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CURRICULUM VITAEUpdated October 2009

BRENDAN DOUGLAS ADAMS

Biographical Data:

Degrees:B.Sc. (hons), U. of Toronto, 1977M.Sc. (physiol), U. of Toronto, 1978M.D. U. of Calgary, 1981

Academic Achievements:L.M.C.C. 1981 Calgary

C.C.F.P. 1983 CalgaryAmerican Board Certification Aerospace Physiology 1992Associate Certificant, Board of Occupational Medicine 1992Full Certificant, October, 2002 (CCBOM), Fellow of CBOM, October, 2005.Certificant, American Society of Addiction Medicine, December, 2006Diplomat, American Board of Addiction Medicine, 2009

Residency:Calgary General Hospital, Family Medicine, 1981-1983

Academic Appointments:

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, 1990-1996

Hospital AppointmentsAssociate Privileges 1984, Calgary General HospitalActive Privileges 1985-1988 " " "

Educational Activities

-Examiner, Clinical Skills I and II 1990 to 2001

-Community Preceptor, Family Unit, Physical Examination Unit-Faculty Advisor, 1988- 2001-Mount Royal College, Aviation Program, Lecturer, AviationMedicine, 1986-1992; 2004

-Lecturer, Health and Welfare Canada, Aviation Medicine, 1990-2002-Lecturer, Aviation Medicine, Air Cadets, 1991, 1992-Interviewer, U. of Calgary Medical School Admissions Committee, 1989, 1990, 1992,


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1993.-Teaching Communication Skills Course, First and Second Year Medicine, U of Calgary,2001 present-Other community based teaching details are appended

Administration:Family Practice Department Executive Committee, Calgary General Hospital, 1986, 1987,1990, 1991.

Memberships/Appointments:Member, Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine, May 3, 1987 to 2000Editor, Canadian Society of Aerospace Medicine, 1992 1997Editorial Board, Canadian Aerospace Institute, 1994 - 2000 (now CAMATA)Member, Aerospace Medical Association of America, 1990 to currentMember, Examination Committee, Aerospace Physiology Society 1993 1997Civil Aviation Medical Examiner, 1987 to current

Member, Civil Aviation Medical Association (USA) 1992-1996Member, Canadian College of Family PracticeIndependent Peer Reviewer, Peer Review Committee, College of Physicians and Surgeonsof Alberta, 1988 to 2007Director, Calgary Flying Club, 1993 1996Secretary, Alberta Occupational Health Society, 1995-6, President, 1998-9

Alberta Health Professions Act Hearing Tribunal Member, 2006 to presentUmpire, RSAP Program, Alberta

Occupational Positions Held:

Occupational Physician:

Northern Telecom, Wireless Division, 1990-1994.Molson's Breweries of Canada Ltd. (Calgary) 1985-1994Purolator Courier Ltd. (Calgary) 1985- 2000Canadian Regional Airlines, Calgary Base 1990 2001:Now, Medical Director, Flight Operations, Air Canada Jazz Airlines 2001- presentEdo Ltd. Calgary 1989-1996Cardinal Coach Lines 1990-1994

Air Canada, Calgary 1992-1997TELUS Corporation. 1992- 2002TELUS Pension Administration. 1992 - present

Advance Airlines 1992-1996Calgary Airport Authority 1992 - presentCanada Post Corporation, Foothills Div. 1994Nowsco-Fracmaster Well Service Ltd. (now BJ Services)1996 - presentTrican Well Service Ltd. 1998 - presentThermal Systems KWC Ltd. 1997 - 2001Esso Avitat 1995 - 2001


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Calgary Coop Ltd. 1994 1999Kelowna Flight Craft Ltd. 1997 - presentNoble Drilling Ltd 1999 - 2001Canada 3000 Airlines 1997 - 2001Highland-Corrode 1997 - present

Bar XH/CityLink Aviation 1997 - presentStreamflo Ltd. 1997 - 2000Greyhound Transportation Company 1999 - presentWorkCompTech 1999 2004Canadian Freightways 1999- 2003Kelly Luttmer and Associates (Now Sykes Assistance Services) 1999 presentEvans Ltd. 2000 - 2001IPSCO Industries (Now Evraz Inc) 2000 - 2009Canadian Waste Inc. 2000 2002Canadian North Airlines (Norterra) 2001- presentShaw Communications/Starchoice 2004 2008

Carewest 2003 presentSuperior Propane 2004 2008Talisman Energy Inc. 2008- present

Consulting/Contract Physician:

