Contact this Expert Witness

  • Company: Occupational Health Management, PLLC
  • Phone: (224) 517-2990
  • Cell: (224) 517-2990
  • Website: www.oh-management.org

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Industrial Hygiene and OSHA

Keywords/Search Terms:

Chemical & Biological Hazard Assessment, Pharmaceutical Containment, Covid Pandemic Risk Assessment, Bioaerosols, Air Disinfection Technologies, Ergonomic Musculoskeletal Disorders, Noise, Respiratory Protection, Indoor Air Quality, Dermal & Inhalation Exposure Modeling, Statistical Analysis

Education:

Masters in Public Health -Industrial Health and Safety(MPH), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Bachelors of Science (BS) - Medical Technology, Michigan State University - East Lansing; Certified Industrial Hygienist, Board of Global Credentialing - ABIH; Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, Insititute of Hazardous Materials Management

Years in Practice:

25+

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

4+

Additional Information

Award winning, industrial hygiene and safety expert with over 25 years of broad international experience practicing, teaching and authoring to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control and prevent workplace health and safety hazards in high hazard industries. As an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense (50/50) I have provided consultation for both airborne and dermal exposure cases for chemical and biological agents. I have evaluated and modeled exposures, reconstructed exposure events, quantified dose following standardized practices for exposure assessment, and applied best practice statistical methods and science in forming my opinions. I spend a great deal of time describing, in understandable, lay terms, chemical, biological and physical hazard exposures and their health impacts at public speaking opportunities. I have interviewed on ABC Good Morning America program and ABC News regarding the Covid Pandemic and indoor air quality solutions. Authored multiple articles for peer-reviewed publications and lectured extensively at ASHRAE, AIHA, Pharmaceutical, and ACGIH conferences regarding industrial hygiene program management, pharmaceutical containment, indoor air quality and facility pandemic occupancy and strategies. Extensive expertise in pandemic, Covid-19 response management including chemical and non-chemical disinfectant exposure evaluation and controls. Domestically and internationally recognized for leadership service to the IH profession as an Executive Officer, Chair and/or Director for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, the Occupational Hygiene Training Association and the Joint Industrial Hygiene Ethics Education Boards of Directors and a number of AIHA and ASHRAE Committees. Currently Chair of the External Advisory Board at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Public Health COHSE, while continuing to practice industrial hygiene program management as an experienced (17+ years) independent consultant, subject matter expert, and sought-after international, AIHA-Distinguished expert lecturer. • Chemical and biological airborne and dermal exposure assessment and modeling • Biohazard assessment & pandemic chemical & non-chemical control programs • Air disinfection technologies evaluation • Trained and experienced expert witnessing • Heat Stress program development and implementation • Potent compound & high hazard exposure assessment & containment • USP 800 conformance • Hearing conservation program development and controls • Explosive (UXO) hazardous waste operations program development • Respiratory protection and fit testing programs • All levels of occupational hygiene and safety training