Clinical Climate Change 2023: Clinical Care for Workers in the Climate Crisis
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Hybrid/In-person at Goldwurm Auditorium, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
1425 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
8:30 AM
Check and Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome
Terry Thompson, DHA, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:45 AM
Extreme Weather and Worker Health
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
10:15 AM
Preventing Heat-related Illness Among Outdoor Workers: A Growing Challenge
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MS, MOccH, Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
10:45 AM
Coffee Break
11:10 AM
Panel Discussion: Addressing the Health Needs of the Total Worker in a Transitioning and Clean Economy
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MS, MOccH, Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
Jasminka Goldoni Laestadius, MD, PhD, FACOEM, Senior Occupational Health Specialist, The World Bank Group
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Moderator: Emily Senay, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:00 PM
State of the Air
Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association
12:25 PM
Lunch
1:10 PM
Poster Session
2:00 PM
Afternoon Welcome
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, and Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2:05 PM
Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Scientific Coordination, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
2:30 PM
Disability and Rehabilitation: Uncharted Terrain in Climate Change and Health
Marcalee Alexander, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Climate Change & Health and President, Sustain Our Abilities
2:55 PM
Transportation and Public Health
Daphne Lundi, Deputy Director for Living Streets and Public Spaces, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
3:20 PM
Coffee Break
3:50 PM
Panel Discussion: Clinical Practice and the Climate Crisis: Developing an Occupational Health Lens for Clinicians across Medical Specialties
Caren Solomon, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Fish Center for Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Poune Saberi, MD, MPH, Section Chief, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Valerie Mac, PhD, RN, FNP-C, ENP-C, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health
Moderator: Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4:50 PM
Poster Awards
5:00 PM
Conference Ends
Course Directors
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Emily Senay, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, 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
Terry Thompson, DHA, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai