• Invited lecturer at the IAIABC Annual Convention (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions) on September 20-21, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona. Her lecture will be, "How To Rate Permanent Impairment".  http://www.iaiabc.org/events/convention2007/
• Inivited Lecturerer at the North Carolina Industrial Commission Educational Conference in Durham, North Carolina on October 10-12, 2007. She is lecturing on "Practice Guidelines Utilization "
  http://www.comp.state.nc.us/
• Invited Lecturer at the International Commission on Occupational Health; The Musculoskeletal Exam and Treatment Techniques Course in VanCouver, British Columbia on October 24, 25, 2007. This is a course for physicians and healthcare professionals. She is lecturing on "The Approach to the Patient, Causation Assessment", "The Spine", "Prevention & Initial Manement of Delayed Recovery", and "Determining Maximum Medical Improvement", http://acoem.org/icoh.aspx
• Editor in chief of “Insights” - the ACOEM Guidelines newsletter that clarifies ambiguities in the guidelines and uses the guidelines materials to develop specific treatment recommendations. Topics covered have included physical therapy and chiropractic manipulation for low back pain, TENS, Vax-D, heat, ultrasound, discography for low back pain, cognitive behavioral therapy, plantar fasciitis, acupuncture.
• Member of the ACOEM Evidence-Based Practice Committee and the Spine Panel as well as the ACOEM Coding and Return to
  Work Committees
• Editor in Chief AADEP newsletter
• Invited member of the Social Security Advisory Panel on Functional Vocational Expertise and the ACOEM Cornerstone Colloquium on Return to Work

• Article in APG/Insights (ACOEM Newsletter) Role of Opiods in the Management of Work Injuries. Part 1: Focused Literature Review. Elizabeth Genovese, MD, Jeff Harris, MD, Wilhelmina Korevaar, MD, Winter 2007.  Role of Opioids in the Management of Work Injuries. For subscription to APG Insights, a ACOEM educational publication, please follow the link. http://www.acoem.org/publication.aspx?id=68

• AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment – 6th edition. Section Editor for the new AMA Guides – 2006 

• Co-researcher of “The Effects of At-Work Exercise Programs on Neck and Back Comfort and Pain in Computer Users” published Work Volume 28 2007 (Kietrys DM, Galper JG, Verno, VV)

• Invited lecturer at American Occupational Health Conference (May 6, 2007) – “Functional Capacity Evaluations, Description and Utilization of different Functional Capacity Evaluation Models” http://www.acoem.org/default.aspx

Peter Blumenthal, MD, MPH, FACOEM