College

Dartmouth College - BA 

Medical School

University of California, San Francisco - MD

Residency

Yale University School of Medicine - Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Yale University School of Medicine - Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Research Activities

Occupational and environmental epidemiology. Infectious disease epidemiology. Healthcare workers' health issues.

Clinical Activities

Medical Center occupational health. General occupational medicine.

Selected Publications

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters and Books

1. Russi M: Biologic Hazards. In: Occupational Health. B Levy, D Wegman (eds) Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia PA (in press).

2. Russi M: Occupational Cancers of the Respiratory Tract. In: Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine, L Rosenstock, M Cullen, (eds) W.A.
   Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. pp 727-743, 2005.

3. Russi M, Howarth, M: Occupational exposures and illnesses of healthcare workers. In: Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine, L Rosenstock, M Cullen, (eds) W.A.Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. pp 245-262, 2005.

4. Howarth M, Russi M: Medical center occupational health. In: A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environmental Medicine, R.J. McCunney, (ed.) Lippincott Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.

5. Russi M, Borak J: Chemical hazards of health care workers. In: Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Occupational Health in the Healthcare Industry, R Orford (ed) W. A. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. May, 2001.

6. Russi M, Hierholzer W, Cadman E. Immunizing Physicians. In: Poland G, Schaffner W, Pugliese G (eds). Immunizing Health Care Workers: A Practical Approach. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Slack, Thorofare, NJ, 2000.

7. Russi M. Healthcare workers may not be covered under OSHA's new respirator standard. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Report 1998, 2:43-44.

8. Borak J, Pastides H, Van Ert M, Russi M, Herzstein J: Exposure to MTBE and acute human health effects: A critical literature review. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 1998;177-200.

9. Borak J, Russi M: Controversies in environmental medicine: EPA's oxygenated fuels programs and human health. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Report 1996; 10(1): 4-9.

10. Russi MB, Borak JB: The OSHA Asbestos Standard: A Medical Compliance System.
    Aegis, OEM Press, Boston 1995.

11. Borak J, Russi M: Medical surveillance of asbestos workers. Occupational Health and Safety
    Feb. 1995, 39-40.

12. Russi MB: Environmental medicine issues for travelers. Travel Medicine Advisor, Dec., 1995.

13. Russi M, Borak J: Medical surveillance under the new asbestos standard. Occupational and
    Environmental Medicine Report 1995; 9:1.

14. Russi M, Cone J. Occupational Cancers of the Respiratory Tract. In: Textbook of Clinical
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, M Cullen, L Rosenstock (eds) W.A.
    Saunders, Philadelphia, PA 1994
    

Journal Articles

1. Borak J, Slade M, Russi M. 2004. Risks of brain tumors in rubber workers: A meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (in press)

2. Russi M. 2002. HIV and AIDS in the workplace. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 44:495-502.

3. Russi M, Buitrago M, Goulet J, Calello D, Perlotto J, van Rhijn D, Nash E, Friedland G, Hierholzer W. 2000. Antiretroviral prophylaxis of health care workers at two urban medical centers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42:1092-1100.

4. Armstrong L, Dembry L, Rainey P, Russi M, Khan A, Fischer S, Ksiazek T, Rollin P, Peters CJ. 1999. Management of a Sabia virus-infected patient in a U.S. hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 20:176-182.

5. Russi M, Dubrow R, Cullen M, Flannery J, Mayne S. 1997. Machining fluids and laryngeal cancer:
   Contrasting results using two control groups. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 31:166-171.

6. Rochlitz C, Damon L, Russi M, Geddes A, Cadman E. 1988. Cytotoxicity of ketoconazole in malignant cell lines. Can Chemo Pharmacol 21:319-322.

7. Zheng T, Holford TR, Chen Y, Ma JZ, Flannery J, Liu W, Russi M, Boyle P. 1996. Time trend and age-period-cohort effect on incidence of thyroid cancer in Connecticut, 1935-1992. Int. J Cancer 67:504-509

8. Barry M, Russi M, Armstrong L, Geller D, Tesh R, Dembry L, Gonzalez J, Khan A, Peters C. 1995.
   Brief report: Treatment of a laboratory acquired infection of Sabia virus. New England Journal of Medicine 333:294-296.

9. Beckett W, Russi M, Haber A, Mohsenin V, Rivkin R, Sullivan J, Leaderer B. 1995. The effect of nitrous acid exposure on mild asthmatics. Environmental Health Perspectives 103:372-375.

10. Borak J, Russi M, Jaffe D: Criteria for significant threshold shift in occupational hearing programs: a re-evaluation. Occupational and Environmental Report 1994; 8:49.

11. Wachter R, Russi M, Bloch D, Hopewell P, Luce J. 1991. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure in AIDS. Am Rev Respir Dis 143:251-256.