Board of Directors

Max Pepper, MD, MPH, President

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, Vice President

Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, Secretary Treasurer

Lillian Terris, Ph.D.

Phyllis Freeman, JD [non voting, ex-officio member]

Anthony Robbins, MD, MPA [non voting, ex-officio member]

Profile: Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM

Secretary/Treasurer
Peter Orris, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM
Division of Occupational Medicine Cook County Hospital (The John H. Stroger
Jr. Hospital of Cook County)
1900 W. Polk, Rm. 500,
Chicago, IL. 60612
312-864-5520,
Fax 312-864-9701
Email porris@uic.edu

Occupational Health Services Institute, Great Lakes Center for Occupational
and Environmental Safety and Health (M/C 684),
University of Illinois
901 S. Wood Street, Rm. E144 MSB
Chicago, IL 60612
312-996-5804, Fax
312-413-8485,
Email porris@uic.edu

BIRTH DATE: October 7, 1945

BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION:
1967 B.A., Harvard College
1970 M.P.H., Yale University,
1975 M.D., Chicago Medical School

RESIDENCIES:
1975-8 Internal Medicine Cook County Hospital
1977-9 Occupational Medicine., Cook County Hospital Additional
1965 Bio-medical Electronics, Harvard University
1968 Advanced Circuit Theory, Harvard University
1979 UICC/ILO System of American College of Radiographic Evaluation Chest Physicians of Pneumoconiosis
1995-7 Medical Review Officer. American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
2001 Training Courses

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSES:
1976- State of Illinois, Physician and Surgeon, #36-53014
1979- Diplomat, American Board of Preventive Medicine in Occupational Medicine
2001- Certified Medical Review Officer #01-04536

POSITIONS:
2000- University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Medical Center
1999- Director, Occupational Health Services Institute, Great Lakes
Center For Occupational & Environmental Safety & Health, UIC School of Public Health
1979- Attending Physician, Div. of Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Professor of Internal and Preventive Medicine Rush University College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences,
University of Illinois School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine Northwestern University Medical School

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS:
1999- University of Illinois Hosp & Medical Center (attending)
1979- Cook County Hospital (attending)

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 Certificate of Appreciation, Illinois State Medical Society
2001 Certificate of Appreciation, Arab Community Center for Economic and
Social Services Community Health and Research Center, Dearborn, MI
2000 Certificate of Appreciation, World Federation of Public Health Assoc.
1999 Certificates of Appreciation, American Medical Student Association,
APHA Occupational Health & Safety Section, Mt. Sinai Family Practice, Air
and Waste Management Association
1998 Certificates of Appreciation, Greenpeace USA, Peace Corps, Chicago
Medical Society
1992 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1988 Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1986 Certificate of Recognition, Health Policy Agenda For the American People
1984-8 Fellow, American Academy of Occupational Medicine
1981 Certificate of Appreciation, Nat'l Safety Council
1980-9 Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine
1973 Cuba Community Affairs Award

PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ACTIVITIES:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine (Contributing Editor)
American Journal of Public Health (Reviewer)
Environmental Research (Reviewer)
Journal of the American Medical Association (Reviewer)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Reviewer)
New Solutions (Member, Editorial Board)
Journal of Public Health Policy (Management Committee & Editorial Consultant)
Physicians Forum
Bulletin (Member, Editorial Board)
Revista Cubana De Salud Y Trabajo (Member, Editorial Board)