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PROGRAM
Midwest Regional Conference on Childhood Lead Poisoning May 10-11, 1972
Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois Sponsored by Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
May 10
9:00 I Conference Welcome
a. Lawrence Breslow, M.D. Illinois Chapter Chairman (Moderator)
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9:15 II General Overview (medically (socially, economically)
Mr. A1 Schaplowsky Bureau of Community, Environmental Management. Cincinnati, Ohio
Agnes Lattimer, M.D. Fantus Clinic Cook County Hospital
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9:35 HI Screening Techniques u .r* i'- c.
a. Fieldwork
John D. Madden, M.D. Woodlawn Community Health Center
b. Laboratory lU
Elinor Bearman, M.D.
Toxicology Department Cook County Hospital
10:20 - 10:35 COFFEE BREAK 10:35 IV Diagnosis * Treatment
c. Audience Reaction
a. private practitioner "you've missed the diagnosis"
b. neurological aspects
c. "suspicion is your greatest weapon"
d. questions answers - audience reaction
Ronald Mack, M.33.
Private Practice
Berwyn, Illinois J. Gordon Millichap, M.D.
Chicago, 111.
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Julian J. Chisolm, M.D. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Md.
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12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
U.S. Senator Charles Percy
1:30 IV Diagnosis - Treatment (cent ) e. Ambulatory Treatment
f. I npatient treatment
Henrietta Sachs, M.O. Director Chicago Lead Poisoning Clinic
Ira Rosenthal, M. D. Director of Pediatrics Cook County Hospital
g. Questions - answers - audience reaction
2:25 - 2:35 STRETCH
2:35 V Prevention
a. role of industry - what they are doing
1. National Paint Coating Assn. - Washington, D.C. (I rCcft? 2. Lead Industries Institute - New York, N. Y.
b. role of the Building Dept.
Joseph Fitzgerald Commissioner of Bldgs - Chicago
c. role of the local Health Dept.
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Commissioner of Health - St. Louis d. role of State Dept, of Health
Bruce Flasher, M.D. Illinois Dept, of Health e. Audience reaction 4:30 Adjourn
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9:00 VI Community Action a, Individual legal action
Chicago Bar Association
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c. Individual action d. Audience reaction
Chicago Medical Committee for Human Rights
St. Louis Medical Comm,
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Mothers Against Lead Poisoning
10:15 VU Political Solution
a. State Government's Role b. Local Government's Role
Robert Mann 111. House of Representatives
Leon Depres Chicago Alderman
c. Nat'l Government's Role Moderator - George Degon Director AAP Office of Government Liaison
U.S. Congressman Ryan New York
d. Audience Reaction 11:30 VUI Patient Education
a. One example: AAP's "Poison in the Walls"
b. Future Plans President's Committee on Patient
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12:10 IX What to do about it Il '
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