Services

The I.J. Selikoff Center's advanced services are provided at three locations in the New York Metropolitan area. We provide services using a preventive medicine model incorporating three integrated components. These include:

Clinical Care

• Clinical services for the diagnosis, treatment and management of occupational diseases for current and retired workers, with special expertise in work-related musculoskeletal disease (WRMSDs). Read More
• Medical assessment to facilitate safe return to work and appropriate accommodations
• Group medical screening and surveillance examinations for medical surveillance of occupational disease
• Occupational ergonomic evaluations. Read More
• Industrial hygiene evaluations. Read More
• Patient education
• Social work services, including counseling regarding the financial, social and psychological aspects of occupational disease
• Monthly repetitive strain injury support group
• Assistance and advocacy with workers' compensation (WC), disability and other benefits

Disease Prevention Services

• Education of patients, health care professionals, workers, unions, employers, and communities in the signs and symptoms of occupational disease
• Recommendations for the provision of appropriate prevention strategies
• Comprehensive industrial hygiene and ergonomic services to evaluate exposures and recommend effective preventive measures
• Technical assistance and consultation services for employers, unions and public health agencies
• Intervention approaches designed to prevent work-related disease and hazardous exposures identified among co-workers
• Education of policy makers about occupational disease and injury, and about effective prevention methods

Surveillance, Data Management & Public Health-Oriented Research

• Surveillance of patterns and prevalence of occupational disease
• Identification of new associations between workplace exposures and disease
• Evaluation of the efficacy of workplace prevention and intervention
• Health services research focused on occupational health