Registry Exams: Need-to-Know Information

This podcast was recorded March 2023.  On August 1, 2024, the VA and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) implemented updates to the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. You can find more information about these updates at the following link here: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/registry.asp

Registry Exams: What Clinicians and Healthcare Staff Need to Know
In this episode, Dr. Michelle Robertson, Occupational and Environmental Medicine physician at the Department of Veteran Affairs New Jersey War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (VA NJ WRIISC) and the Clinical Director of the Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Center of Excellence, discusses need-to-know information about registry exams, including what the various registry exams are, and how registry exams can be a resource for Veterans with military exposure concerns.  

RESOURCES
VA Public Health Website on Environmental Health Registry Evaluations: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/benefits/registry-evaluation.asp   

Environmental Health Clinician and Coordinator Directory: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/coordinators.asp  

WRIISC Module 1 Training - Assessing  Deployment Related Environmental Exposures: TRAIN: ID: 1070234 TMS: ID: 33195  

VA’s Exposure Ed App: https://mobile.va.gov/app/exposure-ed  

Helpful Handouts
Compensation & Pension Exam, Toxic Exposure Screening, and Registry Exams: What’s the Difference? VA Exam Screening Differences