OccPod: the official ACOEM podcast

Episodes

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   OccPod – Episode 70, Substance Use Disorder in the Workplace

   Thank you for joining ACOEM for another episode of OccPod. In this timely conversation, host Dr. Ismail Nabeel is joined by Dr. Dominik Dabrowski to discuss substance use disorder in the workplace. Dr. Nabeel is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and the Department of...

   Jul 20, 2026

   33 min
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   OccPod – Episode 69, A Journey Through Leadership and Change with Dr. Andrew Kim (Special Fifth Anniversary Episode)

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod,ACOEM’s official podcast. In this episode, Dr. Nabeel is joined by. Andrew Kim, a former Navy officer and Army colonel, who is now shaping the future of healthcare in the rugged landscapes of Anchorage, Alaska, as an occupational and...

   Jan 26, 2026

   35 min
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   OccPod – Episode 68, AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

   Welcome back to OccPod! This episode features a conversation with someone who has helped shape how physicians across the country understand and apply impairment ratings, Dr. Douglas Martin. Dr. Martin is a Past President of ACOEM and is a board-certified Family Medicine physician specializing in...

   Dec 29, 2025

   30 min
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   OccPod - Episode 67, Mysteries in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: The Radium Girls

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM’s official podcast. This is the first episode of our new series, “Mysteries in Occupational and Environmental Medicine,” where we use artificial intelligence to bring historical moments to life and reflect on theirimpact today. In this...

   Nov 24, 2025

   15 min
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   OccPod - Episode 66, Happiness and its Impact on Health

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM’s official podcast. In this episode, Dr. Nabeel is joined by Dr. Yohama Caraballo-Arias, an occupational physician and an internationally recognized expert in workplace health and well-being. She is currently a visiting researcher and...

   Jul 3, 2025

   25 min
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   OccPod - Episode 64, Public Health Challenges from the LA Wildfires

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod,ACOEM’s official podcast. In this episode, Dr. Nabeel is joined by Dr. Mani Berenji to discuss the public health effects of the LA wildfires, which burned from January 7 to 31, 2025. Dr. Berenji discusses her personal experience, both as an...

   Mar 7, 2025

   21 min
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   OccPod – Episode 63, Private Practice in OEM

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM's official podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Maria Starchook-Moore to discuss recent initiatives by ACOEM's Private Practice Section. Dr. Starchook-Moore discusses her personal experience as an…

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   Dec 10, 2024

   17 min
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   OccPod – Episode 62, The American Occupational Health Conference

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's official podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. David Caretto for a conversation about planning a successful medical conference. For over 100 years,...

   Oct 5, 2024

   32 min
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   OccPod – Episode 61, The OEM Pipeline

   Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Matt Hamm to discuss his journey in occupational and environmental medicine, and developments in expanding opportunities for residents interested in OEM. Dr. Hamm is the Medical Director...

   Aug 21, 2024

   31 min
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    OccPod – Episode 60, Aging at Work and Fitness for Duty

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Camille Napier to discuss aging in the workplace and fitness for duty. Dr. Napier is a board-certified physician, educator, and administrator with over twenty years of experience in...

    Jul 18, 2024

    25 min
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    OccPod – Episode 59, Artificial Intelligence in OEM

    Everywhere you look, it seems as though Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is at the forefront of public discourse. In this episode of OccPod, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Zaira Chaudhry for a conversation about AI in occupational and environmental medicine. Dr. Chaudhry is a…

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    May 13, 2024

    19 min
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    OccPod – Episode 58, ACOEM's Presidential Line

    On this episode of OccPod, Erin and Dr. Nabeel talk with the incoming Presidential Line of ACOEM. We welcome our guests, Drs. Tanisha Taylor, Laura Gillis, and Jill Rosenthal. Dr. Tanisha Taylor is Senior Medical Director for RWJBH Employee Health and Wellness, New Jersey. Dr. Taylor received her...

    Mar 25, 2024

    39 min
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    OccPod – Episode 57, Updates to Respiratory Virus Guidance

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM's official podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel discuss updated guidance from the CDC for respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. This coincides with the fourth anniversary of the pandemic's declaration around the globe. Dr....

