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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
EDUCATION:
  • B.A., Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, 1969
  • M.D., Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1974
  • M.P.H., Environmental Health, University of Minnesota, 1984.
CERTIFICATIONS
  • Diplomat of the American Board of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, 1984
  • Master of Public Health, Environmental Health, 1984
  • Certified Medical Review Officer
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
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 MRO’s, January, 1992
  • Member, Credential and Certification Committees, American Association of MRO’s, 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
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
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.