Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH

Tee L. Guidotti is Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health. He is also Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology at GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

• Contact Professor Guidotti at:
• 2100 M St., NW, Suite 203
• Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
• School of Public Health and Health Services
• The George Washington University
• Washington, DC 20052
• Phone: (202) 994-1734
• Fax: (202) 994-0011(general); (202) 994-5579(confidential and patient information)
• Email: eohtlg@gwu.edu

Professor Guidotti's dry sense of humor - so dry, in fact, that a listener might not get his joke until days after hearing it - does not mask his passionate commitment to environmental health. "I have been fortunate to work in a field that brings together two concerns of great importance to me: the integrity of the environment and protection of human health," he says. "Occupational health is a highly specialized part of that world, with its own formidable challenges and opportunities." He has more than 180 publications to his credit, some focused on highly technical problems with narrow applications, some on much broader issues of values and policy.

Dr. Guidotti is Director of EOH's Center for Risk Science and Public Health and Co-director of its Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment. Prior to coming to the Medical Center in 1999, Dr. Guidotti spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. In 2006, Dr. Guidotti will begin a one-year term as President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He will be on sabbatical for the academic year 2006-07.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences), University of Southern California, 1971
Doctor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 1975
Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1981

Teaching

PubH 223-Principles of Environmental and Occupational Toxicology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
PubH 224-Problem Solving in Environmental and Occupational Health (formerly, Applied Environmental and Occupational Toxicology), Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Research

Dr. Guidotti's primary research interests are focused on occupational and environmental lung disorders, inhalation toxicology, air quality, ecosystem and human health and the evaluation of scientific evidence for use in the legal and policy arena. In the area of occupational health, he has been particularly involved with the hazards facing firefighters and other first responders, and on issues in the oil and gas industry. His environmental health research has focused on air quality, especially oxides of nitrogen, air toxics, especially hydrogen sulfite, and risk science. Dr. Guidotti has also worked in the area of homeland security and its implications for public health.

Departments

• Environmental and Occupational Health

Institutes & Centers

• Center for Risk Science and Public Health
• Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment

Research Activities

• Environmental health in the built environment
• Evidence-based medical dispute resolution
• First responders, Emergency Medical Service personnel and firefighters
• Global education in occupational health
• Oil and gas industry

Community Activities

• Drinking water quality in Washington, DC
• Infrastructure Advisory Team, Department of Homeland Security
• Workforce protection

