THOMAS C. JETZER, MD, MPH

Occupational Medicine Consultants, Ltd.

6515 Barrie Road

Minneapolis, MN  55435

(952) 920-5663

EDUCATION

MD                                   MPH                                           BA

1974                                 Environmental Health                  Chemistry

University of Minnesota     University of Minnesota               Augsburg College

Minneapolis, MN               Minneapolis, MN                         Minneapolis, MN

CERTIFICATIONS

§ Diplomat of the American Board of Occupational and Preventive Medicine

§ Certified Medical Review Officer AAMRO

§ FAA Medical Examiner (First Class)

§ HIMES II certified medical monitor, FAA

Licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

§ American Academy of Environmental and Occupational Medicine

§ Fellow, American Academy of Environmental and Occupational Medicine

§ Medical Advisor, Xcel Energy, NRG and Nuclear Management Corporation

§ Medical Director, Ceridian

§ Medical Director, Excel Meats, Wichita, Kansas

§ Medical Director, Minneapolis Airports Commission

§ Medical Director, Minneapolis & St, Paul Post Offices

§ Medical Consultant, Honeywell

   Medical Consultant, Unisys

§ Medical Consultant, Cargill, Inc.

§ Medical Advisor, Fingerhut Corporation 1991-1992

§ Medical Advisor, DeZurik, Sartell, mn 1992-1994

§ Medical Consultant, F.B. Hall Company 1992-1993

§ Chief Medical Officer, US Postal Service Upper Midwest Division and Dakotas

§ Team Physician, Minnesota Twins 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 3500 national companies

§ MRO to Pinkerton Services Division

§ Past President, Metropolitan Emergency Room Physician Associates P.A. 1976-1986

§ Medical Advisor, Decathlon Club 1982-1988

§ President, Occupational Medicine Consultants, Ltd. 1988-Present

§ Presenter, 4^th Hand-Arm Vibration Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1987

§ Present, World Conference on VDT Usage, Stockholm, 1986: Topic CTS in the Office

§ Presenter, World Occupational Safety Conference, Stockholm, 1987

§ Presenter and Delegate, 5^th World Hand-Arm Vibration Conference, Kanazawa, Japan, 1989

§ Guest Lecturer, Volvo Hand Conference, Stockholm, 1987

§ Guest Lecturer, University of Uppsala, PT Seminar on Ergonomics, 1987, Uppsala, 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, Burel & Kjaer Company, Naerum, Denmark

§ Ergonomic Consultant, Northwest Airlines, 1986-1988

§ Lecture, 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 Association 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, 1986-1992, Midwest Center for Occupational Health Annual Institute

§ Education Seminar, Ergonomic Medical Management for the Occupational Health Nurse, 1992 American Association 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-Eckrich, Honeywell - 30+ lectures 1990-1992

§ 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

§ Presenter 6^th 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

§ Co-Recipient Safety Award with Cargill/Excel, American Meat Institute National Safety Meeting, Denver, February 1993

§ Medical Director - Twin Cities Managed Care 1992-1994

§ 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 and November 1996

§ Presenter-Minnesota Treatment Protocols for Upper Extremity Injuries, May 1993, Health East Managed Care

§ Reviewer for nation wide pulmonary function testing services for Advantage Health, Kansas City, Kansas 1997-1999

§ United States Representative- ISO T/C 108 WG 8 &3, Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome, Ongoing Meetings in Europe, Prague 1994-95, Warsaw 1996 and London 1997

§ Consulting and conferences on legal issue HAV Syndrome, Kansas City, MO. March 1996

§ United States Representative-ISO TC 108 Committee on Vibration Issues 1994-98

§ Co-Developer of Air Glove to meet ISO 10819 Anti-Vibration Standard (Patented)

§ Medical Director - ErgoAire Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada

§ Presenter-10^th HAV Conference in Nancy, France June 2001

     Guest Lecturer, Hand-Arm Vibration and Whole Body Vibration Ergonomics,

      University of Petoria,  South Africa,  July 2001

     Medical Provider - Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Upper Midwest Region 1998-2011

     Medical Advisor, Minneapolis Fire Department  2001 to present

Presenter and organizer, Excel/Cargill, Physician and Occupational Health Nurse education program July 13-15 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Major League Baseball Medical Meetings, Boston, Dec 2001

Medical Advisor Logistics Health 2000-2003

Medical provider for Center for Disease Control Anthrax Vaccine and Antibiotic Availability Program- 24 hotline Jan 2002 to present

Presenter- American Bar Association meeting- Topic:  Drug Testing Update

Puerto Vallarta Mexico, March 15, 2002

ISO TC 108 Meeting, member of United States delegation, Nancy, France May 2002

Presenter at UK Conference on Vibration, Loughbrough, England, Sept 2002

Minneota Psychological Society Meeting, November 2002, CD and RTW Issues- Presenter

Bioterrorism and Medicine, November 2002, Midwest Occ Health Center

     Major League Baseball Medical Meetings.-Nashville, Tenn. December 13-14,      2002.

