EMEI

You will be asked to review 2 – 3 hours of lecture time per month and take a short quiz at the end of each lecture. First Saturday of the month we will meet for Ground Rounds, including presentations and guest lectures from innovative global thought leaders. We will ask you to present cases during your 12 month training period (we have a case presentation template and a video on how to prepare a case with EHQ and Timeline).

You will also receive a subscription (free) to the EMEI Review Podcast. These monthly podcasts include reviews of articles on environmental toxicant exposure in the medical literature and are both topic specific (EMF exposure, mercury exposure: diagnosis and treatment) and timely. We will not expect you to know this material but it will add significantly to your ability to practice environmental medicine.

At the end of the 12 month training we will ask you to take a Final Exam so you can be certified as an Environmental Medicine Trained Provider and listed on the EMEI website.

We will also give you free admission to a live zoom meeting every Wednesday evening that we call “Consult Detox Docs” where we answer questions and review lab results related to environmental medicine.

YES – Since the Grand Rounds will be taped and available and the 30+ hours of CME recorded lectures will be available as the Training progresses you will be able to easily catch up. So we do ask that you do some homework when you enter the course so you will be up-to-speed on the material for our monthly Grand Rounds.

You have options for financing the Training if you don’t want to pay up front. See Purchase Options.

1. Environmental Medicine, Toxicology & Body Burden Introduction to Principles, Resources, Databases, Lab Assessment – 1 hr.
2. Assessment of Toxicant Body Burden–
   1. Taking an environmental medicine case history – 1 hr.
   2. Laboratory testing to assess body burden and markers of damage and inflammation- 3 hrs.
   3. Using databases to evaluate exposure and retention- 1 hr.
3. Exposure Sources- Air, Water, Soil Contamination: Exposure, Avoidance, Treatment
   1. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, solvents, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, PCBs- 11.5 hrs
   2. PBDEs, PFAS, plastics (BPA, phthalates, bisphenols, nonylphenols), nanoparticles- 2.0 hrs
   3. Mold and Mycotoxins
      1. Signs symptoms and presentation of mold exposed patients- 1 hr.
      2. Toxicology of mycotoxins, evaluation and assessment of patient and their home/work environment- 1 hr.
      3. Treatment of Mold-Related Illness- 1 hr.
4. Biotransformation of Toxicants in Human Body-
   1. phase I- nutrients necessary/methylation and single nucleotide polymorphism effect/toxicant activation and effect of toxicants on hormone and drug metabolism- 1 hr.
   2. phase II-nutrients needed/ single nucleotide polymorphism effect/ toxicant activation and effect of toxicants on hormone and drug metabolism – 1 hr.
   3. phase III- renal and hepatic anion transport and multidrug resistant protein transport- 1 hr.
5. Climate Change/Earth Changes
   1. infectious disease- 1 hr.
   2. toxicant and toxin exposure after dramatic weather events and exposure to PM2.5 – 1 hr.
   3. radiation exposure- 1 hr.
6. Systemic Effects: Basic mechanisms of toxicant-induced disease, specific toxicants and conditions linked to their exposure
   1. Neurotoxicity -1 hr.
   2. Immunotoxicity –1 hr. (includes cancer and autoimmune disease)
   3. Endocrine Disruption – 2 hrs.
   4. Women’s Health (infertility, endometriosis, PCOS, menopause)-2 hrs.
   5. Men’s Health (infertility, low testosterone, prostate conditions)- 1 hr.
   6. Environmental Cardiology- 1 hr.
7. Electromagnetic Fields/Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure
   1. Presentation of EMF/EMR exposure and electrohypersensitivity- 1 hr.
   2. Appropriate diagnosis, interventions and recommendations for avoidance- 1 hr.
8. Nutritional Support for Environmental Exposure- 2 hrs.
   1. Overview of nutrients utilized in toxicant metabolism
   2. Assessment of nutrient sufficiency using laboratory testing
   3. Nutrient replacement utilizing specific supplementation and dietary recommendations

The Live Monthly Grand Rounds Meetings include 6 hours of Case Presentations and Updates- one day each month. Lecture Material that will focus on real patient presentation and lab results. You will be asked to bring patient cases to these meetings so that we can work together to evaluate the case and provide further questions, testing, treatment or management guidance.

By the end of this training you will be able to:

• Describe the classic signs and symptoms of toxic exposure and body burden as they present in the average patient.
• Be able to categorize the most likely classes of toxicants of exposure based upon the patients’ signs, symptoms and diagnosis.
• List the most common sources of environmental toxicant exposures for the U.S. population and be able to search through specific geographic databases to see whether patients have current pollutant exposure or have been exposed in the past.
• As a result of lab testing for environmental toxicants, to assist the patient in understanding how and where these toxins came from and how they ended up as part of this individual’s body burden.
• Determine which, if any, laboratory measurements would be appropriate in the workup of a toxin burdened patient.
• Identify any genetic polymorphisms or gene deletions that may have contributed to the patient’s body burden.
• Devise a list of action steps for the patient that is necessary for their treatment and to avoid further exposures that would exacerbate their health problems.
• Devise a list of dietary changes and supplementation strategies that would be most beneficial for the patient.
• Devise a complete detoxification program for the patient, including therapies like sauna, oral or IV chelation.

Each month you’ll receive the lectures, a PDF of the slides, and any handouts and resource lists we have for that specific material

Yes, more detailed information on CEU and CME category 1 credit is provided on this page.

This training is for ANY healthcare provider that wants to get to the bottom of their patient’s/client’s condition.

But be forewarned, it is put together by doctors and will assume that you have a basic medical education. Now this doesn’t mean that if you are a health coach or nutritionist that you will be lost in this material. You may need to work a little harder and learn some clinical medicine, but in the end your increased awareness and ability to address issues of environmental toxicant exposure, testing and treatment (we don’t like to use the word “detox”) will be far above everyone else in your profession.