Unocal Canada Ltd. 1986-1993University of Calgary 1997 - presentICG/Superior Propane 1998 - presentBCL Consulting 1998 - presentIKO Industries 1998 - presentCP Rail 1999 presentConocoPhillips Canada 2002 Rolling Mix Concrete 2003 2005Charon Systems 2003 2005Westjet 1996 2006, currently Medical Director, Flight OperationsPetro-Canada 2004 - presentConstruction Owners Association 2003- presentManufacturers Health and Safety Association 2003 - presentMerit Contractors Association 2003 presentCalgary Laboratory Services, Occupational Health Consultant, 2008- present

Addictions Recovery Program, Calgary Police Services, 2008 presentConsulting Physician, Human Solutions, 2008 - present

Physician Consultant/Medical Director:

Air Canada Jazz (Now Jazz LP) Medical Director, Flight Operations, 2006 presentAirline Pilots Association Addiction Recovery Program1998- present


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WestJet Airlines Pilot Health Team 2004 - presentCanadian North/North Cariboo Airlines 2004 presentElk Valley Coal (now TECK Coal Ltd.), 2005- present

Publications:

Timing Parameters of the Human Saccadic Oculomotor SystemM.Sc. Thesis, 1978, University of Toronto

The Predictability of Saccadic Latency in a Novel Voluntary Oculomotor Task. Hallett andAdams, Vision Research, 1980, 20(4):329-339

Latent Events Prior to Human Saccades, Adams and Hallett, Society for Neuroscience,1978, Abstract.

Timing in the Human Oculomotor System, Adams and Hallett, Annual Meeting, CFBS,1978

Occupational Repetitive Strain Injury: ACBOM Thesis (unpublished) 1992

When is my Patient Ready to Return to Work? ; Canadian Journal of Continuing MedicalEducation, V. 13, No. 10, October, 2001

Medical Opinion (in) Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace, 2005; ConstructionOwners Association of Alberta ; available at www.mhsa.ab.ca/2005canadianmodel.pdf

Medical Opinion (in) Alcohol and Drug Guidelines and Work Rule: A Model for theCanadian Upstream Petroleum Industry; Enform; 2007; available at www.enform.cahttp://www.enform.ca/pdf/canadian_upi_model_final_july_2007.pdf

Lectures/Teaching Activities

-Lecturer, Intensive Short Course on Asthma, U of Calgary, 1992,1993.-Lecturer, Aviation Medicine (Respiratory Course 1993, UCMS)-Lecturer Mainpro C course Asthma 1998, 1999-Lecturer, Alberta Long Term Care Association Conference, 1998 Fibromyalgia-Lecturer, University of Calgary conference on Third Party Medical March 1999-Lecturer Mainpro C course Soft Tissue Injuries 2000

-Lecturer, Telemedicine Course, Return to Work, 2000-Lecturer, Aviation Medicine Course, Transport Canada, Alcohol Issues, October, 2001-Lecturer, Maritime Medicine Course, Transport Canada, Alcohol Issues Halifax, April,2002-Chair, OEMAC Conference, Day 1, Mainpro C Course, Occupational Medicine,October, 2000-Lecturer, WCB Disability Management Course (NIDMAR), Edmonton April 2001,


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Calgary June 2001, Medicine Hat September 2001. Calgary three sessions in 2002-Lecturer, BJ Services Safety Stand down, Grande Prairie; Red Deer Alcohol and DrugImpairment in the Workplace, January 2003-Lecturer Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Impairment at Work, May 7, 2003,Calgary

-Lecturer, Sycrude, Safety 2003 Symposium, Fort MacMurray, June 2-5, 2003; Alcohol andDrug Impairment in the Workplace-Lecturer, Disability Management, Brennan and Associates, Calgary-Lecturer, Manufacturers Health and Safety Association of Alberta, Substance Abuse,Edmonton, July 14, 2003- Lecturer, Cosyn/Colt/Cord/Syncrude Research, Family Safety Forum , Edmonton,July 17 , 2003-Lecturer, Independent Medical Examinations, U of Calgary Human ResourcesDepartment, August 27, 2003-Lecturer, Substance Abuse and Drug Testing, Trican Well Services, September 16, 2003,Calgary

-Lecturer, Substance Abuse and Drug Testing, Construction Labour Relations Alberta,Edmonton, October 6, 2003-Lecturer, Chronic Pain Management, WCB Alberta, Edmonton, October 30, 2003-Lecturer, Substance Abuse and Drug Testing, Manufacturers Health and Safety