Publications

• Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
  Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine. Veterans and Agent Orange: Length of presumptive period for association between exposure and respiratory cancer. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2004.
• Essentials of medical geology
  Guidotti TL. Toxicology. In: Essentials of medical geology, Selinus O, Finkelman RF, et. al. San Diego: Academic Press, 2004, pp. 595 608.
• Coordinating investigations: can we walk and chew gum at the same time?
  Guidotti TL. Coordinating investigations: can we walk and chew gum at the same time? J Emerg Manage 2004;2 (1):16-8.
• Why do public health practitioners hesitate?
  Guidotti TL. Why do public health practitioners hesitate? J Homeland Security and Emergency Management [serial on-line] 2004;1 (4):art.403.
• Diagnosis and initial management of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos.
  Guidotti TL, Miller A, Christiani D, Wagner G, Balmes J, Harber P, Brodkin CA, Rom W, Hillerdal G, Harbut M, Green FHY. [Ad Hoc Committee on Update of 1986 Criteria for the Diagnosis of Nonmalignant Asbestos-Related Disease.] Diagnosis and initial management of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;170:691-715.
• The role of pediatric environmental health specialty units (PEHSU) in asthma management through parent and practitioner education.
  Harvey CE, Guidotti TL. The role of pediatric environmental health specialty units (PEHSU) in asthma management through parent and practitioner education. J Childrens Health 2004;2 (1):3-9.
• Expanding ADR in health care: Need for consensus on emergency preparedness may increase ADR use in public-health arena.
  Rosenbaum S, Guidotti TL. Expanding ADR in health care: Need for consensus on emergency preparedness may increase ADR use in public-health arena. Dispute Resolution (American Bar Association), 2004;11 (1):19-22.
• Hydrogen sulphide.
  Guidotti TL. Hydrogen sulphide. In: Clinical management of poisoning and drug overdose, 3rd ed., Haddad LM, Winchester JF. Philadelphia: Elsevier. In press 2004.
• Toxicological evaluation for the hazard assessment of tire crumb for use in public playgrounds.
  Birkholz DA, Belton K, Guidotti T. Toxicological evaluation for the hazard assessment of tire crumb for use in public playgrounds. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2003;53:903-7.
• Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
  Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (3rd biennial update). Washington DC, National Academy Press, 2003.
• Presumption for selected cancers and occupation as a firefighter in Manitoba: The rationale for recent Canadian legislation on presumption.
  Guidotti TL. Presumption for selected cancers and occupation as a firefighter in Manitoba: The rationale for recent Canadian legislation on presumption. Int J Risk Assess Mgmt 2003;2,3 (4):245-59.
• The rationale for cross-training in emergency management, public health: New certificate program.
  Guidotti TL, Barbera JA, Harrald J. The rationale for cross-training in emergency management, public health: New certificate program. J Emerg Manage 2003;1 (1):62-4. J Healthcare Safety Quart 2003:1 (1):1-3.
• Occupational health in the new "New Economy."
  Guidotti TL. Occupational health in the new "New Economy." New Solutions 2003;13 (4):331-40.
• Training clinicians for public health emergencies and bioterrorism.
  Guidotti TL. Training clinicians for public health emergencies and bioterrorism [editorial]. J Healthcare Safety Quart 2003;1 (3):5-6.
• Evidence-based medical dispute resolution.
  Guidotti TL. Evidence-based medical dispute resolution. In: Disability Evaluation, 2nd ed., Demeter S, Andersson GBJ, editors. Chicago: American Medical Association; 2003:86-94.
• Introduction and history.
  Guidotti TL, Hoffman H. Introduction and history. In: Terrorism: biological, chemical and nuclear, Upfal M, Krieger GR, Phililips S, Guidotti TL, Weissman D, editors. Clin Occup Environ Med 2003;2:1-12.
• Environmental health.
  Guidotti TL, Song WM. Environmental health. In: A practical approach to occupational and environmental medicine, 3rd ed, McCunney RJ, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2003:714-22.
• Comparison of two atmospheric-dispersion models to assess farm-site exposure to sour-gas processing-plant emissions.
  Scott HM, Soskolne CL, Martin SW, Ellehoj EA, Coppock RW, Guidotti TL, Lissemore KD. Comparison of two atmospheric-dispersion models to assess farm-site exposure to sour-gas processing-plant emissions. Prev Vet Med 2003;57 (1,2):15-34.
• Lack of associations between air emissions from sour-gas processing plants and beef cow-calf herd health and productivity in Alberta, Canada.
  Scott HM, Soskolne CL, Martin SW, Basarab JA, Coppock RW, Guidotti TL, Lissemore KD. Lack of associations between air emissions from sour-gas processing plants and beef cow-calf herd health and productivity in Alberta, Canada. Prev Vet Med 2003;57 (1,2):35-68.
• Herbicide/dioxin exposure and acute myelogenous leukemia in the children of Vietnam veterans (3rd biennial update).
  Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine. Herbicide/dioxin exposure and acute myelogenous leukemia in the children of Vietnam veterans (3rd biennial update). Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2002.
• Sharing the lessons of "9-11" and its aftermath.
  Guidotti TL. Sharing the lessons of "9-11" and its aftermath. Annals R Coll of Phys Surg Canada 2002;35 (5):294-6.
• Lessons for public health from 9-11 and the aftermath.
  Guidotti TL. Lessons for public health from 9-11 and the aftermath. J of Homeland Security [serial online] 2002 Feb.
• The "morality" of occupational health.
  Guidotti TL. The "morality" of occupational health. New Solutions 2002;17 (1):1-13.
• A process to reconcile priorities among agencies responsible for environmental health risks.
  Guidotti TL, Herz WC. A process to reconcile priorities among agencies responsible for environmental health risks. Int J Risk Assess Manag 2002 (2,3,4):170-88.
• Public health and patriotic doubts.
  Guidotti TL. Public health and patriotic doubts. Journal of Homeland Security, July 2002, (on line)
• Bioterrorism and the civilian response - an introduction.
  Guidotti TL. Bioterrorism and the civilian response - an introduction. (Official briefing for the 53rd World Medical Association General Assembly, 2 – 6 October 2002, Washington DC.) World Markets Series/Business Briefing: Global Health Care. Geneva: World Markets Research Centre and London: World Medical Association, 2002, p. 32-6.
• Apportionment in asbestos-related disease for purposes of compensation.
  Guidotti TL. Apportionment in asbestos-related disease for purposes of compensation. Indust Health 2002;40 (4):295-311
• An investigation of noise levels in Alberta sawmills.
  Koehncke N, Taylor M, Taylor C, Harman L, Hessel PA, Beulne P, Guidotti TL. An investigation of noise levels in Alberta sawmills. Am J Indust Med 2002;156-64.
• Hunting, trapping, and wilderness-related work.
  Guidotti TL, Naidoo K. Hunting, trapping, and wilderness-related work. In: Occupational infectious diseases, Weissman DN, Huy JM, editors. Clin Occup Environ Med 2002;2 (3):651-61.
• Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
  Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000 (3rd biennial update), Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
• Science on the witness stand: Scientific evidence in law, adjudication and policy.
  Guidotti TL, Rose SG, editors. Science on the witness stand: Scientific evidence in law, adjudication and policy. Beverly Farms, MA: OEM Press; 2001.
• The risk of acquiring hepatitis B or C among public safety workers: A systematic review.
  Rischitelli G, Harris J, McCauley L, Gershon R, Guidotti TL. The risk of acquiring hepatitis B or C among public safety workers: A systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2001;20 (4):299-306.
• Health risks posed by use of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in PVC medical devices: A critical review.
  Tickner JA, Schettler T, Guidotti TL, McCally M, Rossi M. Health risks posed by use of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in PVC medical devices: A critical review. Am J Indust Med 2001;39 (1):100-11.
• Basic Environmental Health.
  Yassi A, Kjellström T, de Kok T, Guidotti TL. Basic Environmental Health. Produced in Geneva for the World Health Organization. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001.
• The Fort McMurray demonstration project in social marketing: Theory, design and evaluation.
  Guidotti TL, Ford L, Wheeler M. The Fort McMurray demonstration project in social marketing: Theory, design and evaluation. Am J Prev Med 2000;18 (2):163-9.
• Legislative controls and compensation: North America.
  Guidotti TL. Legislative controls and compensation: North America. In: Occupational disorders of the lung, Hendrick DJ, Burge PS, Beckett WS, Churg A, Guidotti TL, editors. London: W.B. Saunders, 2000, pp. 545-553.
• Firefighters.
  Guidotti TL. Firefighters. In: Encyclopedia of Stress, Volume 2, Fink G, editor. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000:146-8.
• Environmental security and public health: Steps toward a new theoretical framework.
  Guidotti TL, Balbus JM. Environmental security and public health: Steps toward a new theoretical framework. Med Global Surv 2000;6 (2):103-6.
• Bioterrorism and the public health response.
  Guidotti TL. Bioterrorism and the public health response. Am J Prev Med 2000;18 (2):178-80.