Research Presentations - New Findings

Moderator – Joan Reibman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine.

9:40 - 9:55

Rachel Zeig - Owens, MPH, Epidemiologist, Fire Department of the City of New York.
Early Assessment of Cancer Outcomes in NYC Firefighters after the 9/11/ Attacks. Current and Future Study.

9:55 - 10:10

James Cone, MD, Medical Director, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Mortality Among Survivors of the 9/11 WTC Disaster.

10:10 - 10:25

Juan Wisnivesky, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School Medicine.
Persistence of Multiple Illnesses in WTC Rescue and Recovery Workers.

10:25 - 10:40

Q and A

Break

Research Presentations - Pulmonary Disorders

Moderator – David Prezant, MD Chief Medical Officer, Fire Department of the City of New York.

11:00 - 11:10

Theresa Schwartz, MPH, Biostatistician, Fire Department of the City of New York, Montefiore Medical Center.
Association between Pulmonary Function and Recovery from Lower Respiratory Symptoms in WTC-Exposed Firefighters.

11:10 - 11:20

Stephen Friedman, MD, Medical Research Director, Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH.
Case-Control Study of Lung Function in World Trade Center Health Registry Area Residents and Workers.

11:20 - 11:40

Kenneth Berger, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine.
Restrictive Pattern of Lung Dysfunction due to Airway Injury Following Exposure to WTC Dust.

11:40 - 11:55

Albert Miller, MD. Clinical Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Beth Israel Medical Center; Pulmonologist, Queens WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program.
Airways Disease in WTC Responders: Problems in Diagnosis Raise a Question of Bronchiolitis.

11:55 - 12:05

Caralee Caplan-Shaw, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, HHC WTC EHC.
Lung pathologic findings in a local residential and working community exposed to WTC dust, gas and fumes.

Break

Lunch

Research Presentations - Mental Health Disorders

Moderator – Mark Farfel, ScD, Director, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.

1:15 - 1:35

Rosemarie Bowler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University.
Longitudinal Mental health Impact among Police Responders to the 9/11 Terrorist Attack.

1:35 - 1:50

JoAnn Difede, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Deptartment of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Augmentation of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy with a Novel Pharmaceutical Agent for the Treatment of Chronic PTSD.

1:50 - 2:05

Robert Brackbill, MD, Senior Scientist and Founding Principal Investigator, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Unmet Mental Health Care Needs among World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster Survivors.

2:05 - 2:30

Q and A

Research Presentations – Co-existing Mental and Respiratory Disorders

Moderator – Laura Crowley, MD. Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

2:30 - 2:40

Michelle S Glaser, MPH, Epidemiologist, Fire Department of the City of New York.
Physician-Diagnosed Respiratory Conditions and Mental Health Symptoms Seven to Nine Years Following the World Trade Center Disaster.

2:40 - 2:50

Robert Brackbill, PhD, Senior Scientist and Founding Principal Investigator, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Respiratory problem prevalence and severity, and health-related quality of life associated with respiratory problems among WTCHR
enrollees with and without PTSD.

2:50 - 3:00

Q and A

Break

Research Presentations - Cardiovascular disease; Children

Moderator – James Cone, MD.

3:15 - 3:25

Sara Miller, MPH. Public Health Epidemiologist, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Heart Disease among Adults Exposed to the September 11, 2001 WTC Disaster: Results from the WTC Health Registry.

3:25 - 3:35

Alfredo Morabia MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, City University of New York.
WTC-HEART: Cardiovascular Health Impact and Prediction of Incident (primary and subsequent) Cardiovascular Events Among                          WTC Responders

3:35 - 3:45

Mana Mann, MD, MPH, Division of Epidemiology, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Parental PTSD increases the risk of impaired behavior and PTSD in adolescents 6-7 years after the 9/11 disaster.

3:45 - 3:55

Sukhminder Osahan, PhD, Research Scientist, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.
Respiratory Health of Children enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry, 6 Years Following 9/11/01.

3:55 - 4:10

Anthony Szema, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Chief Allergy Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY.
Asthma and Allergy Among Children in an Elementary School near the WTC.

4:10 - 4:15

Q and A

New Research Projects

Moderator – Mark Farfel, ScD, Director, World Trade Center Health Registry, NYC DOHMH.

4:15 - 4:20

Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Pulmonary Function Abnormalities, Diastolic Dysfunction and World Trade Center Exposure - Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment.

4:20 - 4:25

Laura Crowley, MD. Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Cancer Among WTC Responders: Enhanced Surveillance, Exposure, Assessment, and Cancer Specific Risk.

4:25 - 4:30

Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Burden of Mental and Physical Co-morbidity in World Trade Center Responders.

4:30 - 4:35

Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D, Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Enhanced Smoking Cessation Intervention for World Trade Center Responders.

4:35 - 4:40

Kenneth Berger, MD. Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine.
Evaluation of Distal Airway Injury Following Exposure to World Trade Center Dust.

4:45 - 4:50

Adriana Feder MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Trajectories of Psychological Risk and Resilience in World Trade Center Responders.

Closing remarks - Laura Crowley, MD

Poster Presentations

Kenneth W. Altman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Lymphocytic Response in WTC-Exposed Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Megan Olden, PhD, Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Use of Telemedicine to Treat 9/11 Disaster Responders with PTSD.

Rafael E. de la Hoz, MD, Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Clinically Significant Endoscopic and pH Studies for Acid Reflux in Symptomatic World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers.

Shao Lin, PhD, Research Scientist, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Department of Health.
Increased risks of new-onset (i.e., post-9/11 onset) lower and upper respiratory symptoms among both NYC residents and NYS WTC responders.

Angeliki Kazeros, MD, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, NYU.
Elevated peripheral eosinophils are associated with new onset and persistent wheeze and airflow obstruction in World Trade Center exposed individuals.

Kenneth Berger, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Neuroscience New York University School of Medicine.
Paradox of Normal Spirometry Despite Airway Injury Following Exposure to WTC Dust: Piercing the "Silent Zone".

Sam S. Parsia, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine.
Characteristics of Sarcoidosis in the Bellevue Hospital WTC Environmental Health Center.

Mengling Liu, PhD, Professor, Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine.
Longitudinal airflow measurements in patients enrolled in a treatment program for World Trade Center related illness.

Scottie Hill, Director of Member Services, Retention, and Education, Mt. Sinai WTC Health Program.
How demographics, dust exposure and physical and mental health factors affect rates of retention in WTCMMTP.

Iris G. Udasin, MD, Professor of Environmental & Occupational Medicine, Medical Director of EOHSI Clinical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
WTC Respiratory Symptoms.

Quinn Biggs, PhD, MPH, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences.
Acute Stress Disorder, Depression, and Tobacco Use in Disaster Workers Following 9/11

Meredith Turetz, MD, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York University.
Impulse Oscillometry and respiratory symptoms in patients in the World Trade Center treatment program for community members.