Association, November 13, 2003, Edmonton-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, CLRA, Edmonton, January 6, 2004-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, HumanResources, Calgary, January 20, 2004-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Alberta Occupational Health Nurses Association EducationDay, April 21, 2004Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Canadian Construction Association, AGM, November 3,Montreal-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Manufacturers Health and Safety Association, AGM,November 18, Calgary-Disability Management Workshop, PetroCanada, December 3, 2004, Montreal- Lecturer, Impairment at Work, TransAlta, January 20, 2005, Calgary-Seminar Organizer, Dying to Have a Good Time Psychoactive Drug Use and AbuseMerit Contractors Association, Edmonton Feb. 16/05, Calgary Feb. 17/05-Lecturer, Psychoactive Drug Use in the Aviation Community, Canadian Business Aircraft

Association, Calgary, Feb. 22, 2005.,-Presenter, Workplace Impairment Workshop, Edmonton Transportation and StreetsDepartment Safety Retreat, Edmonton AB, Mar. 23/2005.- Lecturer, Addiction in Aviation, Civil Aviation Medicine Course, Halifax NS, April 17, 18,2005-Panel Member/presenter AFL-CIO Construction Trades National Conference, WorkplaceDrug testing, Ottawa, May 30, 2005- Presenter, Workplace Impairment, Caravel/Colt Companies Annual ShareholdersMeeting, Red Deer, AB, June 28, 2005- Lecturer, Workplace Impairment, Boilermakers Second Annual Tripartite Conference,Charlottetown, PEI, August 25, 2005


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- Lecturer, Workplace Impairment, Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada AnnualConference, Charlottetown, PEI, September 17, 2005- Panelist and Workshop Leader, Northern Alberta Council on Alcohol , Drugs and Safety atWork, Action Alberta 2005 Conference, Edmonton, AB, October 12 and 13, 2005- Lecturer, Workplace Impairment, Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation

Commission, Conference 2005, Saint John, NB, October 24, 2005- Speaker, Psychoactive Drugs and Youth half day presentation to 3,000 High schoolStudents, Harbour Station, Saint John, NB, October 25, 2005, sponsored by Saint JohnConstruction Association- Lecturer, Workplace Impairment, 2005 Fall Construction Inspectors Training Tune-up/Feedback Session ,Colt/Petrocanada, November 1/ 8, 2005, Calgary, AB- Lecturer, Workshop on Psychoactive drugs, Addiction and Adolescents, Alberta

Association of School Resource Officers, November 7, 2005, Calgary AB- Lecturer, Airline Pilots Association (Canada) Peer Helper Course on AddictionsNovember 14-17, Toronto, ON- Lecturer, Calgary Airport Authority, November 30, 2005, Substance Abuse at the

Worksite, Calgary AB-Lecturer, Disability Management 101; Kelly Luttmer and Associates, December 13, 2005,Calgary, AB-Lecturer, Psychoactive Drug Use and Job Performance, Suncor Symposium 2006, March1, 2006, Ft. McMurray, AB-Panel Presenter, Psychoactive Drug Issues, Job Stewards Seminar

Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters and Allied Workers, March 6, 2006Edmonton, AB-Lecturer, Pandemic Business Preparation, Kelly, Luttmer and Associates, March 14, 2006-Lecturer, Substance Impairment, Calgary Airport Authority, March 30, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at Work Series, Suncor, Fort MacMurray, April 3, 18, 21, 24, 2006- Presenter, Disorientation in the Pilot, Calgary Flying Club, April 19, 2006-Lecturer, Substance Impairment, Calgary Airport Authority, May 1, 2006-Keynote speaker, Impairment in the Workplace, PSAC Conference, Banff, Alberta, May 4,2006-Lecturer, Influenza in the Workplace, Pandemic Preparedness, University of Calgary,Human Resources, Calgary, May 9, 2006-Workshop Leader, Alcoholism and Drug Dependency at Work, Alberta OccupationalHealth Nurses Conference, Calgary, May 10, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, BJ Services Managers Retreat, Radium, BC, May11, 2006- Family Presentation, Substance Abuse, Calgary Airport Authority, May 31, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, PetroCanada Safety Supervisors, Calgary, June 7, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Sequoia Oil and Gas, June 28, 2006-Lecturer, Tripartite Meeting, Boilermakers International, PEI, August 15-17, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Sterling Crane Group, Kananaskis, AB, August 21 and 25,2006-Lecturer, Impairment and Safety, Precision Drilling, Nisku, AB, Sept 26 and 28-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, PetroCanada, Calgary, October 4, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at Work, Enform Group, Fort St. John, November 2, 2006


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-Workshop Leader, Impairment and the Worksite, Sterling Crane, Phoenix AZ, November6, 2006-Course co-lead, Substance abuse and the Professional Pilot, WestJet Airlines, Entheos,November 7-9, 2006-Lecturer, Impairment at the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Drayton Valley, Jan. 31,

