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Program in Occupational and Environmental Health
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Dr. Denece O. Kesler, M.D., M.P.H., FACOEM
Board certified in Occupational Medicine, she is the Director of the Program in Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. She is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

Dr. Kesler brings extensive experience in teaching health care providers in the field of occupational and environmental health. She will develop and present educational programs on environmental health issues associated with New Mexico. Dr. Kesler will be available for consultation and seeing patients in New Mexico as needed. She is licensed in New Mexico.

West Texas Regional Poison Center at Thomason Hospital

America’s First 24-Hour Bilingual (English/Spanish) Regional Poison Center Certified by American Association of Poison Control Centers

Dr. John F. Haynes, Jr.
Medical Director of the West Texas Regional Poison Center at Thomason Hospital (WTRPC) in El Paso, Texas.

John Haynes, Jr. is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. He has concentrated his extensive teaching and research efforts on occupational medicine and environmental health issues of the U.S. / Mexico Border and has established several collaborative bi-national programs in this region. Dr. Haynes has served as the Medical Director of the WTRPC since it’s inception.

Dr. Leo Artalejo III
Director of the West Texas Regional Poison Center at Thomason Hospital (WTRPC) in El Paso, Texas.

Leo Artalejo has over 35-years of extensive experience to include: toxicology, poison center operations, and a variety of pharmacy operatons. He serves as a preceptor for University of Texas-Austin, University of Texas-El Paso, University of New Mexico and University of Houston PharmD students. Dr. Artalejo has served as the Director of the WTRPC since it’s beginning.

West Texas Regional Poison Center at Thomason Hospital (WTRPC) is located in El Paos and is the only poison center located directly on the entire 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border. The WTRPC is nationally recognized for its bilingual and culturally sensitive poison center services and educational programs provided to 1.4 million people in its 36-county West Texas border service region.

In 2004, the WTRPC entered a collaborative partnership with the Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health-Tyler (SWCPEH) to provide 24-hour/365-days bilingual Pharmacist/Nurse Specialists’ call handling of SWCPEH’s Pediatric Environmental Health Reporting Line of 1-888-901-5665. The line is free of charge to the caller and assists people to address environmental concerns.

Additional SWCPEH Partners

Baylor College of Medicine: Environmental Health Section, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center; Pediatrics Residency Program

SWCPEH has co-sponsored several children’s environmental health conferences in the Texas Medical Center directed by a dynamic and dedicated individual, Dr. Winifred Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton was instrumental in establishing the Environmental Health Houston website (http://envirohealthhouston.org/) and participates in a wide range of environmental activities, from local, grass roots advocacy groups to state-of-the-art federally funded research. In addition, SWCPEH has worked with the Baylor Pediatrics Residency program, one of the largest pediatrics residencies in the U.S. Dr. Cherry of SWCPEH has presented Grand Rounds at Baylor and a CNE lecture for the Baylor distance learning network. Dr. Lowry has also presented Grand Rounds. Baylor faculty have developed educational modules in children’s environmental health with support from SWCPEH.

Northeast Texas Public Health District:

SWCPEH has sponsored an environmental education project targeting second hand smoke and lead along with promotion of hand washing to decrease accidental ingestion of toxic substances. The project is conducted by 2 Hispanic, bilingual health educators who make presentations to community groups such as parents enrolled in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutritional supplementation program, parents of school children at PTA meetings, and directly to Jr. High school children. The program has been very successful in reaching thousands of citizens with positive feedback on surveys.

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