Founder and President SANDLER OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, INC. OVERVIEW Dr. Sandler has a long and distinguished career in regulation, health care delivery systems, research and problem solving in occupational and environmental health. Dr. Sandler founded Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. (SOMA) as a response to business, labor s and government s need for quality, service-oriented approaches to address the many scientific, programmatic and regulatory issues across a broad range of problems in occupational and environmental health. Dr. Sandler has served as a Medical Officer with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He has also consulted extensively with the EPA, OSHA, NIOSH and the Consumer Products Safety Commission, as well as state and local governmental agencies. EDUCATION Dr. Sandler received his Bachelor s degree from the University of Maryland with honors. He was elected to a number of honorary societies including Phi Beta Kappa. He also graduated from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Dr. Sandler performed various research at the National Institutes of Health including neurotoxicology and vinyl chloride carcinogenicity screening markers. He was trained in occupational and environmental medicine while serving as a medical officer with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS Dr. Sandler has developed a wide range of criteria for regulation and consensus standards, performed risk assessments and epidemiological research as well as, designed, implemented and managed numerous programs in occupational and environmental health. Serving as medical advisor to both government and private industry, including many Fortune 500 firms, Dr. Sandler s expertise and experience in occupational and environmental health encompasses design and management of occupational health care delivery and information management systems, causation assessment, medical standards for worker placement and treatment, musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics, cancer, reproductive effects, respiratory diseases, immunotoxicity, indoor air quality, microbiologics, medical monitoring and surveillance and neurobehavioral effects, among others. Additionally, he has been instrumental in providing scientific liaison with governmental actions and studies. He has provided testimony before the US Congress, state legislative bodies and regulatory agencies frequently. Dr. Sandler lectures and teaches widely, publishes extensively and has served as a contributor and editor to several texts and periodicals in the field. CLIENTS A few of the many clients for whom Dr. Sandler has provided services through SOMA include: Chrysler Waste Management Textron US OSHA Pillsbury Fleming Foods Colgate-Palmolive Montana Rail Link Consolidated Freightways Tyson Foods Martin Marietta Materials FMC Sunoco General Mills Payless Cashways Titan America Becton Dickinson AGP Hospital Corporation of America National Coalition on Ergonomics Supervalu Kemper Insurance Loss Control Royal Insurance Medical Case Mgmt State and Local Municipalities and School Districts CONTACT 125 Baylis Road Suite 120 Melville, New York 11747 Tel. (631) 756-2204 Fax (631) 756-2213 E-mail: drsandler@somaonline.com Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. 125 Baylis Road Suite 120 Melville, New York 11747 Tel. (631) 756-2204 Fax (631) 756-2213 www.somaonline.com
Richard S. Blume, M.D., M.P.H. F.A.C.P.M. (Occupational Medicine) Director, Professional Resources SANDLER OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, INC. OVERVIEW Dr. Richard S. Blume is a residency-trained, board-certified specialist in occupational and environmental medicine. He holds degrees in medicine, public health and engineering. He has practiced at Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates (SOMA) in this specialty and has held a variety of titles since 1991. He is licensed to practice medicine in New York State, and operates from SOMA s New York area office. He is a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, and a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Blume received his postgraduate training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as a military medical officer prior to obtaining his residency in occupational medicine. He has experience in a broad range of areas pertaining to occupational and environmental health including: clinical occupational medicine, toxicology, regulatory compliance, medical standards development, workplace infectious disease protocol development/management, epidemiology, risk assessment, medical record review and analysis, and medical case management. