Chicago, IL, July 3, 2019: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that it has appointed Heather O’Hara, MD, MSPH, FACOEM to its Board of Directors.  Dr. O’Hara’s appointment will fill the vacant Specialty Member Director position for Occupational Medicine.

Dr. O’Hara currently serves as an Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Program Director for the Occupational Medicine and Preventive Medicine residencies at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. O’Hara received her medical degree from Meharry Medical College and completed both a residency in Preventive Medicine and a fellowship in Occupational Medicine at Meharry. She is certified by the ABPM in both Occupational Medicine and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.

In welcoming Dr. O’Hara to its Board of Directors, the ABPM’s Board Chair, M.A. ‘Tonette’ Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH said, “We are very pleased to have Dr. O’Hara join us on the Board and are looking forward to adding her expertise, insights and perspective as the Board continues with its mission to promote the health and safety of the American people through high standards in certification and maintenance of certification in the specialties and subspecialties of preventive medicine.”

The ABPM is a Member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.