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The Climate Change and Health: Implications for Clinical Practice symposium will educate and inspire healthcare professionals and students to take actionable steps to help reduce the health harming impacts of climate change by providing tools to develop implementable solutions on an individual, department or organization-wide level as well as showcase opportunities for advocacy to foster positive change at all legislative levels.
Accreditation Statement:
Physicians: The Ohio State University Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Nurses: The Ohio State University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Credit Designation Statement:
AMA: The Ohio State University Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME) designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: The Office for Continuing Education of The Ohio State University College of Nursing designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.08 CNEs. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Keynote Speakers
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Dr. Jay Lemery
Dr. Jay Lemery is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is Chief of the Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. He is a Past-President of the Wilderness Medical Society and has provided medical direction to National Science Foundation subcontractors operating at both poles, most recently serving as the EMS Medical Director for the United States Antarctic Program. Dr. Lemery has an academic expertise in austere and remote medical care as well as the effects of climate change on human health. He serves as a consultant for the Climate and Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and sits on the National Academy of Medicine’s (IOM) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Dr. Aparna Bole
Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. She is particularly interested in the intersection between environmental stewardship, environmental justice, and pediatric public health. She currently serves as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change. She has served in numerous environmental health leadership roles, including as co-chair of the Healthcare Without Harm board of directors; a member of the State of Ohio’s Lead Advisory Council, the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition’s steering committee, the Trust for Public Land’s Ohio Advisory Council, and the Ohio Environmental Council’s board of directors; and a founding advisory council member of the Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action.
Agenda
Check-in and Breakfast (In-person event*)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7:15-8:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks | Dr. Andrew Schamess and Dr. Andrew Thomas……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………….……….……8:00-8:10 AM
Basics of Climate Change | Dr. Aaron Wilson………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…8:10-8:40 AM
Impacts of Climate Change on Health via Natural Systems………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8:40-9:45 AM
Food and Water | Dena Champion, RD
Vector Born Illness | Dr. Magdalena Danch
Weather Events and Refugees | Dr. Andrew Schamess
BREAK…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………….…….9:45-10:00 AM
Six America’s | Dr. Teresa Myers………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….10:00-10:45 AM
Health for You Health for the Planet: Plant Based Diet | Dena Champion, RD……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……..………..10:45-11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker | Dr. Jay Lemery……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………..….11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
LUNCH………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12:00-12:45 PM
Vegan Cooking Demonstration | Chef Katie McCurdy
Air Pollution Effects on Cardiac Health | Dr. Loren Wold…………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………….12:45-1:05 PM
Environmental Justice | Dr. Darryl Hood …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………….………………………..……1:05-1:50 PM
Fighting Climate Change Where You Work……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………..………….….1:50-2:25 PM
Panel Discussion | Dr. Kristen House; Shayna Sullivan, RN
Decarbonizing Healthcare…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….……….2:25-3:00 PM
Decarbonizing the Ohio State University | Aparna Dial, MS, MBA
Decarbonizing the Cleveland Clinic | Jon Utech, MBA
BREAK………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….………..…3:00-3:10 PM
Get Involved in Climate Change Advocacy………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………….………………………………….………..….……..3:10-3:50 PM
Panel Discussion | Dr. Lisa Del Buono, Citizens Climate Lobby; Nolan Rutschilling, Ohio Environmental Council; Ariunaa Bayanjargal, Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action; Dr. Alan Lockwood, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Integrating Climate Change Into Health Professional Societies and Education Curriculum | Dr. Claire Bollinger and Sarah Pajka……………..……………….…3:50-4:30 PM
Closing Keynote Speaker | Dr. Aparna Bole…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………..….……..….4:30-5:15 PM
Closing Remarks | Lauren Koch, MA, MENR…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………..…………..5:15-5:30 PM
*For those participating in person, masks are required. We will continue to stay vigilant of public health trends and ensure that the University’s Safe and Healthy guidelines are practiced at this event
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Continuing Education Registration
Use the link below if you are a physician or nurse, who would like to earn continuing education credits for attending the conference.
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General Registration
Use the link below if you are attending the conference and do not need continuing education.