CURRICULUM VITAE

 

PHILIP ADAMO, M.D., M.P.H., FACOEM, CIME

padamo@4oms.com

 

 

ADDRESS

 
 
                                             OFFICE

                                             294 First Street

                                             Pittsfield, MA  01201                                                                                 

                                             413.443.7799    FAX 413.443.7799

                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                

EDUCATION

 
 
                                              B. S., Fordham University

                                              Bronx, New York 1978

 

                                              M.D., Universidad Del Noreste

                                              Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico 1982

                                              All clinical training during third and fourth years done at the

                                              University of Massachusetts Medical School and affiliate

          hospitals.

     Fifth Pathway, University of Massachusetts Medical School

     1982-83

     Internal Medicine Internship and Residency Berkshire

                                              Medical Center (A major teaching hospital of U Mass

                                              Medical School) 1983-86

     Master of Public Health, Medical College of Wisconsin,

                                              May 1997

 

LICENSURE AND

CERTIFICATION

 
 
                                             Massachusetts License February 1983  

                                             New York State License, August 1986

                                             Connecticut License, November 2002

                                             Board Certified Internal Medicine, September 1987

                                             Board Certified Occupational Medicine, January 1997

                                             MRO Certification February 1994, 1998, 2003, 2009

Fellow of the American College of Occupational and  Environmental Medicine(FACOEM) February 2004

Certified Independent Medical Examiner August 2007

Certified Aviation Examiner 12/28/07

                                               

PRACTICE

EXPERIENCE

 
 
                                            Private Practice, Occupational Medicine Services to serve the  employers and employees in Berkshire County. I also perform IME’s and medical record/peer to peer reviews on a regular basis for a variety of third parties.  I provide consultation services to hospitals in Massachusetts (Mercy Hospital) and Connecticut (Griffin Hospital). These consultation services are for direct patient care and medical case management of the hospitals’ workers compensation and non workers compensation cases. I also provide MRO services to Southcoast Hospitals Group and Holyoke Hospital.

                                           

PRACTICE

EXPERIENCE

CONTINUED
 
Medical Director- Griffin Hospital Occupational Medical Center, Shelton, Ct, 2003-present.  Main responsibilities include policy development, management and coordination of worker’s compensation cases for the hospital, regulation compliance and education. Major companies that I have provided consultation to include: Unilever. Griffin Hospital has made Fortune Magazine’s top 100 employer of the year for several years. It is a Plaintree Hospital. 

 

                                            City Physician-City of Pittsfield 1998-present

                                            Services provided include pre-placement evaluation for all new           

                                            city employees as well as injury evaluation and treatment and 

                                            fitness for duty evaluations for non-work connected  injuries

                                            and illnesses. I have developed drug/alcohol policy for  non-DOT employees. Provide Police/Firefighter exams and injury case management.

 

Chairman, Pittsfield Board of Health December 2004-present  

                                             This is a voluntary position  

 

                                             Board member, Sharps Injury Prevention Advisory

                                             Committee,  Massachusetts Department of Public Health 2002-

                                             Present (voluntary position)

 

                                            Medical Director - Berkshire Occupational Health

                                             September 1994 – May 2003.  This is a hospital based occupational health program servicing approximately 400 employers in the Berkshire County area. As the first full time medical director, I was able to increase the client company base from 80 to the current number over 400. Major companies that I served as a consultant include Crane and Company, Excelsior Printing and Engraving, Mead Paper Co., Ceramaseal, Steinerfilm, City of Pittsfield, The Berkshire Eagle, US Postal Service, Specialty Minerals, Berkshire Medical Center.    

                                                                                                              

                                             Responsibilities included coordination and management of worker’s compensation cases, consultation to write protocols for compliance with OSHA regulations, writing and collaborating with these organizations on Drug and Alcohol policies for both regulated and non-regulated testing.  I also formed a Consortium/TPA for local companies.  I reorganized the department of Occupational Health, increased the productivity, revenues and brought the department and hospital in compliance with many new government regulations at that time.  I worked closely with human resource managers of our client companies as well as safety managers to strive for a reduction in lost time as a result of worker’s injuries through the development of “modified duty” jobs. For many of the companies and especially for the City of Pittsfield, I have been involved with disability management for both work and non-work connected illnesses and injuries.

 

 GE Plastics, Pittsfield, Clinical Director August 1987 – May          1999.  Responsibilities included medical surveillance, physical examinations, and workers’ compensation evaluation. I worked closely with the cost containment manager for health care for personal illnesses.  I developed the foreign travel assessment and immunization program.  I supported and supervised EMT's activities and emergency response protocol.  I have had experience with data entry of medical examinations and creation of Health Status Reports at GE.  I created on-site primary care for employees.  I assisted GE Plastics in setting up Medical Departments in Tampico, Mexico and Cobourg, Canada.  I also participated in the epidemiological study at Parkersburg, WV plant because of high incidence of heart disease.

