Pamela Ann Hymel MD MPH FACOEM

Awards
Corporate Health & Wellness Director, Cisco Systems
Phone: 408-527-2651 | email

Dr. Pamela Hymel is currently Corporate Director, Integrated Health and Medical Director for Cisco Systems. In her current position she is designing a global health and productivity program for Cisco employees. Prior to joining Cisco she worked for a year as Senior VP of Sedgwick CMS and completed 16 years of employment with Hughes Electronics where she last served as vice-president of Human Resources, Medical Services and HR Systems. Dr. Hymel has been active in ACOEM and has served as treasurer and is currently on the board of directors.

Dinesh Govindarao MD, MPH, FACOEM

Economic Affairs
Concentra
Oakland, CA
Phone: 925-439-6169 | email

Dr. Govindarao is the National Medical Director for Concentra’s On-site Division. Prior to joining Concentra, Dr. Govindarao was the Medical Director for Boeing Satellite Systems in El Segundo, CA. He is Board Certified in Occupational Medicine. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Hahnemann Medical School (Drexel University). Dinesh completed an Occupational & Environmental residency from UCLA/USC and has a Masters in Public Health from UCLA.

Leslie Israel, DO, MPH

Education
University of California, Irvine
Center for Occupational and Environmental Healt
Irvine, CA 92617
Phone: 949-824-8641 | email

Leslie Israel, DO, MPH is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency Program at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH). She joined the UC Irvine faculty in 2003 to pursue her interest in educating OEM residents. In addition to residency-related tasks, she provides medical oversight for clinical activities within the UCI COEH. Currently, she is working with several governmental agency programs including: ATSDR’s “National Asbestos Health Program” and Department of Industrial Relations (DIR-Cal/OSHA Consultation) and California Department of Health Services “Flavor Industry Safety and Health Evaluation Program.”

Scott Levy, MD, MPH

Membership Chair
Kaiser Permanente
San Rafael, CA
Phone: 415.444.2437 | email

Dr. Levy completed his residency in Internal Medicine and subsequently served as Chief Resident at Staten Island University Hospital in New York. He then went on to complete a residency in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. In addition to a Masters in Public Health from New York University/Mount Sinai Medical Center, he is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine and regularly practices in both fields. Dr. Levy is currently Chief of Occupational Medicine for Kaiser Permanente and serves patients and employers out of San Rafael and Petaluma California.

Taha Ahmad MD MPH

Resident Scholarship Program
Kaiser Permanente
Occupational Health Services
Lancaster, CA
Phone: 661.726.2354 | email

Dr. Ahmad is board certified in internal medicine and occupational medicine. He did his occupational medicine training from University of California Irvine and obtained his MPH from University of California Los Angeles. He became interested in the field of occupational medicine after doing a short research project at NIOSH, West Virginia. Dr. Ahmad has practiced clinical occupational health in Kaiser Southern California since 2003. He currently works in the Antelope Valley offices in Lancaster, CA.

Peter Swann MD FAAFP MRO

Legislative Affairs (Co-Chair)
Concentra On-Call Physician Services
Phone: 925-899-8366 | email

Dr. Swann is the National Medical Director for Concentra On-Call Physician Services and the Lead Medical Review Officer for Concentra Alcohol and Drug Testing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Swann is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Tufts University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Family Practice, having completed a US Army affiliated Family Practice Residency at Fort Ord, California.

Steven C. Schumann, MD

Legislative Affairs (Co-Chair) and Website
Medical Director, Occupational Health
Doctors on Duty/Salinas Urgent Care
Salinas, CA
Phone: 831-755-7880 | email

Dr. Schumann has extensive experience in both private and corporate Occupational Medical environments. His background includes clinical software development as the founder of The Stolas Group, Inc. and its signature product StolaSystem. He has been active on WOEMA's behalf in Legislative Affairs. He Graduated from UC Irvine School of Medicine and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Valley Medical Center in Fresno, California.

Craig F Conlon MD PhD

Nominating Committee
Pacific Occupational Medical Associates
29209 Laro Drive
Agoura Hills CA 91301-1674
Phone: 818.586.9303 | email

Dr. Conlon is the Director of Occupational Health Services at Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks. He is board certified in Occupational Medicine. At UCLA he is a course lecturer at the School of Public Health and has recently completed his PhD with an emphasis in Ergonomics. He participates on volunteer staff of the UCLA School of Nursing and program advisory board as well as Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Residency Committee for the Occupational Medicine Residency.

T Warner Hudson III MD FACOEM FAAFP

Ethics Committee
Director: Health, Safety and Environment, DST Output
El Dorado Hills CA
Phone: 916.939.5580 | email

Dr. Hudson graduated from UNC Chapel Hill Medical School and trained at UC Davis Medical Center in Family Practice. He completed additional training in Occupational Medicine at UCSF and is board certified in both Family Practice and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Hudson has served WOEMA previously as Chair of Membership, Legislative, and Nominating Committees as well as President and Chairman. He is a member of the California Strategic Committee on Terrorism.

Robert J. Pandya, MD, MPH

CMA Young Physician Representative
Occupational Health Services
Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: 323.857.2053 | email

Dr. Pandya is a physician at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.

Dennis Pocekay, MD, MPH

WOHC 2008: Napa
TPMG, Inc.
Petaluma, CA
Phone: 707-765-3522 | email

Dr. Pocekay is Chief of the Department of Occupational Medicine at TPMG in San Rafael, CA and a Staff Physician in the Petaluma office. He received his MPH from University of California, Berkeley, and his MD from Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Dr. Pocekay went into Occupational Medicine because of special interest in musculoskeletal disorders. His interests include fibromyalgia, disability management, and occupational health and safety services. He especially enjoys teaching small groups and primary care providers.