I am honored and excited at the prospect of serving ICOH as a Board Member. As a Past President of ACOEM, I have traveled and spoken on Occupational Health topics on every continent (except Antartica) and know the challenges, and more importantly the many opportunities that we face in our organization, and in our specialty.
I hope to be a bridge that will help all ICOH members from a wide variety of geographic, practice and social settings meet these future opportunities. I am a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but am a citizen of Earth. I am a medical entrepreneur, who appreciates the challenges faced by businesses, including medical practices. I’ve held academic and leadership roles in urban and rural medical centers, and appreciate their unique challenges. I serve clients from vastly different demographic and geographic areas ranging from agriculture, to military, to industrial, manufacturing, consumer products and corporate settings. As an attorney, I understand the challenges and potential conflicts that face us as Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) practitioners, and as an organization. I believe that for ICOH as an organization, and for OEM and Occupational Health as a specialty, our diversity of thought and experience is not a weakness, it is a strength that we bring to the table, whether with patients, corporate clients, hospital and academic leaders, or in government settings. I will work to keep ICOH in a prominent, national leadership position, and collaboratively leverage both in-person and digital connections to assure that all labor, health and economic sectors appreciate the tremendous value that ICOH members bring to the table.
As a first generation Asian American, growing up in the hospitality industry, I know the challenges of small business owners, and the value of hard work, commitment, and teamwork. My medical, legal and business experience make me an effective leader, and more importantly a hard worker. I would be honored to work on your behalf, and lead ICOH into 21st century environment. Please, learn more about me at www.MedLawPractice.com
If you don’t have time to visit my website, here is a brief bio:
Kenji Saito, MD, JD, FACOEM, is the founder of MedLaw LLC and a dual board-certified physician and lawyer in Occupational and Environmental Medicine with a distinguished track record in global health leadership. As Past President of ACOEM, Dr. Saito champions the integration of innovative technologies, including AI and medical informatics, to advance worker health globally.
With executive experience as the former Global Corporate Medical Director and Senior Director for Global Wellness at various Fortune 500 companies, he brings vital strategic and medico-legal expertise to corporate risk management and wellness program development.
A dedicated educator, Dr. Saito holds faculty appointments at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he trains future leaders in public health and organizational development. His dual medical and legal expertise makes him a uniquely qualified advocate for the ICOH Board of Directors.
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As such, I humbly ask for your vote. Please contact me if you have any questions and please spread the word.
Thank you in advance for your time consideration.