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering, Columbia University, 1980 Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1984 Master of Public Health, Rutgers University, 1991 NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS In his many years at SOMA, Dr. Blume has provided consulting services to a wide range of clients including numerous corporations, insurers and public agencies. He regularly works with persons of various professional backgrounds and specialties including physicians, nurses, toxicologists, industrial hygienists, public health specialists, health and safety personnel, claims managers, and corporate managers. His areas of expertise include medical program development and management, occupational disease and injury assessment, medical case management, occupational health protocol development including infectious disease management, scientific literature review and assessment, medical surveillance, medical costs/life expectancy projections, and epidemiologic study implementation/analysis. Dr. Blume has developed management guidelines for occupational injury and illness claims, performed numerous scientific reviews in areas relating to occupational and environmental health, performed critiques of standards and proposed standards, and has participated in the design of programs and web-based systems for job-related medical standards and work-related examinations. CLIENTS A few of the many clients for whom Dr. Blume has provided services through SOMA include: Colgate-Palmolive Fireman s Fund FMC Martin Marietta Materials CONTACT Textron City of New York Chubb US Silica Company 125 Baylis Road, Suite 120 Melville, NY 11747 Tel. (631) 756-2204 Fax (631) 756-2213 E-mail: drblume@somaonline.com Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. 125 Baylis Road Suite 120 Melville, New York 11747 Tel. (631) 756-2204 Fax (631) 756-2213 www.somaonline.com
Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, REM Chief Operating Officer SANDLER OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, INC. OVERVIEW Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, REM, was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates (SOMA) in June 2006. Prior to that assignment, he was the Director of SOMA s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology Division, since August 2000. Mr. Ertel is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 17 years experience in evaluating and controlling a wide range of health hazards in the workplace. Mr. Ertel operates from SOMA s Washington DC Area office and manages industrial hygiene projects and programs, performs training, research, and general consultation for environmental, health and safety issues. His technical projects with SOMA include industrial hygiene consulting, indoor air quality projects, microbiological contamination evaluations, exposure modeling projects, risk assessments and research for or various clients including, but not limited to governmental facilities, legal firms, commercial office space, residential construction, health care facilities, manufacturing facilities, laboratory facilities, and mines and quarries. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Science, University of Virginia Will complete a Masters of Public Health, with an emphasis in Occupational and Environmental Health, at the George Washington University Medical Center in late 2008 NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Ertel has managed an industrial hygiene sampling project including noise, silica, diesel particulate, welding fume and asphalt fume sampling involving over 300 aboveground quarries and underground mines. He has evaluated microbiological contamination on hundreds of projects and has collected thousands of samples for fungi and bacteria. Mr. Ertel also has extensive experience in the decontamination of cultural property and historic buildings that have been impacted by abnormal fungi growth and other chemical or particulate contamination issues. He has also been involved in providing expert witness services for litigation related to occupational exposures. Mr. Ertel is also periodically a guest lecturer or small group instructor for Masters level classes at the George Washington University School of Public Health Services. CLIENTS Martin Marietta Materials Titan America Smithsonian Institution National Association of Homebuilders National Archives National Park Service American Nurses Association CONTACT Colgate Palmolive General Electric General Dynamics Textron FMC Colonial Williamsburg 22 Cessna Court Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Tel. (301) 519-6880 Fax (301) 519-2105 E-mail: dertel@somaonline.com Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. 125 Baylis Road Suite 120 Melville, New York 11747 Tel. (631) 756-2204 Fax (631) 756-2213 www.somaonline.com
