Nov/Dec 2009

Doctor Michael Erdil Joins OEHN's Leadership Team

 

Michael Erdil M.D., F.A.C.O.E.M. is OEHN’s latest Medical Director.  Dr. Erdil comes to OEHN from Connecticut where he is on the Active Medical Staff at Hartford Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT.  Dr. Erdil is also a Courtesy Medical Staff Physician for the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Occupational Medicine, Johnson Memorial Hospital, in Stafford Springs, CT.  

Dr. Erdil is Certified in both Internal Medicine and General Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine, and currently works as Medical Director for Johnson Occupational Medicine Center with Johnson Memorial Hospital and Health Direct.

Dr Erdil has served as a reviewer for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (Acute Low Back Problems in Adults, 1994); the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, OEM Press, 1997), is on the Editorial Board for the Official Disability Guidelines, Treatment in Workers Compensation, 7th edition (2009) and Reed’s Medical Disability Adviser, 6th edition (2008).

Dr. Erdil has co-authored a number of articles, book chapters and other publications including the following:

  • Biomechanics of Manual Material Handling and Low Back Pain for Zenz’ Occupational Medicine (1994)
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders: Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment (VNR 1997).
  • Health Effects, Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Musculoskeletal Disorders and other Sections, Preamble to the Proposed OSHA Ergonomics Rule (1999).

See Dr. Erdil’s CV in PDF format to read about his extensive medical background.

 

  Other Members of the OEHN Leadership Team

Thomas H. Winters, MD, FACOEM
President, Chief Medical Officer and Principal,
Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Medical School

Lee Okurowski, MD, MPH, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal and Medical Director

Joe Flynn, MBA
Chief Operating Officer

Dieter Affeln, MD,
Medical Director


David Rosmarin, M.D.
Chief of Psychiatric Services

Robert Mullaly, Ph.D., ABPP
Psychological Services

Robert A. (Abe) Timmons, DO, MPH
Medical Director

Michael Amster, CIH, CSP, PE, CHMM, TURP
Environment, Health and Safety Specialist

Terry B. Snyder, BSBME, MBA
Senior Ergonomics Consultant

Maureen C. Manning, MS, APRN, BC

Patricia Stoddard, RN, BS

Pat Kent, MSN, RN, ACNP

 

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