    Mar 14, 2024

    18 min
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    OccPod – Episode 56, COVID-19 Updates and Measles Outbreaks

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Amy Behrman for a conversation about COVID-19 and outbreaks of Measles, and how workers can protect themselves. Dr. Behrman is the Medical Director of Occupational Medicine Services and...

    Mar 7, 2024

    27 min
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    OccPod – Episode 55, Flood Zone Workers

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM's official podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Brett Perkison and Ms. Cynthia Hernandez for a conversation about flood zone workers who respond to climate-related natural disasters. Ms. Hernandez is the...

    Jan 8, 2024

    27 min
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    OccPod – Episode 54, Blast Off! Space Travel and Supersonic Transport

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, ACOEM's official podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Vincent Michaud for a conversation that is truly out of this world – aerospace medicine and supersonic transport. Dr. Michaud is the Deputy Chief Health and...

    Oct 23, 2023

    32 min
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    OccPod – Episode 53, Vaccinations in the Workplace

    Thank you for joining for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Judith Green McKenzie for a discussion on vaccines, particularly her experiences with the rapid delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to employees. Dr. McKenzie is a Medical Officer at the...

    Sep 27, 2023

    23 min
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    OccPod – Episode 52, Heat Stress and Worker Health

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by guests Drs. Robert Bourgeois and Brett Perkison to discuss the relationship between heat stress and worker health. Dr. Bourgeois is the Medical Director of the Bourgeois Medical Clinic, an...

    Sep 9, 2023

    22 min
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    OccPod – Episode 51, A Summer Resurgence of COVID-19

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel discuss the latest variant of COVID-19, the summer surge, and the forthcoming updated vaccines. Don't forget to subscribe to OccPod so you never miss a new episode!

    Aug 25, 2023

    13 min
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    OccPod – Episode 50, The Titan Implosion and Decompression Illness

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin, Dr. Nabeel, and guest Dr. Gary Toups discuss hyperbaric medicine, including the recent implosion of the Titan submersible. Dr. Toups also discusses decompression illnesses in divers and case-on workers. Dr. Toups has...

    Jul 17, 2023

    27 min
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    OccPod – Episode 49, An Update on Mpox

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Michael Sauri to discuss Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, recent outbreaks, and the status of vaccines. Dr. Sauri is the Medical Director of Occupational Health Consultants, which...

    Jul 3, 2023

    23 min
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    OccPod – Episode 48, New York City Haze and Wildfire Smoke

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel discuss air quality and the detrimental effects of climate change, highlighting the hundreds of active wildfires in eastern Canada and the consequential particulate haze over New York City and the…

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    Jun 17, 2023

    15 min
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    OccPod – Episode 47, What Interests OEM Residents?

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod! On today’s episode, Erin, Dr. Nabeel and guest Dr. Rivera Margarin discuss occupational and environmental residency programs and the topics that interest OEM students, particularly those related to climate change. Dr. Rivera Margarin is...

    Jun 9, 2023

    24 min
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    OccPod – Episode 46, Deployment Related Respiratory Diseases

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin, Dr. Nabeel and guest Dr. Silpa Krefft discuss Deployment Related Respiratory Diseases, including burnpit exposure. Dr. Krefft is an occupational pulmonologist and critical care physician. She completed training in...

    Jun 2, 2023

    36 min
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    OccPod – Episode 45, The End of the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, the official ACOEM podcast. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel discuss the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration. On May 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowed the federal Public Health...

    May 22, 2023

    19 min
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    OccPod – Episode 44, Military Burn Pit Toxic Exposure

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Mr. Steve Jones and Dr. Eric Shuping to discuss toxic exposures resulting from burn pits in military personnel. Mr. Steve Jones is the Director of Force Readiness and Health Assurance Policy...

    Apr 10, 2023

    32 min
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    OccPod – Episode 43, Toxic Exposure in East Palestine, Ohio

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, which discusses the toxic chemical spill and train derailment that took place in East Palestine, Ohio in early February, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by Dr. Paul Brandt-Rauf. Dr. Brandt-Rauf is a Distinguished University...