CURRICULUM VITAE HOWARD M. SANDLER, M.D. EDUCATION AND TRAINING: M.D., University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1977 B.S. (cum laude), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1973 EXPERIENCE: 1983 - Present President Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc. Melville, NY 1982-1983 Vice President Corporate Medical Health Director Occupational Health Services, Inc. New York, NY 1981-1982 Corporate Medical Director Executive Vice President Industrial Health and Hygiene Group McLean, VA 1981 Medical Officer Office of Extramural Coordination and Special Projects National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Rockville, MD 1980-1981 Medical Officer Office of Program Planning and Evaluation National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Rockville, MD 1979-1980 Consulting Occupational Physician JRB Associates, Inc. McLean, VA 1978-1979 Consulting Occupational Physician Equitable Environmental Health, Inc. Rockville, MD 1973-1975 Research Assistant/Medical School Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institute of Health Bethesda, MD
Page 2 CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE: Licensed Medical Practitioner, State of Maryland, 1978 - Present PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS (Past and Present): Safety Executives of New York Co-Chairman - Committee on Medical Standards: Disability and Fitness-for-Duty Section, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Co-Chairman - Committee on Developing a Generic Consensus Medical Surveillance & Monitoring Standard, American Society for Testing Materials American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine American Medical Association Society for Occupational and Environmental Health American Industrial Hygiene Association Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland Prince George's Medical Society Hazardous Material and Waste Management (past contributing editor) Occupational Hazards Magazine (contributing editor) Workers' Compensation Cost Control (editorial board) Society for Chemical Hazard Communication HONORS/AWARDS: Phi Beta Kappa Phi Sigma Phi Beta Sigma TEACHING/LECTURES/APPOINTMENTS/TESTIMONIES: Workers Compensation Commission State of Maryland Invited Presenter Occupational Disease Claims in the New Millennium Key Issues January 10, 2008
Page 3 DAOHN Dinner Meeting Invited Lecturer Surviving the WC Claim and Liability Tort What Experts (OHNs) Need to Know October 18, 2007 Invited Presenter at Medical Certification and Verification Process with FMLA: A Discussion with Stakeholders US DOL, Employment Standards Administration, Washington, DC, September 2007 George Washington University School of Public Health Invited Lecturer Silica Exposure and Health Effects, March 2007 Franklin Square Hospital, Grand Rounds Department of Gastroenterology Occupational Medical Aspects of Gastroenterology, August 2003 American Industrial Hygiene Association Indoor Environmental Quality Task Force, November 2002 Present American Industrial Hygiene Association/American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Course Musculoskeletal Disorders, March 2000 American Industrial Hygiene Association/American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Course Causation Determination in Occupational Health, November 1999 Program of Ergonomics and Biomechanics, New York University Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute Seminar Occupational Health and Managed Care, May 1999 National Occupational Research Agenda Meeting National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Invited Participant, Spring, 1999 American Industrial Hygiene Association/American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Course Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 1999 Epidemiology of Physical Factors Invited Participant and Presenter for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, August 1998 Occupational Medicine Residency Program Occupational Health Division Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Seminar Series Causation Determination, March 1998
Page 4 Northeastern Industrial Hygiene Conference Professional Development Course Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace, October 1996 Occupational Medicine Section, Fundamental Aspects of Industrial Hygiene - Introductory Course of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1980 s Testimony Before the California Legislative Assembly Insurance Committee Informational Hearing: Water Damage Claims and Mold: Impact on Consumers and the Insurance Industry February 2003 Testimony Before the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the One Hundred Seventh U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services: Mold: A Growing Problem July 2002 Testimony Before the New York State Senate Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health: Is Toxic Mold the Next Asbestos? May 2002 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and the Workforce House of Representatives. One Hundred Fifth Congress: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Medical and Ergonomic State of the Art May 1997 Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs: OSHA s Ergonomics Regulatory Efforts July 1995 PUBLISHED AND SUBMITTED ARTICLES AND REPORTS: Sandler, H.M. With New Effort, Employers Can Get Through Challenging FMLA Issues Family and Medical Leave Handbook, Thompson Publishing Group, January 2008 Sandler, H.M. Occupational Safety and Human Factors in Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2007 4 th Edition Rom W.M. (ed). Sandler, H.M. