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| BIOGRAPHICAL DATA - THOMAS C. JETZER, M.D., M.P.H. |
ADDRESS: 6515 Barrie Road, Minneapolis, MN 55435,
USA
BUSINESS PHONE: (612) 920-5663
EMAIL: tomjetzer@aol.com |
COMPANIES:
- Occupational Medicine Consultants, Ltd., 6515 Barrie Road,
Minneapolis, MN 55435: President
- ErgoAir, Inc., 3939 Briarcrest Court, Las Vegas, NV 89120:
Medical Director
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EDUCATION:
- B.A., Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, 1969
- M.D., Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1974
- M.P.H., Environmental Health, University of Minnesota, 1984.
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CERTIFICATIONS
- Diplomat of the American Board of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, 1984
- Master of Public Health, Environmental Health, 1984
- Certified Medical Review Officer
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American Academy of Aerospace Medicine
- American Academy of Occupational Medicine
- American Academy of Family Practice
- Fellow, American Academy of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Society
- EMCAPS/Metro EMS Committee of Twin City Metro Council,
1980-1990
- Occupational Medicine Representative to Inter-Specialty
Council of Minnesota Medical Association, 1985-90
- Member Airline Medical Director Association
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Twenty years of practice of Family Practice Medicine
- Twelve years of practice of Emergency Medicine
- Fourteen Years of practice of Occupational Medicine
- Developed and Trained National Provider Network and Case
Management System for Levi Strauss, Cargill Meat Division-Excel, National Beef and Control
Data
- Implemented Policies and Procedures to Comply with OSHA 3123
with the Meat Packing Industry for Cargill Excel Nation Wide Plants
- Medical Management of Workers' Comp Cases for Medtronic,
Honeywell and Control Data Corporation
- Medical Advisor, Ceridian Corporation 1987-Present
- Medical Advisor, Metropolitan Airports Commission 1987-Present
- Medical Advisor, Medtronic Corporation 1990-1996
- Medical Advisor Cargill-Excel Wichita, Kansas 1990-Present
- Medical Advisor, Finger hut Corporation 1991-1993
- Medical Advisor Minneapolis Public Schools 1988-1997
- Medical Advisor DeZurik, Sartell, Minnesota
- Medical Consultant, Honeywell Corporation 1991-Present
- Medical Consultant, F. B. Hall Company 1992-1993
- Chief Medical Officer, St. Paul and Minneapolis Post Office
and Upper Midwest Division Medical Director, Northern States Power 1993-Present
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School, University of Minnesota;
School of Public Health Course, "Ergonomics in Occupational Health" 1985-1993
- Minnesota State Demonstration DOT Road Side Drug Testing MRO
Project
- New Jersey State Demonstration DOT Road Side Drug Testing MRO
Project
- MRO officer for over 4500 national companies
- Past President, Metropolitan Emergency Physicians Associates
P.A. 1976-1986
- Medical Advisor, Decathlon Club (1982-1989)
- President, Occupational Medicine Consultants, Ltd.
1988-Present
- Presenter, 4th Hand-Arm Vibration Conference, Stockholm,
Sweden, 1987
- Presenter, World Conference on VDT Usage, Stockholm, 1986.
Topic: CTS in the Office
- Presenter, World Occupational Safety Conference, Stockholm,
1987
- Presenter and Delegate, 5th World Hand-Arm Vibration
Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, 1989
- Guest Lecturer, Volvo Hand Conference, Stockholm, 1987
- Guest Lecturer, University of Uppsula, PT Seminar on
Ergonomics, 1987, Uppsula, Sweden
- Lecturer, 1987-1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand,
San Francisco, Ann Arbor and Chicago
- Presenter, American Back Society, Las Vegas, December 1989,
Topic: Ergonomics
- Ergonomic Consultant, Bruel & Kjaer Company, Naerum,
Denmark
- Ergonomic Consultant, Northwest Airlines 1986-1988
- Lecturer, American Meat Institute Safety Meeting, Ergonomics
and Medical Management, September and December 1990, Chicago and New Orleans
- Lecturer, Role of MRO Officer, Medtox Drug Symposium, 1990
- Lecturer, Assembly Engineering Conference, September 1990,
Chicago, Ergonomics
- Instructor, Minnesota State OSHA Representative Ergonomic
Training Program, October, 1990
- Presenter, Seminar on Ergonomics, Cooper Tools, Raleigh, NC
1990
- Lecturer, American Back Society, San Francisco, Ergonomics and
Occupational Medicine, December 1990
- Instructor, North Dakota Governors Conference, Bismarck,
ND, 1991 Ergonomics and Occupational Medicine
- Presenter, American Academy of Occupational Health Nurses,
National Meeting, Houston, Texas, Team Building in Occupational Health
- Guest Lecturer, Medical Ergonomics, The St. Paul Companies,
Minneapolis, 1991
- Presenter, US Postal System Medical Training Course, Subject:
Ergonomics in the Post Office, Washington, DC, October 1991
