Tuesday - Thursday, February 26-28, 2008

Standard Registration Fee
1 day $395
2 days $695
3 days $995

Early Bird: (before 1/26/08)
1 day $250
2 days $500
3 days $750

Fee includes overview course manual, continental breakfast, parking.

A limited number of discounted registrations ($200 per day) are available for medical residents or fellows from UC campuses on a first-come, first served basis. Please attach to your registration a letter from your program director confirming your status in the program.

Payment Terms: Substitutions may be made without additional charge. The registration fee, less 20%, is refundable if written notification is received at least 2 weeks prior to the program. For cancellation within 14 days prior to the course, 50% of the registration fee is refundable. "No shows" will be charged the full fee.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.

The purpose of this 3-day symposium is to assist medical and environmental science professionals to understand the facts and controversies surrounding mold growth and remediation. Topics will include the nature and growth of mold, mold sampling and interpretation of results, health effects, building dynamics and building failure, and remediation. The afternoon of Day 3 will include issues of mold litigation from the perspective of a plaintiff’s attorney, defendant’s attorney, judge and a mock trial.

Day 1 is basic/introductory. Days 2 and 3 are intermediate/advanced.

Physicians; nurses; industrial hygienists; building science, environmental health and safety professionals involved in the environmental assessment of mold, the treatment of adverse health effects, or serving as expert witnesses in cases involving mold or health effects; architects, attorneys.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Moderator: Stuart Salot, PhD
8:00 am Registration; Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome—William C. Hinds, ScD, Professor of Industrial Hygiene, UCLA: Director, Southern California ERC
8:45 am Introduction and Greetings – Philip Harber, MD, MPH; James Seltzer, MD, Course Chair and Deputy Chair
9:00 —9:45 am Mold – What Is It and What Is Its Significance? - Harriet Burge, PhD
9: 45 am Break
9:55 —10:50 am Building Dynamics, Building Failures, and Damp, Moldy Buildings– Dean Vlahos, AIA,NCARB, CCCA
11:00—11:45 am Mold Remediation – Pete Fowler
11:45 am Panel Question & Answer
12:00 noon Lunch – on your own

Moderator: Harriet Burge, PhD

1:30—3:00 pm Workshops (choice of 2)
Session A – Nature and Growth of Mold in Structures – Harriet Burge, PhD; Stuart Salot, PhD
Session B –Why Buildings Fail and What Causes Mold Growth – Dean Vlahos, AIA; Pete Fowler
3:00 pm Break—refreshments
3:15—4:45 pm Health Effects of Molds – M. Joseph Fedoruk, MD; James Seltzer, MD
4:45 pm Break
5:00 – 6:00 pm Wine & Cheese Reception/Networking

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Moderator: Philip Harber, MD

8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am Environmental Investigations of Mold – Stuart Salot, PhD
10:00 am Break
10:15 – 11:45 am Workshops (choice of 2)
Session C—The Toxicology of Mold – Review of the Literature - M. Joseph Fedoruk, MD
Session D—Mold-induced Occupational Lung Diseases – Philip Harber, MD, MPH
12 noon Lunch – on your own

Moderator: James Seltzer, MD

1:30 - 3:00 pm Epidemiology of Mold/IOM book - Dean Baker, MD, MPH
3:00 pm Break—refreshments
3:15 - 4:45 pm Workshops (choice of 2)
Session E— The Epidemiology of Mold – Review of the Literature - Dean Baker, MD, MPH
Session F—The Medical Evaluation of Mold-induced Illness or Injury - James Seltzer, MD

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008

Moderator: Stuart Salot, PhD

8:45 am Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:30 am Workshops (choice of 2)
Session G—Interpretation of Environmental Findings and Health Significance of Lab Results– Harriet Burge, PhD; James Seltzer, MD
Session H – Remediation – Dean Vlahos, AIA; Pete Fowler
10:30 am Break
10:45 am— noon Risk Communication – Mary McDaniel, DO, JD, MPH
12:00 noon Lunch – on your own

Moderator: James Seltzer, MD

1:30—2:15 pm Mold – Fact and Controversy - James Seltzer, MD
2:15—5:00 pm Mold litigation – plaintiff’s perspective - Court Purdy, Esq.
Mold litigation – defense’s perspective – Arthur Travieso, Esq.
Mold litigation – mediator’s perspective—Purdy/Travieso
Mock Trial

Course Faculty

Chair: Philip Harber , MD, MPH, Professor & Chief, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, UCLA

Deputy Chair: James M Seltzer, MD, Co-Director, Pediatric Environmental Health Safety Unit (PEHSU), U.S. EPA Region IX; Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Dean Baker, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine; Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, UCI; Deputy Director, SCERC

Harriett Burge, PhD, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Novato, CA

M. Joseph Fedoruk, MD , UC Irvine

Pete Fowler, Owner, Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc., San Clemente, CA

Mary McDaniel , D.O., J.D., MPH, Partner, McDaniel/Lambert Inc., Venice, CA

Court Purdy, Esq., Wentworth, Paoli & Purdy, Newport Beach, CA

Stuart Salot , PhD, CIH, Sr. Industrial Hygienist, CTL Environmental Serv., Harbor City, CA

Arthur Travieso Esq., Wilson/Elser, Newport Beach, CA

Dean J. Vlahos, AIA, NCARB, CCCA, LEED, Partner, Director of Architectural Forensics, WWCOT, Santa Monica, CA

The Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA designates this educational activity for a maximum of  18.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM .  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIH— 3.0 Certification of Maintenance Points from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene have been applied for.

18.0 Contact Hours, California Board of Registered Nurses CEP#13555 (SCERC)

18 MCLE Credit Hours from the State Bar of California.

Eligible for 1.8 COC Points (BCSP) and 1.8 CEUs.

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