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Journal of Controversial Medical Claims, August 2003, Volume 10, Number 3 Sandler, H.M. Medical Management of MSDs is Necessary Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 2001 Sandler, H.M. Managing the Latest Sick Building Claim: Mold and Microbiologics at Work The Journal of Workers Compensation, Winter 2001 Sandler, H.M. Regulating Allergies in the Workplace Occupational Hazards Magazine, October 2000 Sandler, H.M. Redefining Exposure for the Occupational Health Care Professional Occupational Hazards Website, August 2000
Page 5 Sandler, H.M. Is It the Little Things? Microbiologics in the Workplace Occupational Hazards Magazine, May 2000 Sandler, H.M. Alternative Medicine and the Workplace Occupational Hazards Website, March 2000 Sandler, H.M. and Blume, R.S. Analysis of the Scientific Approach in Assessing Epidemiological Evidence for the Relationship Between Work and Musculoskeletal Disorders Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Report, Workshop Summary, and Workshop Papers National Academy Press Washington, DC 1999 Sandler, H.M. Medical Mismanagement: Should OSHA Dictate How to Practice Occupational Health? Occupational Hazards Magazine, November 1999 Sandler, H.M. The Internet: Opportunities for Truly Managed Occupational Health Journal of Worker s Compensation, Fall 1999 Sandler, H.M. Medical Management of Occupational Disease Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1999 Sandler, H.M. Evaluating the Science of Ergonomics Occupational Hazards Magazine, November 1998 Sandler, H.M. Occupational Causation: Did My Job Make Me Sick? Occupational Hazards Magazine, September 1998 Sandler, H.M. The New Occupational Neurotoxins: Are They for Real? Occupational Hazards Magazine, July 1998 Sandler, H.M. Move Over, Physician: The New OSHA Approach Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1998 Sandler, H.M. OSHA s Ergonomics Standard: The Shape of Things to Come Workers Compensation Cost Control, March 1998 Sandler, H.M. and Blume, R.S. Occupational Health in the New Millennium: Our Own Program and Care Model Occupational Hazards Magazine, February 1998 Sandler, H.M. Is Diesel Exhaust a Workplace Danger? Occupational Hazards Magazine, November 1997 Sandler, H.M. The Cal/OSHA Ergo Standard: Let the Games Begin! Occupational Hazards Magazine, September 1997 Sandler, H.M. Symptoms: The Workplace Dilemma Occupational Hazards Magazine, July 1997 Sandler, H.M. Does Your Occupational Health Program Need a Checkup? Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1997 Sandler, H.M. and Blume, R.S. Beyond the MCS Debate Occupational Hazards Magazine, February 1997 Sandler, H.M. The Challenge of Low-Level Workplace Exposure, Occupational Hazards Magazine,
Page 6 January 1997 Sandler, H.M. Work Hardening: Helping To Get Employees Back On The Job, Workers Compensation Cost Control, July 1996 Sandler, H.M. Do You Have a Cluster? Occupational Hazards Magazine, July 1996 Sandler, H.M. "Out of Breath in the Workplace: Occupational Asthma," Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1996 Sandler, H.M. "Issue-Oriented IMEs: Objective, Useful, and Appropriate," Workers' Compensation Cost Control, February 1996 Sandler, H.M. and Blume, R.S. Evaluation Of The OSHA Approach And Cited Literature Critique, Draft OSHA Proposed Ergonomic Protection Standard, Health Effects Document Causal Association Section, National Coalition on Ergonomics, January 1996 Sandler, H.M. "The Politics of Occupational Health," Occupational Hazards Magazine, November 1995 Sandler, H.M. "The Pain of Work," Occupational Hazards Magazine, July 1995 Sandler, H.M. OSHA s Role in Occupational Medicine, Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1995 Sandler, H.M. "The Changing Face of Medical Surveillance," Occupational Hazards Magazine, January 1995 Sandler, H.M. "Doing Violence To The Workplace," Occupational Hazards Magazine, October 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Assessing Functional Capacity," Occupational Hazards Magazine, August 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Is