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Anil Adisesh, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division Chief
NPI Number:
1962389759
Academic Office Location:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
UConn Health
Main Building, Ground Floor, Room CG228
300 UConn Health Boulevard
Farmington, CT 06030-2945
Phone: 860-679-2893
Fax: 860-679-4587
Website(s):

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Education
DegreeInstitutionMajor
OtherRoyal Colleges of Physicians of the United KingdomMRCP (UK)
OtherJoint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General PracticeFamily Medicine
OtherFaculty of Occupational Medicine Royal College of Physicians (London)MFOM
CertificateSpecialist Training AuthorityOccupational Medicine
CertificateAmerican Board of Independent Medical ExaminersOccupational Medicine
CertificateAmerican Board of Preventive MedicineOccupational and Environmental Medicine
MBChBUniversity of LiverpoolMedicine (Medical Degree)
MScUniversity of ManchesterOccupational Health Sciences
MDUniversity of ManchesterMedicine by Research - PhD Equivalent

Awards
Name of Award/HonorAwarding Organization
Award of Merit, “For Exemplary Contributions in Encouraging the Study, Improving the Practice, and Elevating the Standards of Occupational Medicine Throughout Canada”Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Honorary)Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Smiley Lecturer and Gold Medal awardRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics Royal College of Pathologists London
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC)Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London (FRCP)Royal College of Physicians (London)
Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine RCP London (FFOM)Faculty of Occupational Medicine (UK)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Glasgow (FRCP)Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Health at Work Award “For Excellence in Occupational Medicine” - Highly CommendedBUPA Foundation, London, UK
Travelling Fellowship Award - Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Specialist Centre for Occupational Respiratory Disease, Tulane University, New Orleans, U.S.A.Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Name & DescriptionCategoryRoleTypeScopeStart YearEnd Year
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Council on ScienceProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational2025
International Partnership on Automatic Job CodingProfessional/Scientific OrganizationCo-ChairExternalInternational2024
Scientific Advisory Table on Occupational Disease, WSIB Ontario, CanadaAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalInternational2022
Canadian Standards Association, Z94.4.1 Technical Sub-Committee on the Performance and Testing of Filtering RespiratorsProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational20212021
Occupational Medicine Specialists of CanadaProfessional/Scientific OrganizationPresidentExternalNational20212022
Public Health Agency of Canada - Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Guideline Revision Working GroupAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational20162025
International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)Professional/Scientific OrganizationNational Secretary (Canada)ExternalInternational20162022
Royal College of Physicians of Canada Specialty Committee in Occupational MedicineProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalInternational2015
Canadian Standards Association, Z94.4 Selection, use, and care of respirators, Technical Committee, and Bioaerosols and Respiratory ProtectionProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational20142022
World Health Organization, Chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Working Group on Occupational Health for the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, and Revision Steering Group memberAdvisory CommitteeChairExternalInternational2011
International Labour Organization (ILO), Co-Chair of the Working Group on diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseasesAdvisory CommitteeCo-ChairExternalInternational20112022

Journal Articles

Books

  • Occupational Health – Pocket Consultant 2022 Mar;
  • Diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseases – Guidance notes for diagnosis and prevention of the diseases in the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010) 2022 Feb;

Book Chapters

  • Global digital health strategy in the post-COVID-19 era
    Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary, Anil Adisesh Economics of COVID-19 2020 Jan;

Reviews

Title or AbstractTypeSponsor/EventDate/YearLocation
“Work for work’s sake” — The Importance of Occupation in the Health Record and the Use of Digital HealthTalk2026Online
Lead contamination of protein powdersOtherWVIT-HFD (NBC) 2025NBC-CT News
Work and health in Primary Care in OntarioTalkOccupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers2025Online
The Rhythm of the Night - Evaluation and Management of Sleep from an Occupational health perspectiveTalkOccupational and Environmental Medicine Association of Canada2024Online
Occupational Health InformaticsOtherAmerican Assoc. of Occupational Health Nurses2023Online
ECHO OEM: Providing the Tools for Primary Care to Get Work Done!TalkOccupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers 2023Online
Coding Job Title Data to Facilitate Occupational Health Research: A Multi-Cohort Job Title Cleaning Project by AlgorithmPosterCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health2022Online
Project ECHO OEM - Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) for Occupational and Environmental Medicine PosterNorth East Congress on Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Conference 2023, Boston, USA2022Boston
Occupational Health InformaticsPlenary LectureRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland2021Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin