Children’s Environmental

Health Symposium
Conference Brochure
 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium
September 13-14, 2018
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas – Love Field
3300 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235

Conference Overview & Target Audience

The Children's Environmental Health Symposium will provide important information about environmental
impacts on children’s health. Physicians, mid-level providers, registered nurses, social workers, public health
practitioners, community health workers, policy makers, academics, and others in the community will be
informed about the critical links between the environment and health, which is an essential step towards
improving health outcomes.

Plenary morning sessions will focus on childhood lead poisoning, emerging environmental health issues, and
the benefit of telehealth and virtual health services on improving health outcomes. Afternoon sessions are
planned for clinical and public health tracks.

Objectives
Following the conference, the participant will be able to:
• Recognize the continuing threat of lead poisoning to children, regardless of socioeconomic level.
• Identify several emerging environmental threats to children's health.
• Identify triggers to environmental illnesses, such as asthma, and preventive methods.

Registration Information
Registration is free and includes continental breakfast and lunch. Please notify us of any special dietary needs
at swcpeh@ttuhsc.edu. Complimentary parking is available at the conference site. The DoubleTree provides
shuttle service to and from the Love Field Airport.

Register HERE!
If you are unable to register online or experience any technical issues, please send your name, email, and
professional title to swcpeh@ttuhsc.edu.

Lodging
For hotel room reservations at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas, please visit the link below to secure a
reservation at the discounted rate.
https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/D/DALLODT-CEH-
20180911/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
CME & CNE Accreditation and Designation
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine designates this live
activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Children’s Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association -
Approver, an accredited approver with distinction, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission
on Accreditation.

Contact hours will be awarded.

This CNE activity is being jointly provided by Children’s Health collaboratively with Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center El Paso, Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, and West Texas Regional Poison Center.

Event planners reserve the right to cancel this conference or make speaker substitutions in the event of
unforeseen or extenuating circumstances. In an effort to conserve resources, no printed materials will be
available. Attendees at the conference will receive a thumb drive with conference materials to download or
print. Conference dress is casual and each attendee is encouraged to bring a sweater or jacket for comfort
during the meeting. Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids or services must submit a written request
to Ms. Huerta at swcpeh@ttuhsc.edu so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Thursday, September 13, 2018 CEUs = 6.5
7:30 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:30 Opening Remarks
Anne Idsal
Martha Berger
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary Session 1
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD 1
The importance of primordial prevention
9:30 – 10:30 Plenary Session 2
Alan Woolf, MD, MPH
1
New challenges from an old foe: childhood lead poisoning in
2018
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Plenary Session 3
Marya Zlatnik, MD, MMS
1
Preconception and prenatal lead exposures and their long-
term effects on children
11:45 - 12:30 Plenary Session 4: Panel Discussion
Alan Woolf, MD, MPH
Marya Zlatnik MD, MMS .75
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
Sing-Yi Feng, MD
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 Concurrent Session 1
Track A – Alan Woolf, MD, MPH
PFAS in Your Food & Water? What you need to know about
these emerging pollutants! .75

Track B – Paul Wax, MD

Mercury incident in a Dallas school
2:15 – 2:45 Concurrent Session 2
Track A –Scott Crawford, MD
Seasonal undulations modulations and medical emergencies
review - SUMMER .5

Track B – Stormy Monks, PhD, MPH, CHES

Building blocks to healthy schools
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Concurrent Session 3
Track A – Sing-Yi Feng, MD
Elemental mercury poisoning in children
.75
Track B – Lorie Wolfe, MS, CGC
Teratogens: agents that can harm a baby during pregnancy
and breastfeeding
3:45 – 4:30 Concurrent Session 4
Track A - Marya Zlatnik, MD, MMS
Counseling women about emerging environmental threats in
pregnancy
.75
Track B – Kenneth McPherson, MPH
Addressing pests and pesticides in school, head start, and
childcare settings
Friday, September 14, 2018 CEUs = 5.75
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary Session 5
Brett Roth, MD 1
Arsenic poisoning
9:30 – 10:30 Plenary Session 6
Tamara Perry 1
Improving access in rural communities with telemedicine
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Plenary Session 7
Mehran Massoudi, PhD, MPH
1
Opportunities for collaboration between the Region VI Offices
of HHS and EPA
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 1:30 Concurrent Session 1
Track A – Kurt Kleinschmidt, MD, FACMT, FASAM
Addiction and the mom, the baby, and their environment
.75
Track B – Patrick Young, MS, RS
Choose safe places for early care and education
1:30 – 2:15 Concurrent Session 2
Track A – Pamela Rogers, MBA /Sharon Lemley, RN
Environmental Control Impacts Asthma Control: A Partnership
to Understand .75

Track B – Robert Curry

Dallas code revision initiative
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15 Concurrent Session 3
Track A – Stephen Borron, MD, MS
Hurricanes' effects on children's health – Can preparation
improve outcomes? .75

Track B – Emily Hall, MPH

Epidemiology of childhood Leukemia
3:15 – 3:45 Concurrent Session 4
Track A – Salvador Baeza, PharmD
It’s 4:20, do you know where your kids are?
.5
Track B – Emilio Saenz
Role of community health workers