January 8, 2021 Online Conference: Improving Patient Outcomes in the Dual Crises of Climate Change and COVID-19

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 

9:30 AM             Welcome

                            Lucia Lee, Vice President of Public Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System

                            Introductory Remarks

                            Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                            Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-Change),                                Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10:00 AM            Keynote Presentation: Community Partnerships, Advocacy, and Building Healthier Communities

                            Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

10:30 AM            The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice
Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Yerby Fellow, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-Change),                                      Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

11:00 AM           2021: State of the Air

                           Albert A. Rizzo, MD, FAACP, FCCP, FAASM, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association

11:30 AM           Break 

11:45 AM           Concurrent Morning Workshops 

                           Workshop A: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Public Health Tracking

                           Erin Thanik, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, 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, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, 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, Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and ​

                           Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                           Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn                                     School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

12:35 PM           Lunch Break

1:00 PM             Climate Change, COVID-19, and the Health Care Supply Chain

                           Jodi Sherman, MD, Director, Yale Program on Healthcare Sustainability and Medical Director of the Center for                                       Sustainable Healthcare for Yale-New Haven Health System

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
                            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

                            Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-Change),                                Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

                            Caren Solomon, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

                            Harleen Marwah, MS, Founder & Chair, Medical Students for a Sustainable Future

                            Panel ModeratorMaida Galvez, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health,                                  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

3:15 PM              Program Ends

January 11-20, 2021 

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