Director: Joel F. Moorhead, MD, MPH
Rollins School of Public Health
Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health
1518 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404.712.8274
Fax: 404.727.8744
E-mail: jmoorhe@sph.emory.edu
Internet: www.sph.emory.edu/eoh/residence.html

Total Number of Residents: 5

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Occupational Epidemiology
Occupational Musculoskeletal Syndromes
Industrial and Environmental Toxicology

Post Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of an ACGME accredited clinical year (PGY1)

Academic Year: Tuition is waived for residents

Degree(s) Awarded: MPH

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Internal Medicine (by special arrangement)

Program Description: Emory's Occupational Medicine residency provides broad training in environmental and occupational medicine. Special features of our program include close working relationships with many agencies here in Atlanta, the "public health capital of the world", including the CDC, NIOSH, the National Center for Environmental Health, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the American Cancer Society, and the Georgia Division of Public Health; collaboration with a range of local industries and multi-client practices; a young, dynamic, and accessible faculty; simultaneous emphasis on both the workplace and the general environment; strong international linkages; a rich MPH curriculum; and a delightful lifestyle in Atlanta.

The academic year offers a strong MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health.  We emphasize a firm grounding in epidemiology, data management, clinical occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, and relevant policy issues.  A thesis is required.

The practicum year offers an extensive selection of rotations, which the resident selects in association with faculty to reflect interests and career plans.  There are three industry rotations (Lockheed, Delta and Kimberly-Clark), two at multi-client occupational medicine practices, and three in government (at OSHA, ATSDR, and Georgia DPH).  Residents also spend time in a hospital-based employee health unit and a municipal government occupational medicine clinic. Clinical rotations in areas such as dermatology and pulmonary medicine can be arranged within Emory's medical center. A final project is required by the end of the practicum year.

Several longitudinal experiences run through both years of the residency.  These include service at The Emory Clinic Environmental and Occupational Medicine Program, our academic consultative practice; service with the Georgia Regional Poison Control Center handling calls on
environmental and occupational exposures  and participation in weekly conferences and seminars.