R. Joseph Tamimie, M.D., FACOEM, Medical Director, graduated from the University of Southern Illinois School of Medicine in 1979. He completed his internship in internal medicine and surgery in 1980 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his residency in occupational and environmental medicine at Kettering Laboratories in association with the University of Cincinnati in 1983. He also completed a fellowship in toxicology and occupational medicine at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York in 1984. Dr. Tamimie has published papers and given presentations based on his extensive research into the effects of chemical exposure in the workplace and the prevention of on-the-job injuries.

Douglas A. Swift, M.D., MSPH, Co-Medical Director, is a 1976 graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed residencies at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans in 1979 in general surgery, at Louisiana State University in 1980 in plastic surgery, and at the University of California at San Francisco in 1982 in occupational medicine. In 1984, Dr. Swift completed a Master of Public Health at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has authored papers and given presentations on toxicology and chemical exposure, workplace back injuries, and injury prevention. He is on the faculties of Tulane University and Louisiana State University Schools of Medicine. He is a consultant to the Louisiana Poison Control Center on occupational and environmental toxicology.