SOMA News and Notes
Recent Activity
March 5 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler, M.D., and Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, will speak at the Industrial Minerals Association - North America's 2013 Technology Workshop in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
March 26 - Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, will speak at the South Central Mine Conference in Little Rock, AR.
April 4-6 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler, MD, will present at the TTEL Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
April 21-23 - SOMA staff will attend the Edison Electric Institute's Spring Occupational Safety and Health Committee Conference in Indianapolis, IN.
October 2012 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler, MD, will present on Fitness for Duty Testing at the Steel Manufacturers Association Human Resources Conference meeting.
September 2012 - Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, and Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC, will attend and SOMA will have a booth at the 9th IOHA International Scientific Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
September 2012 - Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, and Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC will attend and SOMA will have a booth at the 8th Occupational Safety Health Exhibition for Asia (OS HA) in Singapore.
June 2012 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler, M.D, presented Medical Standards for Job Medical Evaluations: How to Design and Manage at Safety 2012 in Denver, CO.
April 2012 - SOMA business development team members Carol Woodruff and Louis Saindon will exhibit at the Edison Electric Institute Spring Occupational Safety & Health Committee Conference in Albuquerque, NM.
March 2012 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler, M.D., presented Energy Drinks, Drugs and Workplace Enhancement: Fact and Fiction at the South Central US Mine Safety and Health Conference in Austin, TX.
March 2012 - Dr. Connie M. Chuang, M.D., will present on Heat Stress and Carol Woodruff will attend and exhibit at the Steel Manufacturers Association in Birmingham, AL.
March 2012 - Marc Turina, MPT, CPE presented on Ergonomics in the Workplace and SOMA Business Development team members Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC, Carol Woodruff and Louis Saindon will attend and exhibit at the IMA-NA Spring workshop in Orlando, FL.
February 2012 - Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., presented an Industrial Hygiene overview on noise and dust at the PACA Spring Thaw in Collge Station, PA.
January 2012 - Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC, and Carol Woodruff attended and exhibited at the NSC Utilities conference in Orlando, FL.
September 25-28, 2011 - SOMA exhibited at the Edison Electric Institute's Fall Occupational Safety & Health Committee Conference in Charlotte, NC.
September 12-15, 2011 - SOMA attended the Industrial Minerals Association-North America's 2011 Annual Meeting/NISA 75th Anniversary Celebration in Sonoma, CA.
June 30, 2011 - Howard M. Sandler, M.D., and Priya Nagarajan, MEng, CIH, presented Heat Stress Management in the Mining Industry as a webinar for the Industrial Minerals Association - North America.
May 18, 2011 - Howard M. Sandller, M.D., presented on the Aging Workforce to the National Solid Waste Management association (NSWMA) in Dallas, TX.
March 22-24, 2011 - SOMA exhibited at the 29th Annual South Central Joint Mine Health and Safety Conference
March 15, 2011 - Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC presented Maintain and Use of IH Equipment and Understand Sampling Media at the IMA-NA Workshop in Jacksonville, FL.
March 8, 2011 - Howard M. Sandler, M.D., presented The Aging Workforce: Occupational Safety, Health, Hygiene & Wellness Considerations at the Steel Manufacturing Association in Jacksonville, FL.
December 3, 2010 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler presented Occupational Medical Aspects of the Bed Bug Epidemic at the Northeast Industrial Hygiene Conference in New Brunswick, NJ.
November 18, 2010 - Howard M. Sandler, MD, Dennis C. Ertel Jr., CIH, REM, CSP, and Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC presented Hearing Conservation in the Mining Industry - A Perspective on Integrating Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health. This webinar was sponsored by the IMA-NA.
November 3-5, 2010 - SOMA attended and had a booth at the Southeastern US Mine Safety & Health Conference in Birmingham, AL.
September 28-30, 2010 - SOMA attedded the Industrial Minerals Association-North America convention in Park City, UT. Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, REM, CSP, and Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH represented SOMA.
September 26-29, 2010 - SOMA attended the Edison Electric Institute convention in Orlando, FL.
June 16, 2010 - Howard M. Sandler, M.D., and Dennis Ertel, Jr., CIH, REM, CSP presented "Safety, Health and Hygiene: Cost Effective Integrated Program Strategies" at the National ASSE Conference in Baltimore, MD. SOMA also had an exhibit booth.
May 25, 2010 - Dennis Ertel, Jr., CIH, REM, CSP and Priya Nagarajan, CIH, M.Eng presented "Employee Noise Exposure at Residential Construction Sites", at the AIHce 2010 in Denver, CO.
April 25-28, 2010 - SOMA attended the Edison Electric Institute Spring Conference in New Orleans, LA.
April 15, 2010 - Anish Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, presented "MSHA's New Health Emphasis...Are You Ready for an Indistrial Hygiene (IH) Inspection?" The presentation was a webinar sponsored by the Industrial Minerals Association-North America (IMA-NA).
April 9, 2010 - Howard M. Sandler, M.D., and Anne Kogut CIH, CSP, MS presented at the ABA/TTEL conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
February 22-25, 2010 - SOMA attended the FL Mine ESH Conference in Kissimmee, FL.
February 22-24, 2010 - SOMA exhibited at the Industrial Minerals Association - North America (IMA-NA) Technology Workshop in St. Louis, MO.
February 3, 2010 - SOMA attended the ORC Conference in Washington, D.C.
January 24-26, 2010 - SOMA exhibited at the NSC Utilities Conference in Orlando, FL.
May 13, 2009 - Dr. Howard Sandler attended the Emerging and Environmental Claims Managers Association (EECMA) Spring 2009 Meeting and Conference in Captiva Island, Florida. Dr. Sandler spoke to the group about genetics, biomarkers, testing and toxic torts.
June 4, 2009 - Dr. Howard Sandler attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition in Toronto. Dr. Sandler participated in a round-table discussion regarding medical examinations and their revelance in the workplace.
November 4, 2009 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler and Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, were the keynote speakers at the Southeastern US Mine Safety and Health Conference in Birmingham, Alabama where they presented, "How to Merge IH and OH Programs in Times of Economic Uncertainty."
December 4, 2009 - SOMA exhibited at the Northeast Regional Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Brunswick, NJ.
May 2, 2011 - Anish K. Ranpuria, MPH, CIH, COHC, presented at the Edison Electric Institute's Spring Occupational Safety & Health Committee Conference in Columbus, OH.
June 13, 2011 - Howard M. Sandler, M.D., presented and SOMA staff exhibited at the ASSE conference in Chicago, IL.
October 2009 - Dr. Howard M. Sandler and Dennis C. Ertel, Jr., CIH, CSP, REM, were in Henderson, Nevada at the Edison Electric Institute's Fall Occupational Safety and Health Committee Conference where they presented, "OSHA's Proposed Silica Standard and the Epidemiology and Management of Silica Exposures."