Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine
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Division of Occupatoinal and Environmental Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Suite 400, 2200 W. Main St. Durham, North Carolina, USA
Phone: (919) 286-5744
Email: stopf001@mc.duke.edu
Education
Institution and Location |
DEGREE |
Year |
Field of Study |
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
BA |
1965 |
Geology and Chemistry |
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH |
BMS |
1967 |
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Harvard University, |
MD |
1969 |
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University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC |
MSPH |
1980 |
Industrial Hygiene |
Biography
I have been on the faculty of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine of Duke University Medical Center since 1973. I am the past director of Duke's occupational and environmental medicine education I received my MD degree from Harvard University and my MSPH degree (in industrial hygiene) from the University of North Carolina=s School of Public Health. I have completed graduate training programs (in medicine and health care research) at Duke University Medical Center and at Indiana University Medical Center. I am Board Certified in Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and in Internal Medicine. My clinical practice has focused on industrial and environmental toxicology, particularly the effects heavy metal exposures, toxic gases, pesticides and solvents on the respiratory, neurological and renal systems. My research interests include the development of assays for environmental and industrial exposures to mercury; clinical evaluation of mercury intoxication; and the development of exposure parameters for respirable quartz and titanium dioxide. I have directed the Division’s Toxicology Program and am course director for a course (ENVR 423) on industrial and environmental toxicology. I offer residents and other students opportunities for evaluating adverse health effects from environmental exposures.
Research Interest
Dr. Stopford's research interests include the development of assays for environmental and industrial exposures to mercury; clinical treatment of mercury intoxication; and the development of exposure parameters for respirable quartz and other respirable aerosols and vapors.
Scientific Activities:
Positions and Honors
1970-71 |
Clinical Scholar, Community Health Sciences, Duke Medical Center |
1971-73 |
Resident in Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center |
1971-73 |
Fellow, Community Health Sciences, Indiana University Medical Center |
1973-76 |
Director, Employee Health Service, Duke University and Medical Center |
1973-76 |
Director, Screening Clinic, Duke Medical Center |
1973- |
Physician, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke Medical Center |
1974- |
Consulting Practice in Industrial Medicine and Toxicology, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke Medical Center |
1974- |
Associate to Assistant Professor, Department of Community & Family Medicine, Duke University |
Publications
- Schecter, A, Lucier, GW, Cunningham, ML, Abdo, KM, Blumenthal, G, Silver, AG, Melnick, R, Portier, C, Barr, DB, Barr, JR, Stanfill, SB, Patterson, DG, Needham, LL, Stopford, W, Masten, S, Mignogna, J, and Tung, KC. "Human consumption of methyleugenol and its elimination from serum." Environ Health Perspect 112, no. 6 (May 2004): 678-680. Link to Item
- Brock, T, and Stopford, W. "Bioaccessibility of metals in human health risk assessment: evaluating risk from exposure to cobalt compounds." J Environ Monit 5, no. 4 (August 2003): 71N-76N. (Review) Link to Item
- Stopford, W, Turner, J, Cappellini, D, and Brock, T. "Bioaccessibility testing of cobalt compounds." J Environ Monit 5, no. 4 (August 2003): 675-680. Link to Item
- Swinker, M, Koltai, D, Wilkins, J, and Stopford, W. "Is there an estuary associated syndrome in North Carolina? Findings in a series of hotline callers." N C Med J 62, no. 3 (May 2001): 126-132. Link to Item
- Hudnell, HK, House, D, Schmid, J, Koltai, D, Stopford, W, Wilkins, J, Savitz, DA, Swinker, M, and Music, S. "Human visual function in the North Carolina clinical study on possible estuary-associated syndrome." J Toxicol Environ Health A 62, no. 8 (April 20, 2001): 575-594. Full Text Link to Item
- Swinker, M, Koltai, D, Wilkins, J, Hudnell, K, Hall, C, Darcey, D, Robertson, K, Schmechel, D, Stopford, W, and Music, S. "Estuary-associated syndrome in North Carolina: an occupational prevalence study." Environ Health Perspect 109, no. 1 (January 2001): 21-26. Link to Item
- Smith, CG, and Stopford, W. "Health hazards of pepper spray." N C Med J 60, no. 5 (September 1999): 268-274. (Review) Link to Item
- Elghany, NA, Stopford, W, Bunn, WB, and Fleming, LE. "Occupational exposure to inorganic mercury vapour and reproductive outcomes." Occup Med (Lond) 47, no. 6 (August 1997): 333-336. Link to Item
- Stopford, CM, and Stopford, W. "Potential for respirable quartz exposure from North Carolina farm soils." Scand J Work Environ Health 21 Suppl 2 (1995): 44-46. Link to Item
- Stopford, CM, and Stopford, W. "Respirable quartz content of farm soils." Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 10, no. 3 (1995): 196-199.
- Stopford, W. "Carbonate fusion to determine quartz in respirable and bulk earth samples." Analytica Chimica Acta 286, no. 1 (1994): 67-73.
- Frazier, LM, Cromer, JW, Andolsek, KM, Greenberg, GN, Thomann, WR, and Stopford, W. "Teaching occupational and environmental medicine in primary care residency training programs: experience using three approaches during 1984-1991." Am J Med Sci 302, no. 1 (July 1991): 42-45. Link to Item
- Patterson, R, Harris, KE, Stopford, W, Van der Heiden, G, Grammer, LC, and Bunn, W. "Irritant symptoms and immunologic responses to multiple chemicals: importance of clinical and immunologic correlations." Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 85, no. 4 (1988): 467-471. Link to Item
- Stopford, W. "Safety of lead-containing hobby glazes." N C Med J 49, no. 1 (January 1988): 31-34. Link to Item
- Sherson, DL, and Stopford, W. "[Mercury levels of sweat. Its use in the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning]." Ugeskr Laeger 148, no. 27 (June 30, 1986): 1682-1683. Link to Item
- Sherson, DL, and Stopford, W. "Employment of the mercury concentrations in sweat in the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning." Ugeskrift for Laeger 148, no. 27 (1986): 1682-1683.
- Sullivan, RJ, Estes, EH, Stopford, W, and Lester, AJ. "Adherence to explicit strategies for common medical conditions." Med Care 18, no. 4 (April 1980): 388-399. Link to Item
- Hagan, D, Karrh, B, Paulshock, B, Salvaggio, J, Stopford, W, Tucker-Zavon, B, Utidjian, M, and Zavon, M. "Occupational medicine: fitting the workplace into the workup." Patient Care 12, no. 17 (October 15, 1978): 108-109. Link to Item
- Stopford, W, Bundy, SD, Goldwater, LJ, and Bittikofer, JA. "Microenvironmental exposure to mercury vapor." Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 39, no. 5 (May 1978): 378-384. Full Text Link to Item
- Goldwater, LJ, and Stopford, W. "Mercury." The chemical environment (1977): 38-63.
- Stopford, W, and Goldwater, LJ. "Methylmercury in the environment: a review of current understanding." Environ Health Perspect 12 (December 1975): 115-118. Link to Item