:25	Breakout Sessions:
	Minimizing Legal Fees, Costs, and Expenses in Workers’ Compensation Cases: Strategies That Work By Thomas S. Thornton, III, Esquire Birmingham, AL
	OR Selling Occupational Health Programs and Services: Getting Management and Employer Buy-In By Kate Hunt, RN, MPH Minneapolis, MN
	OR Occupational Brain Injury: Disability and Evaluation By Claude S. Munday, PhD Oakland, CA

4:45-5:45	Reception

Thursday March 29, 2001
8:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00	Functional Restoration for Occupational Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability By Robert J. Gatchel, PhD Dallas, TX
10:00-11:00	Misconduct or Disease: Managing the Mentally Ill Employee By James J. McDonald, Jr., Esquire Newport Beach, CA
11:00-11:10	Break and Networking Opportunity
11:10-12:00	Emergent Internet Technology: The Latest Tools for Disability Management By Christopher R. Brigham, MD Portland, ME
12:00-1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30-2:55	Breakout Sessions:
	Demystifying Pain Management: What Works and Why By Steven H. Richeimer, MD Santa Monica, CA
	OR Gathering Medical Information Under the ADA and FMLA By David A. Cossi, Esquire Minneapolis, MN
	OR Risk Factors for Development of Low Back Disability By Robert J. Gatchel, PhD Dallas, TX
3:00-4:30	Breakout Sessions:
	Evaluating Psychiatric Injury: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Impairment By Marcia Scott, MD Cambridge, MA
	OR Investigation and Defense of an Industrial Low Back Claim By James R. Libien, Esquire San Francisco, CA
	OR Return on Investment for Health Promotion in the Workplace: Getting Management Buy-In By Seth Adam Serxner, PhD, MPH San Bruno, CA

Friday March 30, 2001
8:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00	Privacy and Confidentiality in Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Workshop: What You Say and Do Can Cost You! By Marshall H. Tanick, Esquire Minneapolis, MN
10:00-11:00	Telecommuting, Occupational Health, and Workers’ Compensation: Considerations and Preparation By Merrie Healy, RN, MPH Minneapolis, MN
11:00-11:10	Break and Networking Opportunity
11:10-12:00	Establishing Causation in Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine By Gideon Letz, MD San Francisco, CA
12:00-1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30-2:25	Breakout Sessions:
	How to Win the Contested Workers’ Compensation Case: For the Defense By Michael A. Marks, Esquire San Francisco, CA
	OR Managing Critical Claims: From Day One By Norman A. Peterson Ashland, OR
	OR Promoting Safety Behaviors: Risk Perception and Behavior By Donna Haiduven, RN, PhD, CIC San Jose, CA
2:30-3:25	Breakout Sessions:
	What’s Really Driving Workers’ Compensation Costs: New Analysis and Effective Solutions By Jeffrey S. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA Mill Valley, CA
	OR Functional Limitations and Well-Being in Injured Workers By Marion Gillen, RN, MPH, PhD San Francisco, CA
	OR Intervention to Facilitate Successful Return to Work By Gideon Letz, MD San Francisco, CA
3:30-4:30	Breakout Sessions:
	Medical-Legal Evaluations: What an Attorney Looks for in a Workers’ Compensation Case By Michael A. Marks, Esquire San Francisco, CA
	OR Hepatitis C, Occupational Health, and Workers’ Compensation By Donna Haiduven, RN, PhD, CIC San Jose, CA
	OR Modified Transitional Work: Cost-Effective Programs That Work By Norman A. Peterson Ashland, OR

Schedule
		Wednesday, 3/28
		Thursday, 3/29
		Friday, 3/30