11020 W
122nd Street
Overland Park, Kansas 66213
(913) 322-2237
fax: (866) 576-2719
EducationAL BACKGROUND:
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, 1977.
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri. Masters of Science in Industrial Hygiene, August, 1994.
WORK Experience:
December 1999 to present.
INDOOR
FLAPPAN CONSULTING, INC., Overland Park, Kansas.
Independent consultant conducting indoor air quality assessments for residences,
schools and businesses. Company owns
laboratory performing environmental fungal analysis using microscopy.
Additionally talks given to public health organizations regarding indoor
air quality, allergens and fungi. Also performs industrial hygiene surveys
(noise measurements, environmental chemical surveys, etc.).
Company sells a do-it-yourself mold test kit (MOLDetect) on the Internet
and through WW Grainger catalog.
April 1997 to December 1999.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY CONSULTANT
CHILDREN’S MERCY HOSPITAL, ALLERGY SECTION, Kansas City, Missouri.
Design, implement and coordinate all aspects of an indoor air quality program in
the homes, schools or offices of asthmatic or allergic individuals.
Collect air and bulk samples, perform microscopic lab analysis, write
reports summarizing the data and interpretation of findings, and make
cost-effective recommendations to remediate problem areas identified.
October 1994 to April 1996.
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST.
DS Industries,
Shawnee, Ks.
(diversified businesses with print shop,
environmental lab, remediation, medical waste service, recycling, rock
processing, weld shop, body & paint shop, mechanic and tire shop)
Duties included: a) air and noise monitoring surveys, including indoor air
quality testing; b) writing safety programs; c) investigating community or
employee health-related complaints; d) managing employee medical records; e)
making recommendations to reduce or eliminate health or safety hazards
(engineering controls); f) keeping Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) books
current; g) designing safe protocols for confined space entry; h) researching
information pertaining to health and safety issues; i) training employees about
safety and health hazards on the job.
September 1978 to October 1992.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Physicians Reference Laboratory/St. Joseph Hosp.,
Prime Health Central Laboratory,
Kansas City, Missouri.
University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City, Kansas.
Medical Technologist for 15 years at reference, hospital and research
laboratories. Experienced in
diagnostic procedures from all sections of the clinical lab (Microbiology,
Hematology, Chemistry,
Immunology, Blood Bank,
Urinalysis, RIA, and Research).
Applied technical knowledge to analyze and interpret laboratory data.
HONORS:
Publications:
Infant Pulmonary
Hemorrhage in a Suburban Home with Water Damage and Mold (Stachybotrys atra),
Susan Flappan, J Portnoy, P Jones,
C Barnes. Environmental Health Perspectives, November 1999.
Improved Asthma
Control Following Remediation of Environmental Stachybotrys Contamination,
CM Miller, SM Flappan, JM Portnoy.
Pulmonary Reviews, April 1999.
A Procedure For
Evaluation of The Indoor Environment,
Portnoy J., Flappan S., Barnes
C.
Aerobiologia 17 (1) p.43-48
March 2001
Media interviews (television/
newspaper):
·
Discovery Health Channel,
"Diagnosis Unknown: Home Invasion", March '03
·
Channel 5
·
KC
Star Newspaper,
·
Dateline NBC,
“Conquering Indoor Allergies”,
Presentations given:
·
“The
Millionaire Dollar House—A Case Study”,
Pan American Aerobiology Assn, San Diego, August 2011
·
“Tape
Lift Samples to Screen for Mold”, Pan
American Aerobiology Assn, KCMO, July 2009
·
"Mold
Matters", AHSI, Lenexa, Kansas, September 2008
·
“Mold
Matters”,
·
“Sampling, Analysis, and Data
Interpretation,” Mid America AIHA Mold Seminar, KCK, Nov. ‘02.
·
“The
Fungus Among Us”, NARI (Nat’l Assn
of Remodeling Industry), KC,
·
“Accurate Mold Evaluation by Air and Surface Sampling”, AIHCE Conference,
San Diego, CA, June ‘02
·
“Indoor Air and Mold”,
·
“Indoor Air and Stachybotrys”,
·
“Mold
and Mildew in Indoor Environments - Why the big fuzz and what should we do about
it?”
American Public Health Association,
·
“IAQ:
Asthma and Allergen Control”, US EPA and
·
“Sampling Indoor Environments of Asthmatics”, EPA Annual Regional Meeting,
Dec. ’99, KCKS.
·
“Sampling Indoor Environments of Asthmatics”, American Public Health Assn,
Nov 99,
·
“IAQ
in the Home: Impact on Allergies, Asthma and Health”, Leadbusters Healthy
Homes, Sept. ’99.
·
Technical Session: “IAQ Testing in Residences”, AIHA Conference,
·
“Assessment & Abatement of Fungal Allergens”,
·
“Allergen Assessments in Asthmatic
Patients’ Homes”, KC Allergy Society, Nov ‘98.
·
“Home
Allergen and Respiratory Irritant Assessment”, Cox Medical,
·
“Environmental Controls for Allergies”,
·
“Health Effects of Microbials”, Mid-America Chapter, AIHA, October 1997.
Professional organization (AIHA MID America) offices held:
·
AIHA
Mid-America Secretary 2009-2010
·
AIHA
Mid-America President-elect 2010- 2011
·
AIHA
Mid-America President 2011-2012
·
6th
International “Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human Health”,
Saratoga Springs, Sept. 2011
·
Pan-American Aerobiology Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2011
·
Healthcare Environmental Management course and certification, August 2006
·
IESO
Mold Inspector Course,
·
Pan-American Aerobiology: a) Workshops “Basidiospores”, “Zygospores”, “Ascospores”,
and “Artifact/non-biological particle identification”; b) Symposium “The
Mathematics of Spore Counting for IAQ”, June ‘04
·
5th
International Conference on “Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human
Health”,
·
“Indoor Air Quality: Advanced Fungal Spore Identification”, McCrone Research
Institute,
·
“Intermediate Mold Identification”, sponsored by the PAAA,
·
“Managing Molds to Protect People”, KCMO, June ‘01
·
Pan-American Aerobiology Conference and course “Microscopic Identification of
Nonbiologicals”,
·
National Science Foundation, “Indoor Air Health Conference”,
·
National Science Foundation Workshops: “Tracer Gas Analysis” & “Ventilation
Strategies”,
·
Pan-American Aerobiology Conference and Workshop “Mycology of the Air”,
·
American Industrial Hygiene Conferences and Expositions:
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May
’10, Denver, Colorado; May ’06, Chicago, Illinois; June ’02, San Diego,
California; June ’99, Toronto, Canada; May ’98, Atlanta, Georgia; May '97,
Dallas, Texas; May '95, Kansas City, Missouri; May '94, Anaheim, California
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Asbestos Inspector Certification, November 1997
·
EPA
seminars: “Bioaerosols” and “Carbon Monoxide”, September 1997
·
“Indoor Air Quality and HVAC” home study course (J. Burton), December 1996
·
“Indoor Air Quality Solutions", from TSI, November 1995
·
Indoor Air Quality Symposium, "Resolving the Ambiguities", May '94, CA
·
EPA
40-hour Safety/ Health Training, May 1994 (HAZWOPER); 8 hour refresher ’95, ’96
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
§
Pan
American Aerobiology Association Spore Trap Analyst I, June 2005- present
§
American Board of Industrial Hygiene, Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH),
October 1998- present
§ American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Registry, 1978- present