UCDHSC Professor Honored

For Immediate Release

Contact: Caitlin Jenney, (303) 724-1520, caitlin.jenney@uchsc.edu

UCDHSC Professor Honored by Occupational Medical Society

AURORA, Colo. (June 21, 2007) – The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) today recognized four physicians, including a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine, as well as the authors of the paper judged to be the best article published in its journal in 2006, for their contributions to the field of occupational and environmental medicine. The award ceremony took place in New Orleans during the Opening Session of the 2007 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC), the College’s annual spring meeting. AOHC is an international medical society of more than 5,000 physicians and other allied health professionals.

Kathryn L. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACEP, FACEOM, medical director for the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation, and director of the UCDHSC Occupational Medicine Residency Program, was honored with the 2007 Meritorious Service Award. The award was established in 1945 to recognize an ACOEM member who has provided laudable service to the College.

Dr. Mueller was honored for her significant contributions to the College, specifically her service as a member of the ACOEM Board of Directors from 2000 to 2004, and as Secretary-Treasurer from 2004 to 2006. In addition, Dr. Mueller was also cited for her service to the College as chair of the State Government Affairs Committee, and as a significant contributor to the ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines.

Dr. Mueller received her medical degree from the University of Nebraska, and her MPH from the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) in occupational medicine. Dr. Mueller is a member and past president of the Rocky Mountain Academy of OEM, one of ACOEM’s component medical societies.

Also honored by ACOEM:

Clifford Rodney May, MD, DIH, FACOEM, of Edmonton, AB, Canada, who received the William S. Knudsen Award;

Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MOH, MSc, FACOEM, of Chicago, director of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences for the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, who received the Health Achievement in Occupational Medicine Award; and

David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, MS, of Boston, Mass., professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and director of the Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, recipient of the Robert A. Kehoe, MD, Award of Merit.

Recipients of the Adolph G. Kammer Merit in Authorship Award were Richard Kanwal, MD, MPH; Greg Kullman, PhD, CIH; Chris Piacitelli, MS, CIH; Randy Boylstein, MS; Nancy Sahakian, MD, MPH; Stephen Martin, MS; Kathleen Fedan, BS; and Kathleen Kreiss, MD, of the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, W.Va., for their article “Evaluation of Flavorings-Related Lung Disease Risk at Six Microwave Popcorn Plants,” which appeared in the February 2006 issue of JOEM.

ACOEM is a medical society that provides leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments. The College is headquartered in the Chicagoland area.

The School of Medicine faculty work to advance science and improve care as the physicians, educators and scientists at University of Colorado Hospital, The Children’s Hospital, Denver Health, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The School is part of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, one of three universities in the University of Colorado system. For more information, visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu or the UCDHSC Newsroom at http://www.uchsc.edu/news.

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