- Course Author and Instructor, Ergonomics in Occupational
Health, 1986-1991, Midwest Center for Occupational Health Annual Institute
- Education Seminar, Ergonomic Medical Management for the
Occupational Health Nurse, 1992 American Academy of Occupational Health Nurses,
Washington, DC
- Panel Member, DOT MRO Drug Testing Review, Minneapolis,
December 1991
- Corporate Instructor on Ergonomics for Cargill, Brown Shoe,
Levi Strauss, Swift-Eckerich, Honeywell-30+ lecture 1990-92
- Consultant on Vibration and Ergonomics, FMC Corporation
- Co-presenter, Ergonomics and Medical Management, F.B. Hall
Company, Bloomington, Minnesota, November 1991
- Chairman, Professional Liaison Committee, American Association
of MROs, January, 1992
- Member, Credential and Certification Committees, American
Association of MROs, January 1992
- Presenter 6th International Hand-Arm Vibration Conference,
Bonn, Germany 1992
- Guest Presenter DOT MRO Conference, San Francisco, June 1992
- Presenter, F. B. Hall Companies Update on Minnesota Managed
Care, November 1992 (Co Presenter with Commissioner Lenness)
- US Representative-ISO Working Group 108SC for Standard Setting
on Hand Arm Vibration - Bonn Germany 1992 and London England 1993
- Invited Presenter, DOT Demonstration Project Workshop,
Washington D.C. November 1993
- Co-Recipient Safety Award with Cargill/Excel, American Meat
Institute National Safety Meeting, Denver, February, 1993
- Medical Director-Twins Cities Managed Care, 1992-Present
- Sponsored Four Yearly Training Seminars with DOT Staff for
Company Compliance with Federally Mandated Drug Testing Programs
- Coordinator of National Training program Excel Physician
Provider Network, March 1993
- Presenter-Minnesota Treatment Protocols for Upper Extremity
Injuries, May 1993, Health East Managed Care
- Invited Delegate 2nd Stockholm HAV Workshop, Stockholm Sweden
May 1994
- Invited Delegate 2nd Stockholm HAV Workshop, Stockholm Sweden
May 1994
- Presenter, MRO Update, ACOEM National Meeting Las Vegas, May
1995
- Presenter, 7th Hand Arm Vibration Meeting, Prague Czech
Republic, May 1995
- Member ISO Committee Tc 108 SC/4 WG 8, Standardization of
Vibrotactile Measurement, Prauge Czech Republic, May 1995
- Presenter IBP Ergonomic Conference-September 1998
- Advisor to AIEG Insurance Group-National Construction Company
Consortium
- Co-Medical Provider-Minnesota Twins Baseball Team 1994-1999
- Medical Advisor to Ford Motor Company, St. Paul Facility
- Presenter 9th International Hand-Arm Vibration
Conference, Umea, Sweden, June 1998 (publications pending)
- Medical Advisor, Minneapolis Fire Department, 1999
- Medical Advisor, North and South Dakota Post Offices
- Co own and Medical Director- ErgoAir, Inc., Las Vegas, Neveda-
Developer of Air Glove Technology
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SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
- Eight papers on Transplantation, Renal and Liver Disease
From time at University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery Co-authored with
Dr. J.S. Najarian, 1970-75
- "Use of Vibrometry in Assessment of CTS," World
Occupational Safety Conference, 1986
- "CT Scanning of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Surgical
Correlation" in General Electric CT Symposium, 1986
- "Airport EMS" Journal of Aviation, Space and
Environmental Medicine, 1986
- "CT Scanning of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A New Tool,"
Volvo Hand Conference Proceedings, 1987
- "The Use of Vibration Testing to Evaluate Workers and
Tools," Proceedings of 5th Hand-Arm Vibration Conference, 1989
- "The Use of Vibration Testing in the Early Evaluation of
Workers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" Journal of Occupational Medicine, Volume 33, No.
2, February 1991
- "Use of Air Bladder Technology to Solve Hand Tool Vibration Problems." (with
D.D. Reynolds), 7th International Conference on Hand-Arm Vibration, Umea, Sweden, June
9-12, 1998.
- "Use of Air Bladder Technology in Antivibration Gloves." (with D.D. Reynolds),
34th United Kingdom Meeting on Human Response to Vibration, Ford Motor Comapny, Dunton,
Essex, England, September 22-24, 1999
- "Evaluation of the Test Procedures in ISO Standard 10819." (with D.D.
Reynolds), 34th United Kingdom Meeting on Human Response to Vibration, Ford Motor Comapny,
Dunton, Essex, England, September 22-24, 1999
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PATENTS:
- "Hand Covering with Vibration Reducing Bladder,"
(with D. D. Reynolds), Patent Number 5,537,688, July 23, 1996.
- "Hand and Handle Covering with Vibration Reducing
Bladder," (with D. D. Reynolds), Patent Number 5,771,490, June 30, 1998.
- "Hand Covering with Vibration Reducing Bladder,"
(with D. D. Reynolds), PCT International Patent Application, patent application in
process.
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