 

Ø  Private Practice- Internal Medicine, February 1987- July 1995    

Ø   Fairview Hospital Emergency Room August 1986-June1987   

Ø   Worthington Health Center-Locum Tenems 1985-1987                                      

Ø  Berkshire Medical Center Employee Health

      February 1987 - July 1987 (Temporary Position)

                                                                      

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HOSPITAL&

ADMINISTRATIVE

RESPONSIBILITIES
 
Executive Committee of Medical Section at Berkshire

                                               Medical Center 1992 - 2000

Ø  On search committee at Berkshire Medical Center for

                                               Chairman, Departments of Psychiatry, and Medicine 1993-94

Ø  Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine February 1994 -

                                               December 1995

Ø  Acting Chairman, Department of Medicine June1994 -

                                               October 1994

Ø  Medical Records Committee 1987 - 1995

Ø  Environment of Care Committee, Berkshire Medical Center

                                              October 1994 - Present

Ø  Champion of task force to provide a “Latex Safe”

                                               Environment at Berkshire Medical Center.  This is a

                                               multidisciplinary task force. The Latex Safe Policy was

                                               co-authored by three team members and myself.

Ø Champion of task force to provide a Needle Safe Environment        at Berkshire Medical Center.

Ø Chair of Value Analysis-New Product Evaluation Committee

Ø As a consultant I started and chair a task force for sharps injury prevention and treatment at Griffin Hospital 2007-present. 

 

 

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ACADEMIC

APPOINTMENTS
 
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of

                                               Massachusetts Medical School since March 1997

Ø  Created curriculum for putting Occupational and

                                                Environmental Medicine in the Internal Medicine

                                                Residency Program at Berkshire Medical Center

Ø  Created curriculum elective in Occupational and

                                               Environmental Medicine for medical students at

                                               University of Massachusetts

 

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PROFESSIONAL

SOCIETAL

MEMBERSHIPS

          

 
Massachusetts Medical Society; President, Berkshire     District 2004-2006 —formerly treasurer

                                               Served on the Committee of Environmental and Occupational                               Health for 6 years

Ø  American College of Occupational and Environmental                             Medicine Served on the House of Delegates for 3 years

Ø  New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Currently Vice President, Board member 2000-present

 

                                                                                                      

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EDUCATIONAL

CONTRIBUTIONS
 
Presentations on Exposure Control Plan - Bloodborne       Pathogens to a variety of audiences from first responders to mid-level providers. 

Ø   Presentation on Smoking Cessation Program to physicians.

                                               Statistical information on program designed by me at GE

                                               Plastics

Ø   Presentation on Drug and Alcohol Programs in the

       Workplace given to client companies                                                

Ø    Presentation on Managed Care, How It Affects Residents

Ø    Lecture Series for Medical Residents:  Topics in

                                              Occupational Medicine for the Primary Care Physician

Ø   Organized and contributed two seminars for client

                                              companies: A Day in the Life of Occupational Health.

                                               September 1996, May 1999, May 2001   

 

Ø  Berkshire AHEC:  Legal, & Ethical Considerations in                                                     Medicine - three sessions:  1)  Legal, Ethical, and Medical

                                               Issues in Workers’ Compensation, 2) OSHA Regulations

                                               and How They Affect the Physician, 3) The Americans with

                                               Disabilities Act:  Implications for the Physician.

Ø  PCB Forum Panelist, sponsored by the Central Berkshire    League of Women Voters, October 1997 

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EDUCATIONAL

CONTRIBUTIONS

Continued
 
November 2001  Participant in conference sponsored by UMASS Lowell on “Occupational Health and Safety in the Changing Healthcare Industry” I presented two workshops on needlesafe practices and processes that I instituted at Berkshire Medical Center

Ø  December 2001, Speaker at Annual AIDS Day conference sponsored by AHEC,  Topic: Update on HIV and Hepatitis

Ø  June 2002, Speaker on HIV/AIDS in the New Millennium, sponsored by AHEC

Ø  January –November 2007- Chairperson for annual NECOEM Conference

Ø  January 2009-present- Committee member for the annual

NECOEM conference

 

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COMMUNITY

ACTIVITIES
 
 Volunteer Counselor for Bereavement Support Group,

                                               Sacred Heart Parish 1995-2006

Ø  Committee member to raise funds to support a year 2000      improved computer technology for my children’s’ middle school

Ø  Community presentations on Hepatitis C given throughout the year

Ø  Taught 9th grade CCD at Sacred Heart 2000-2001

Ø  Team photographer for all of my children’s sports events

 

 

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PUBLICATIONS
 
Adamo, Philip:  Partnership with Health Care in the

                                                Workplace.  Berkshire Business Journal, September 1996

                                                Vol. 10, No. 11, Page 21

Ø  Adamo, Philip:  The ABC’s of OSHA Regulation in Health

    Care Facilities:  Berkshire Medical Journal, Fall 1996,

                                                Vol. 4, No.3.

Ø  Adamo, Philip: The Benefits of a modified duty program in a    hospital setting, Berkshire Medical Journal, Fall 1997, Vol 5, No. 3.                

 

 

 

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MANUALS

WRITTEN
 
Wrote GE Plastics General Medical Examination guide.        

Ø  Wrote Exposure Control Plan for GE Plastics, Pittsfield and

                                             sites. This was updated each year.  The lectures were video

                                             taped and used at other sites.