Appendix C Workshop on the Adequacy of the CCEP for Evaluating Individuals Potentially Exposed to Nerve Agents: Agenda and Speakers List
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
December 3, 1996
Foundry Building FO-2004, Georgetown
Agenda
10:00–10:15 |
Welcome/Purpose and Conduct of the Workshop Dr. Dan Blazer, Chair, Committee on the Evaluation of the DoD Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program for Persian Gulf Veterans |
10:15–12:00 |
Workshop Session I—Issues regarding the CCEP Dr. Raymond Chung, Origins/Background Dr. Charles Engel, Mental Health Dr. Andrew Dutka, Neurologic Conditions Dr. Timothy Cooper, Pain Dr. Anthony Amato, Neuromuscular Symptoms Dr. Kurt Kroenke, Diagnostic Approach/Generalized Symptoms |
12:00–1:00 |
Lunch in meeting room |
1:00–2:45 |
Workshop Session II—Issues regarding organophosphates, anticholinesterases and nerve agents Dr. Peter Spencer, Neurotoxicology of organophosphates Dr. Robert MacPhail, Behavioral toxicology of organophosphates and pyridostigmine |
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Dr. Robert Gum, Possible health effects in humans from low level exposure to nerve agents Dr. Bhupendra P. Doctor, Endogenous detoxification of sarin |
2:45–3:00 |
Break |
3:00–4:45 |
Workshop Session III—Issues regarding neurological testing protocols Neurophysiological testing Dr. Eva Feldman Dr. David Cornblath Neurobehavioral and neurocognitive testing Dr. Kent Anger Dr. Roberta White |
4:45–5:00 |
Break |
5:00–6:30 |
Workshop Session IV—Moderated Discussion Dr. Dan Blazer, Moderator Dr. Richard Johnson Dr. Arthur Asbury Dr. David Janowsky |
6:30 |
Workshop adjourns |
Speakers List
December 3, 1996
Foundry Building, Georgetown
Anthony A. Amato, M.D.
University of Texas San Antonio
Department of Neurology and Medicine
W. Kent Anger, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Occupational Research and Health Promotion
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland
Arthur Asbury, M.D.
Van Meter Professor of Neurology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Col. Raymond Chung
Gulf War Health Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC
Lt. Col. Timothy W. Cooper, M.D.
Infectious Disease Service
74th Medical Group Hospital
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
David Cornblath, M.D.
Pathology Department
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Bhupendra Doctor, M.D.
Director, Division of Biochemistry
Walter Reed Institute of Research
Washington, DC
Capt. Andrew J. Dutka, M.D.
Neurology Service
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, MD
Maj. Charles C. Engel, Jr., M.D.
Chief, Gulf War Health Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC
Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Lt. Col. Robert Gum, M.D.
Chief, Chemical Casualty Care Office
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
David Janowsky, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital
Chapel Hill
Richard Johnson, M.D.
Director
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Col. Kurt Kroenke, M.D.
General Internist
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Robert C. MacPhail, Ph.D.
Neurotoxicology Division
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC
Peter S. Spencer, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland
Roberta White, Ph.D.
Environmental Hazards Center
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Boston