2007--Lecturer, Impairment at the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Eckville, Feb. 28, 2007-Lecturer, Transport Canada Aviation Medical Examiners Conference, Substance Abuseand the Aviation Environment, Pilot Rehabilitation, Winnipeg, MB, Mar. 2 and 3, 2007.-Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Calgary, Mar. 15, 16,2007-Lecturer, Psychoactive Drugs in the Workplace, Petroleum Services Association ofCanada, Spring Conference, Red Deer, AB, April 18, 2007-Lecturer, Identifying and Helping the Addicted Employee, City of EdmontonTransportation Division Safety Retreat, Edmonton, AB, April 4, 2007-Lecturer, Airline Pilots Association International, Antidepressant Use in the Canadian

Airline Pilot Update Denver, CO, USA, April 11, 2007- Teacher, Commercial Ground School Human Factors Course, FlyRight, Calgary, April 13,2007-Keynote speaker, PSAC Conference, Psychoactive Drugs in the Workplace, Red Deer,

AB, April 18, 2007-Orientation Speaker, Summer Student, Calgary Airport Authority, Psychoactive Drugs andImpairment, May 1, 2007, Calgary, AB- Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Red Deer, May 1, 2007-Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Calgary, May 2, 2007- Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Kindersley, SK, May 23,2007- Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, May 30, 2007-Medical Expert Opinion, Enform Training Video, Psychoactive drugs and Safety, June 7,2007, released December, 2007-Lecturer, Psychoactive Drug Workshop, Sterling Crane, Emerald Lake, BC, June 22, 2007-Oilweek Magazine Profile, August edition, by Andrea Lorenz, pp 52-57- Lecturer, Impairment at the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Slave Lake, Sep. 19,2007-Lecturer, Impairment in the Workplace, Boilermakers Tripartite Conference, Myrtle BeachSC, USA, Oct. 3, 2007-Keynote speaker, Safe Workforce Alberta Conference, DACSAW, Edmonton, AB, Oct. 16,2007-Lecturer, Impairment at the Workplace, Penn West Energy Trust, Mitsu, AB, Oct. 24, 2007-Lecturer, Impairment and Safety, Business Managers and Council Delegates, Edmonton,

AB, April 5, 2008-Keynote Speaker, Impairment and the Workplace, 2008 Association of WorkersCompensation Boards Council Congress Session, Edmonton, June 15, 2008-Speaker, Impairment and Workplace Safety, ARC Resources, ARC Workshop, Calgary,

April 15, 2008-Speaker, Impairment in the Workplace, 2008 Western Conference on Safety, Vancouver,


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BC, May 5, 2008-Keynote speaker, Psychoactive Drugs and the Workplace, Forest and Resources Expo2008, Prince George, BC., June 6, 2008-Keynote Speaker, Ontario Construction Secretariat, Tripartite Conference 2008,September 16, 2008, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, ON

-Keynote Speaker, Psychoactive Drugs and the Workplace, BC Council on SubstanceAbuse Conference, October 23, 2008, Prince George, BC-Workshop Leader, Psychoactive Drugs in the Workplace The Problem Employee,Corporate Human Resources, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, November 6, 2008-Lecturer, Psychoactive Drugs in the Workplace, Horton CBI, Ft. Saskatchewan, November6, 2008-Speaker, Psychoactive Drugs and Impairment, Aecon Group, Cambridge ON. January 21,2009-Speaker/Panellist 3 sessions:

Employers View in WCB Claims; Psychoactive Drugs in the Workplace;Consequences of Opioid use and Abuse in WCB claims, Workshop; International

Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, 2009 Workers CompensationCollege, Orlando FLA, February 11 and 12, 2009-Teacher, Commercial Ground School Human Factors Course, FlyRight, Calgary, February25, 2009-Speaker, Substance Abuse Policy Rollout ENMAX; Psychoactive Drugs and Impairment,Calgary, March 19, 2009-Speaker, Addiction Recognition and Treatment in the Workplace, Canadian PensionBenefits Assn, Calgary, April 29, 2009-Speaker, Psychoactive Substances and Impairment in the Workplace, CJ Metal ErectorsSafety Meeting, Nisku, June 3, 2009-Speaker, Psychoactive Drugs and Impairment in the Workplace, BP Fort Sask, NGLFacility, July 8, 2009-Video Drug Policy and Safety Pennwest Energy Trust, Calgary, August 2009.-Speaker, Disorientation in the Aviation Environment. Experimental Aircraft Assn. HighRiver, October 6, 2009

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