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Don't Be Mis-Lead! Pathways to Lead Exposure 

 Children, Family and Community

Join the progress against childhood lead poisoning.

Speakers

Anita Stewart, MD, MPH, JD, MBA

Billings Fellow 

Dr. Anita Stewart,  Pediatrician , has over 40 years of experience , is a clinical advisor to the LARC Foundation.  She is a Billings Fellow, Director on the Board of Governors, and is highly interested in public health, health policy, and social determinants. Dr. Stewart is member of the IOMC's Maternal & Child Health Workgroup and its former Chair. Previously, Dr. Stewart was the Medical Director of Government Programs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans. Blue Cross and Blue Shield has more than 7 million members and is the largest health insurer in Illinois. Started in 1936, BCBSIL is committed to promoting the health and wellness of its members and its communities through accessible, cost-effective, quality health care. 

Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program

Certified in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Occupational Medicine

Dr. Susan Buchanan, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program, is dual-certified in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Occupational Medicine. She practiced primary care for over a decade prior to joining the department, adding teaching and research to her active Occupational and Environmental Medicine practice. She directs the Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health, a ATSDR/EPA funded Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, which is a referral center for physicians, parents, and concerned communities in the Midwest. 

Dr. Buchanan's practice involves the evaluation of pediatric and adult patients with health problems related to their environment either in the workplace or community. Her research interests include the safety and occupational health of low income and immigrant workers as well as environmental exposures to children and women of childbearing age, areas in which she has published numerous peer reviewed studies.

About the LARC Foundation 

The Lead Abatement Resource Center Foundation (LARC Foundation) is an independent nonprofit organization (501c3) dedicated to eliminating positive blood levels in children. We do this through education, advocacy, and research on the child, the family, and the community. 

In children especially, a positive blood lead level results in cognitive impairment and a lifetime of mental and physical health challenges. There is no acceptable level of lead exposure.

Today, we are engaged in a broad lead awareness campaign focused on communities where there is a known propensity of measured blood lead levels in children. Our program framework describes the primary sources of lead contamination; offers practical prevention methods, and identifies resources for testing, evaluation, care, and if necessary, remediation.

The LARC “framework,” addresses public health, healthcare, and environmental issues.

We are evaluating, implementing, advocating, educating, and researching effective solutions to all types of lead hazards in the environment through cooperative partnerships with community groups, government agencies, businesses, and individuals. www.larcusa.org

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          IOMC Programmatic Focus -Pathways to Lead Exposure

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