Opening Session: Induction of New Fellows, C. O. Sappington Lecture, and Awards Presentation

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The opening session of the 101st annual meeting of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine will feature the induction of new Fellows and the C.O. Sappington Memorial Lecture. Named for Clarence Olds Sappington, MD, DrPH (1889-1949), a noted consultant in occupational diseases and industrial hygiene, this lecture is presented annually at AOHC to serves as a forum to address major issues in occupational and environmental medicine. ACOEM past president, Ronald R. Loeppke, MD, MPH, FACOEM, with US Preventive Medicine Inc., will deliver this year’s Sappington lecture on, “Leveraging the Power of Prevention in the Global Quest for Better Health and Safety.”