it Time for a National Workers' Compensation System?" Occupational Hazards Magazine, June 1994 Sandler, H.M. and Blume, R.S. "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Misunderstood and Overdiagnosed," Occupational Hazards Magazine, May 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Low Back Pain: Preventing Injury in the Workplace" (Part Two in a Series) Workers' Compensation Cost Control, March 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Low Back Pain: A Costly Problem in The Workplace" (Part One of a Series) Workers' Compensation Cost Control, February 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Medical Case Management: Let the Buyer Beware," Occupational Hazards Magazine, February 1994 Sandler, H.M. "Musculoskeletal Support Devices: Panacea, Placebo or Pathogen?" Occupational Hazards Magazine, December 1993 Sandler, H.M. "ADA and Occupational Health: A Status Report." Occupational Hazards Magazine, October 1993
Page 7 Sandler, H.M. "Using Medical Protocols When Treating Ill and Injured Workers. The Journal of Workers Compensation, Fall 1993, Volume 3, Number 1 Sandler, H.M. "Lead - Legal Alchemy," Occupational Hazards Magazine, August 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Ergonomics," Workers' Compensation Cost Containment, August 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Are We Ready to Regulate Cumulative Trauma Disorders?, Occupational Hazards Magazine, June 1993 Sandler, H.M. "AIDS in the Workplace," Workers' Compensation Cost Control, June 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Smoking in the Workplace, Workers Compensation Cost Control, May 1993 Sandler, H.M. Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Workers Compensation Cost Control, April 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Myth or Reality?", Occupational Hazards Magazine, April 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Designing Managed Care for Workers' Compensation," Occupational Hazards February 1993 Magazine, Sandler, H.M. "The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guideline for Medical Standards and Examination Programs for Employee Placement and Accommodation," Best's Safety Directory, January 1993 Sandler, H.M. "Trends in Occupational and Environmental Disease Claims," The Journal of Workers Compensation, Winter 1993, Volume 2, Number 2, pp.21-26 Sandler, H.M. "Business Juggles Many Balls with Medical-Exam Rules," Safety & Health, April 1992, pp. 50-52 Sandler, H.M. "Legal Aspects of Occupational Medicine," Environmental and Occupational Disease, W. Rom, Editor, 2nd Edition, Little Brown & Co., 1992 Sandler, H.M. Health Effects From Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation, Environmental Quarterly, Fall 1991, Volume 4, Number 3 Sandler, H.M. "On Being an Expert," The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Report, October 1989, Volume 3, Number 10 Sandler, H.M. "Occupational Disease Claims - What Does the Future Hold?" The John Liner Review, Spring 1988, Volume 2, pp. 25-30 Sandler, H.M. "Substance Abuse," Business Insurance, January 30, 1986, pp. 23-24
Page 8 Sandler, H.M. Hazard Determination: The Basis for Right-to-Know Legal Insight, February/March 1986, Volume 1, Issue 2 Sandler, H.M. "Right-to-Know," Business Insurance, September 30, 1985, pp. 35-39 Sandler, H.M. "Workers' Right-to-Know," Hazardous Material and Waste Management, September/October 1983, pp. 15-17 Sandler, H.M. and Fishman, S. Letter to the Editor: "Underdiagnosis of Occupational Illnesses." New England Journal of Medicine, 1980: 11:644 Sandler, H.M. and Kelley, J.M. "Health Effects of Asbestos Substitutes," JRB Associates under Contract No. C- 79-1052, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1980 Sandler, H.M. Project Director "Walker River Pauite Tribe Comprehensive Health Plan," Walker River Indian Reservation, Schurz, NV. Indian Health Service, DHEW, 1979 Sandler, H.M. and Perry, M.S. "Exposure to Children with Pica for Lead-Containing Paper," JRB Associates under Contract No. C-79-1052, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1979 Sandler, H.M. et al. "Carcinogenicity Risk Assessment of Benzidine-Bases Dyes," JRB Associates under Contract No. C-79-1052, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1979 Criteria for Recommended Standard, Occupational Exposure to Microwave Radiation, (member of document team), EEH, Inc., Rockville, MD, under contract to NIOSH, CDC, DHEW, 1979 Criteria for Recommended Standard, Occupational Exposure to Elastomers and Resins, (member of document team), EEH, Inc., Rockville, MD, under contract to NIOSH, CDC, DHEW, 1979 Criteria for Recommended Standard, Occupational Exposure to the Printing Process, (member of the document team), EEH, Inc., Rockville, MD, under contract to NIOSH, CDC, DHEW, 1979