    Mar 17, 2023

    23 min
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    OccPod – Episode 42, The Minnesota RETAIN Program

    In this episode of OccPod, Erin and Dr. Nabeel are joined by guest Dr. Laura Breeher for a discussion on the Minnesota Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury or Illness Network, or RETAIN. Dr. Breeher is the Section Chief of Occupational Medicine and Medical Director of Employee…

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    Mar 7, 2023

    19 min
29. 41

    OccPod – Episode 41, Vaccine Side Effects and Hesitancy

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode serves as a continuation of a special series investigating vaccinations. Funding for this series was made possible (in part) by the Centers...

    Feb 2, 2023

    14 min
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    OccPod – Episode 40, The Future of OEM

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. Today's guest, Dr. Zeke McKinney, is the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program Director at HealthPartners and is an affiliate assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He is also the President of...

    Jan 2, 2023

    20 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 39, Tridemic

    Thank you for joining us for episode 39 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, framing conversations through the lens...

    Nov 22, 2022

    15 min
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    OccPod – Episode 38, Bivalent Boosters

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode serves as a continuation of a special series investigating vaccinations. Funding for this series was made possible (in part) by the Centers...

    Oct 22, 2022

    25 min
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    OccPod – Episode 37, Resident Conversations

    Thank you for joining us for episode 37 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ACOEM is dedicated to sharing the latest OEM news, and host conversations grounded in science with a focus on occupational and environmental medicine. In…

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    Oct 16, 2022

    24 min
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    OccPod – Episode 36, Flu Season

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode serves as a continuation of a special series investigating vaccinations. Funding for this series was made possible (in part) by the Centers...

    Sep 7, 2022

    24 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 35, The BA.5 Subvariant

    Thank you for joining us for episode 35 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Aug 2, 2022

    15 min
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    OccPod – Episode 34, Monkeypox

    Thank you for joining us for episode 34 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This is the first episode of a special series addressing vaccines and was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this...

    Jul 18, 2022

    34 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 33, Variants and Therapeutics

    Thank you for joining us for episode 33 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Jun 27, 2022

    19 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 32, The Omicron Variant and Mask Mandates

    Thank you for joining us for episode 32 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Jun 14, 2022

    17 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 31, The Return of Live Events

    Thank you for joining us for episode 31 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Apr 3, 2022

    26 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 30, Vaccine Myths and Facts

    Thank you for joining us for episode 30 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Apr 3, 2022

    19 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 29, Vaccine Developments

    Thank you for joining us for episode 29 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Feb 13, 2022

    16 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 28, Masking

    Thank you for joining us for episode 28 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Feb 2, 2022

    17 min
43. 27

    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 27, Rapid vs. PCR Testing (Part 2)

    Thank you for joining us for episode 27 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Jan 28, 2022

    16 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 26, Rapid vs. PCR Testing

    Thank you for joining us for episode 26 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Jan 26, 2022

    18 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 25, Drug Treatments for COVID-19

    Thank you for joining us for episode 25 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode, which is the first of 2022, continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame...

    Jan 22, 2022

    25 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 24, The Omicron Variant

    Thank you for joining us for episode 24 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Dec 24, 2021

    28 min
47. 23

    OccPod: Climate Conversations – Episode 23, Hurricanes and Floods

    Welcome to the third episode of Climate Conversations, a new series of the OccPod podcast. Join Drs. Ismail Nabeel and Mani Berenji, along with ACOEM’s Erin Ransford, for these insightful conversations into the impact climate change has on worker health. In this episode, which was recorded in…

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    Dec 20, 2021

    39 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 22, Infection vs. Vaccine Immunity

    Thank you for joining us for episode 22 of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This episode continues the COVID Conversations series, which is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and frame conversations through the lens of...

    Dec 7, 2021

    27 min
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    OccPod: Climate Conversations – Episode 21, Wildfires and Environmental Hazards

    Welcome to the second episode of Climate Conversations, a new series of the OccPod podcast. Join Drs. Ismail Nabeel and Mani Berenji, along with ACOEM’s Erin Ransford, for these insightful conversations into the impact climate change has on worker health. In this episode, which was recored in...

    Nov 11, 2021

    25 min
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    OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 20, Mixing and Matching the Vaccine

    Thank you for joining us for episode 20 of COVID Conversations. This series is a special presentation of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ACOEM is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and host conversations grounded in...

    Nov 10, 2021

    19 min