Commissioner's Grand Rounds: Clinical Intervention and Community Engagement for Climate Change
Presenters:
Dr. Anjali Sauthoff, PhD, Health Scientist, Westchester County Climate Crisis Task Force
Dr. Perry Sheffield, MD, Associate Professor in Environmental Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:
Recognize acute and long-term health impacts of climate change. Recognize how acute and long-term health impacts may present clinically to health care providers.
Identify ways health care providers can play a key role in the implementation of adaptations strategies to reduce the health impacts of climate change.
Discuss how climate change initiatives implemented by the healthcare industry benefit public health.