     Jan. 14-16, 2003 Mold Identification Course, U of Minnesota

Training at Center for Disease Control Atlanta--Smallpox vaccine adverse reactions. Private session with Dr.Michael Lane.

     Presenter, Worker’s Compensation Update Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

     February 7, 2003, “Is it work related?”

Consultant to Conagra “Presentation on Respiratory Risk from Popcorn

 Production”, Marion, Ohio

     Medical Provider, Department of Defense, US Military Worldwide Alertline for

     Smallpox Vaccination

     Examiner for 88^th Military readiness program 2003-2005, Fort Snelling, Mn

Consultant to Marley Industries- 4 year project on Hand-Arm Vibration prevention, Glasgow Scotland. 

     Invited Presenter, Japan Conference on Human Vibration, July 24-25, 2003

     Attendee ISO meeting, TC 108 Berlin, September 2003

     Baseball Meetings, December, 2003, New Orleans. La

     Occupational Health Seminar for Company Health, April 2004.  London,

     England

     AAMRO recertification course for MRO work.  Recertification as MRO 2004-

     2009

Presenter 10^th International HAVS Conference, June 2004 Las Vega, Nevada

Major League Baseball Medical Meeting, Anaheim, California, Dec 11-13, 2004

Examiner for US ARMY 88^th Support group Deployment reviews 2003-2005

Approx. 2000 physical exams

Member ANSI committee for Vibration Standard, Morganstown, West Virginia, NIOSH office Sept 23, 2005-Draft new ANSI standard for Human Hand-Arm Vibration Exposure-Accepted as ANSI 2.7 2006  (see ANSI office for copy)

Site Visit and ergonomic assessment, Company Health for AIG client BuyDirect, Worcester, England, September 2005

Winter Major League Baseball Meetings,Dallas, Texas, December 2005

Presenter at 1^st NIOSH Human Vibration Conference, Morgantown, W. V. USA, June 24-27 2006

FAA Recertification Course for Aviation Medical Examiner Status.  Albuquerque, New Mexico.  July 13-16 2006

ISO meeting TC 108, Bratislavia, Slovakia, Oct 9-12 2006 US medical representative of US delegation

Medical Meeting, Major league Baseball, Orlando, Florida, De 3-4 2006

Presenter, Annual AED National meeting. April26, 2007, Nashville, Tenn.  Medical Aspects of Upper Extremity Vibration Exposure. 

Presenter, 11^th International HAVS Conference, Bologna, Italy, June 4-6, 2007

Scientech meeting on Medical Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Operators,  Las Vega, Nevada.  August 9-10, 2007

Scientech meeting on Medical Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Operators,  Las Vega, Nevada.  July , 2008

Presenter, 2^nd US NIOSH Vibration conference,  Whole Body Section.  May 2008, Chicago, Il. 

ISO TC108 Human Vibration Meeting, TC 108, Oslo Norway, September, 2008

Major League Baseball Meeting,  December 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada

Scientech Meeting,  NRC June 2009,  Chicago, Il. 

ISO meeting, TC 108, September 2009, Las Vega, Nevada, Part of US delegation

Baseball Winter Medical Meetings, Indianapolis, Indiana December 2009

FAA refresher course, Atlanta, Georgia January 2010

Consultant for revision of ANSI 3.4 standard for Nuclear Operator Medical Qualifications  2009 to present

3rd US Conference on Human Vibration, Iowa City Iowa, June 2010  Guest Lecture.  Medical Aspects of Human Vibration.

Scientech Meeting NRC Conference Nuclear Operator Issue, Las Vegas Nevada  July 2010 and ANSI 3.4 Revision Meeting.

Winter Baseball medical meetings, Major League Baseball, Orlando Florida, December 2010

ANSI  meeting for revision of ANSI 3.4 (1983) 10 CFR 55 revision committee.  January and July 2011 to present

12^th International Vibration Conference, Ottawa, Canada, Jun 17, 2011

Scientech Meeting, NRC Conference Nuclear Operator/ MRO issues,  Clearwater, Florida, June 16^th 2011-presenter

VA Disability examiner for Evalumed 2009 to 2011, Edina, Mn.

Consultant to Harvey Watt Co.  FAA disabilities review. Atlanta Georgia. 2008-present

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

§ "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

§ "Airport EMS" Journal of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 1986

§ "CT Scanning of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A New Tool" Volvo Hand Conference Proceedings, 1986

"The Use of Vibration Testing to Evaluate Workers and Tools" Proceedings of  the  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

§ A Workplace Method of Medical Surveillance for Hand-Arm Vibration, 10^th HAV Conference, Nancy France, June 2001

     “Effective Intervention with Ergonomics, Anti-vibration Gloves, and Medical Surveillance to Minimize Hand-Arm Vibration Hazards in the Workplace”  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Volume 45, Number 12, December 2003.  P. 312-317.

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

Updated November 2011