213063 Update on Health of World Trade Center Responders from the WTC MMTP Consortium NY/NJ

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 12:30 PM

Robin Herbert, MD , Data and Coordination Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Jacqueline Moline, MD, MSc , Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Laura Crowley , Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Hyun Kim, MD , WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Benjamin Luft, PhD , WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Steven Markowitz, MD , Center for the Biolgy of Natural Systems- Queens College, Flushing, NY
Iris Udasin, MD , Eohsi, UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ
Denise Harrison, MD , Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc , Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Center for Children's Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
  
A heterogeneous group of traditional and non-traditional workers and volunteers performed rescue, recovery, service restoration, and clean up in the aftermath of the WTC attacks. The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program NY/NJ Consortium is a federally funded network of regional Centers of Excellence that provides annual standardized medical monitoring examinations and physical and mental health care for responders with WTC-covered conditions. Between July 2002 and February 2009, the WTC MMTP examined over 25,000 responders, and provided over 44,000 monitoring examinations. Between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, 6,140 responders received over 21,500 treatment services. This talk will provide an update on recent findings from the NY/NJ Consortium Monitoring and Treatment Programs, with an emphasis on respiratory conditions including asthma, sarcoidosis, and aerodigestive disorders.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the latest research about the respiratory health of WTC responders seen in the NY/NJ World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program.

Keywords: Occupational Health, Disasters

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Director of the largest of the Consortium Clinics in the WTC MMTP and have been involved since the inception of the program
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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