Agenda
3rd Annual Clinical Climate Change Conference
Improving Patient Outcomes in the Dual Crises of Climate Change and COVID-19
Course Director: Emily, Senay, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
January 8, 2021
All times are Standard Eastern Time (EST)
9:00 AM Pre-recorded videos of poster presentations are available for viewing.
9:30 AM Welcome
Lucia Lee, Vice President of Media and Public Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System
Introductory Remarks
Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director Institute for Exposomic Research and Ethel H. Wise Chair, Department
of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard
Chan C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Pediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children's Hospital
10:05 AM Keynote Presentation: Community Partnerships, Advocacy, and Building Healthier Communities
Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
10:35 AM The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice
Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Yerby Fellow, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard
Chan C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
11:05 AM 2021: State of the Air
Albert A. Rizzo, MD, FAACP, FCCP, FAASM, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association
11:35 AM Break
11:50 AM Concurrent Morning Workshops
Workshop A: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Public Health Tracking
Erin Thanik, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and
Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Grant Pezeshki, Director of Environmental Data Engagement, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and
Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Workshop B: Addressing Climate-Mediated Disease in the Clinical Setting
Alison Lee, MD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and
Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and
Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:40 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Climate Change, COVID-19, and the Health Care Supply Chain
Jodi Sherman, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, Associate Professor
of Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences; Director, Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability
(PHES) in the Center for Climate Change and Health, Yale School of Public Health; and Medical Director, Yale New
Haven Health Center for Sustainable Healthcare
1:30 PM How did it happen, lessons learned, and emergency preparedness
Lynne D. Richardson, MD, FACEP, Professor and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Population Health Science & Policy, and Co-Director, Institute for Health Equity Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2:00 PM Poster Awards
2:05 PM COVID-19, Climate, Racial Injustice: The Path Forward
Gary C. Butts, MD, Executive Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Chief Diversity and Inclusion
Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; Dean, Diversity Programs, Policy, and Community Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard
Chan C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Pediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children's Hospital
Harleen Marwah, MS, Founder & Chair, Medical Students for a Sustainable Future
Caren Solomon, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
Lynne D. Richardson, MD, FACEP, Professor and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Population Health Science & Policy, and Co-Director, Institute for Health Equity Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Panel Moderator: Maida Galvez, MD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health
and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
3:15 PM Program Ends
January 11-20, 2021
New England Journal of Medicine's Resident 360 Discussion
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