Courageous Medicine for The Climate Health Crisis: Activating the Medical Community on Climate

“When the public links climate change with their own health, they’re much more likely to take action” Dr. Sheri Weiser is a professor of medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF, works at Zuckerberg San Franci... more

“We as America have not created a robust safety net or we had to rely on a safety net because of so many holes in our larger system and so we as physicians have to be the stewards of offerings, the stewards of resources that can catch everyone that f... more

"I realized that there was a lot more work to be done and if we weren’t willing to take the values that we think about in public health everyday to our politics then we would always be doomed to try and beat around the bush or pick up the scraps" Dr.... more

"We (physicians) have a unique opportunity to leverage our trust, our health expertise, and our influence to advance sustainable healthcare" Dr. Amy Collins is an emergency physician and senior clinical advisor for physician engagement for Health Car... more

"...because there is no way you can deny that we need cleaner air, that we need clean water, we need to address our infrastructure, you cannot deny it and just leave it as a prescription— that’s just not good medicine” Internist Dr Cheryl Holder is a... more

“We do hold a lot of power and we can use that power to enable people power to achieve some of those structural changes that we want” Self-proclaimed intellectual pessimist yet action optimist, Pedja Stodijicic, MD, MPH, discusses the power of youth ... more

"We argue that democracy is good for your health, that fundamentally health is political" Originally from Montreal, Canada; Anthony Iton, MD, JD, MPH, attended Johns Hopkins Medical School, where he saw himself in his patients and saw the disparities... more

"My role as a physician and as a climate advocate are one and the same" Otolaryngologist Dr. Neelu Tummala is in her third year of clinical practice as an attending at George Washington University and is on the Steering Committee for Virginia Clinici... more